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Bisniss (Indonesia) reported on food export restrictions. The article quoted IFPRI research that about half of at least 17 countries that seek to limit exports to secure local supplies, no longer implement or relax restrictions. But groups that relaxed export restrictions included several major wheat producers, such as Ukraine and Romania. Senior Research Fellow Joseph Glauber said, after reassuring that global supplies were […]

ReliefWeb published an article on concerns about the longer-term health of the subregion’s food systems –involving farmers, fishers, laborers, drivers, cold storage, food processors, retailers, and consumers–in the midst of battling the COVID-19 pandemic.  Both FAO and IFPRI have projected sufficient rice stocks for the rest of 2020 in the wider Asia-Pacific region, the current measures needed to […]

SABC News interviewed EPTD Director Channing Arndt on the South Africa Scheme, ‘Towards Inclusive Economic Development (SA-TIED)’ which has released an initial analysis of the impact of COVID-19 on the South African economy. Arndt stated that “It would be difficult for the lockdown to go on for months. The flow of goods and services would have slowed by one-third. The longer the lockdown goes, the more […]

Pig333.com (Spain) published a piece on IFPRI’s COVID-19 Food Trade Policy Tracker, developed by AMIS Secretariat colleagues in IFPRI, is updated twice daily and provides information about restrictions in food trade and assesses their impacts for food availability

Biz Community published an article on recommendations from the 2019 Global Food Policy Report. The Report’s lead author and IFPRI Director General Johan Swinnen, says that control measures such as limited interactions that countries have been implementing since the WHO declared Covid-19 a global pandemic on 11 March are interfering with economic activities worldwide. Research Scientist and IFPRI Chief of Staff Rajul […]

The Conversation published an op-ed by Senior Research Fellows Kalle Hirvonen and Derek Headey. The op-ed encourages and explains the importance of eating fruits and vegetables; however, the problem is fruits and vegetables are often too expensive and unaffordable for most. In the Ethiopian study, the average household would have to spend more than 10% of their income to meet the international […]

The Daily Star (Bangladesh) published an article on the future of Bangladesh and the impact of COVID-19. IFPRI estimates (see the blog post, Poverty and food insecurity could grow dramatically as COVID-19 spreads) that an additional 42 million people in South Asia could fall into extreme poverty in 2020 due to the pandemic. For Bangladesh, the ADB estimates that […]

Agerpres (Romania) summarized a Bloomberg story on food export restrictions. Senior Research Fellow Joseph Glauber says many governments have been encouraged to relax restrictions after assessing global reserves and given assurances that there will be sufficient supply. We hope we have seen the end of export restrictions. But people will be watching countries like Russia closely to see if the current restrictions […]

Yahoo News published an article about how the COVID-19 health crisis has caused a hunger crisis. IFPRI warned that, if the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) drops 5 percent due to the coronavirus disaster, then 147 million people will fall into extreme poverty. Senior Research Fellow David Laborde Debucquet said that would include 50 percent of the population (79 million people) in sub-Saharan […]

Jiemian (China) reported on the problem with the food supply in the United States–food is grown, but usual buyers (restaurants, fast-food chains, hotels) aren’t buying. MTID Director Rob Vos pointed out that those who are unemployed have a decrease in purchasing power as they save daily expenses from food consumption and choose to buy cheaper […]