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YLE Radio (Finland) also posted an interview with Division Director (Markets, Trade, and Institutions) Rob Vos.   

YLE (Finland) published an article on whether global food prices will spike after COVID-19? It depends, among other things, on whether the large grain-exporting countries have enough restraint to keep trade going. Division Director (Markets, Trade, and Institutions) Rob Vos was quoted, “Similar price spikes [as in 2008] should not come in principle. However, there is a risk, some countries […]

Bistandsaktuelt.no (Norway) published an article suggesting that the loss of work and income in the wake of COVID-19 can lead millions of people in developing countries into extreme poverty. What kind of world will be seen after COVID-19 is uncertain. According to IFPRI, five weeks of closure (lockdown)cost Nigeria $ 18 billion or a 38 percent fall in the country’s value creation. The loss is greatest […]

The Africa Report published an op-ed by Senior Research Fellow James Thurlow who writes, “It is too soon to assess the full economic impacts that COVID-19 lockdowns will have on developing countries. But early research indicates that many African economies are significantly impacted and that poorer households are struggling.” He states that though it is early into the research of […]

i21st (China) reported on the WFP’s warning about the COVID-19 health crisis leading to a global food crisis. Director General Johan Swinnen’s statement to the New York Times was cited. “There is no global food shortage or mass famine from the pandemic, yet. But logistics problems in planting, harvesting, and transporting food will leave poor countries unprotected in the coming months, […]

Kompasiana (Indonesia) published an article on the long-term impact of COVID-19. An IFPRI study that was conducted by 30 survey institutions focused on Africa and South Asia finding that a reduction in global GDP of around 1% will add poverty to 14-22 million people. 

Dhaka Tribune published an article on the government procurement plan and boro rice. IFPRI carried out a study through its USAID-funded Policy Research and Strategy Support Program (PRSSP) in Bangladesh with the Ministry of Agriculture commissioning the task. The Study notes that each year the food department buys far more rice than paddy under its food procurement program. Senior Research Fellow, Country Representative, […]

La Nacion reported on a video conference among economists, businessmen, and academics organized by the Fauba Bioeconomy Directorate, led by Fernando Vilella, the UCA, the Latin American Center for Globalization and Prospective and The Millennium Project. Head of Latin America and the Caribbean Program Eugenio Díaz-Bonilla was among the leaders who debated proposals on the situation in Argentina and the world in the context […]

Economia published an article on ways in which the coronavirus is not a disease of equality. Be it race or income, some groups fare better than others during this pandemic. An IFPRI study shows that with the 1% drop in world activity – more optimistic than recent projections of a 3% decline in the global economy – the […]

BNN Bloomberg reported on export restrictions. Of at least 17 countries that sought to limit food exports to protect local supplies, about half have backtracked all or some of the measures, according to the COVID-19 Food Trade Policy Tracker. Senior Research Fellow Joseph Glauber said, “We hope that we have seen the end of export restrictions,” Glauber said by email. […]