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Wirtualny Nowy Przemyst (Poland) reported on how societal inequalities will increase as the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic becomes clearer. Using forecasts from IFPRI, the Polish Economic Institute pointed out that each percentage point of economic decline means an increase in the number of people affected by poverty by 2%. (14 million). They reserved that this indicator may be correspondingly higher depending […]

Global Diaspora News reported on the release of IFPRI’s Global Food Policy Report (GFPR). As the world grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic and the massive disruption it has caused in food supply chains, it is painfully clear that the poor and marginalized communities are the hardest hit. GFPR emphasizes that modern global food systems should be inclusive of not just […]

Dhaka Tribune reported on the predicted dire straits of the poor in Bangladesh as the nation comes out of the COVID-19 outbreak. The current poverty reduction rate in Bangladesh stands at 1.2%. It has been continuously decreasing since FY2000-01, when the rate was 1.8%. This trend of declining poverty reduction rate will be aggravated due to the  […]

Beijing Review published an op-ed by former IFPRI Director General Shenggen Fan on COVID-19 and food security. Fan writes, “COVID-19 is a global health crisis not seen in decades. Without proper measures, a global food crisis leading to a much larger humanitarian disaster may follow, caused not by a shortage of food, but due to panic that can […]

Economic Times reported on India’s new safety net programs that include doing away with the requirement of ration cards or other IDs, and distributing food to anyone who needs it during India’s lockdown. An IFPRI study (see the blog post, How India’s food-based safety net is responding to the COVID-19 lockdown) on how India’s food safety net is responding to COVID-19 notes […]

News Center Maine wrote an article about farmworkers who are essential employees during the coronavirus pandemic. But crowded living conditions could trigger an outbreak that would devastate the food supply.  Former IFPRI Director General Shenggen Fan said, “COVID-19 is a health crisis. But it could also lead to a food security crisis if proper measures are not taken.”  […]

CajNews Africa reported on the prices of the staple maize dropping in Malawi as a result of the onset of the main harvest season. This is a major boost for the majority as prices had been at their highest in years during the lean season. IFPRI-Malawi corroborated that the prices were declining as a result of the new produce trickling […]

Telos-eu.com (France) published an op-ed by Senior Research Fellow Antoine Bouet who stated that beyond the health issue, food security could also become an issue as COVID-19 spreads across the continent. He writes, “Africa is dependent on world trade for its food security. Global food production is currently satisfactory; however, some producing countries, in a somewhat irrational panic, are beginning […]

Modern Ghana published an article on the shocking rapid increase in food prices over a number of weeks. The 2020 Global Food Policy Report revealed that lack of infrastructure and skills is holding back the development of food supply chains in low-income Africa and Asia, especially where the potential is greatest: in small towns and intermediate cities near rural farmlands. […]

Yahoo News reported on how USDA is trying to allocate funds to farmers from the latest stimulus package. The calculations based on similar calculations from the previous subsidies might be trickier based on the impact from COVID-19. Senior Research Fellow Joseph Glauber commented, “I am not sure how you would separate out price impacts from COVID versus other market factors.” […]