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Down To Earth (India) wrote an article about grain shortages in Chitrakoot, India. The blog post, How India’s food-based safety net is responding to the COVID-19 lockdown was quoted, “COVID-19 exposes a harsh reality: An inadequate and uneven safety net may leave many from these economically vulnerable groups without access to food and other services.” Republished in Daily Hunt (India) 

EAPN Portugal published an article on how COVID-19 will cause a rise in poverty and a possible global food crisis. Stocks are adequate for now, but bottlenecks in distribution are beginning to occur, while the shadow of protectionism looms over limits imposed on exports. Senior Research Fellow Joseph Glauber, an associate researcher at IFPRI, said in this regard to Bloomberg: […]

Caijing (China) reported on the recent Group of Twenty (G20) emergency video conference to discuss food security issues under the epidemic. IFPRI described the current situation as potential for an artificial crisis to be created. According to the researcher’s statistics, as of now, in terms of calories, food export restrictions have affected about 1% of the world’s food […]

Reuters published an article that described how Kenyan farming families welcome help on the land from young people as schools close. In the 2020 Global Food Policy Report (GFPR), IFPRI highlights the key role of rural farming in tackling hunger, over 60% of people in low-income countries are employed in agriculture and more than 70% of farm units […]

News24.com (South Africa) reported on fears people have about the food supply. Evidence from IFPRI suggests that the impact of COVID-19 on food supply chains in developing countries will be felt widely, but evenly. In the IFPRI blog post, How COVID-19 may disrupt food supply chains in developing countries, “Farm operations may be spared the worst, while small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) […]

CGTN (China) reported on the food supply in China. IFPRI’s Emeritus Fellow and former Director General, Shenggen Fan, was interviewed at length. He said, “For rice and wheat, [China] has probably one year of stock… My advice is ‘do not stockpile your food, and if you do that, you will do more harm to society […]

SuaraMerdekea.com (Indonesia) published an article on COVID-19 and food security. This food crisis will make people aware that Indonesia has not been able to meet its own food needs. Agricultural challenges include insufficient land and inadequate climate. These challenges are discussed in the 2018 IFPRI Report, Policies to support investment requirements of Indonesia’s food and agriculture development during […]

Researcher James Thurlow discusses whether Africa can meet employment demand from its working-age population.
 

Vanguard  (Nigeria) reported on fears of a long global recession brought on by COVID-19 have also led to worries about unprecedented global food insecurity, with concerns that agricultural production may be dislocated by containment measures that constrain workers from planting, managing and harvesting critical crops. IFPRI states in the article, about 37 countries have enacted various forms […]

Solidaridad (the Netherlands) published an article on the global food supply and dangers ahead due to the coronavirus. The local and international chains are under pressure. Small cocoa, fruit and coffee farmers cannot get rid of their products. These groups are extremely vulnerable due to extreme poverty and a lack of proper health care and nutrition. According to […]