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Yahoo News (UK & Ireland) reported on the country’s requirement to battle the spread of COVID-19 by enforcing a two-week lockdown. Those who live day-to-day as informal food traders and those who rely on these people, the lockdowns have come as a shock as governments attempt to impose WHO social isolation measures. According to Danielle Resnick, a senior research […]

Los Angeles Times reported on how the coronavirus pandemic is short-circuiting the intricate network of producers and suppliers needed to power the global food system.  Senior Research Fellow Joseph Glauber commented that “the system has evolved to be highly efficient; able to get food from Asia or South America onto the grocery store shelves within days. Now we have […]

China Science News published an article on the 2020 Global Food Policy Report. The Report emphasizes that in order to resist the impact of the epidemic, we need to build a food system that is more resilient, more adaptable to climate change, and healthier and more inclusive.  

VocesLatinoamericanas.com interviewed Eugenio Diaz-Bonilla, Head of the Latin America and Caribbean Program on the Spanish-language podcast heard on Soundcloud. Diaz-Bonilla discussed the local currency market and dollar market, food and drug network supply chains, and what needs to be done to successfully emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic. He says, “Here survival is at stake, not the change of a government, […]

Yahoo India reported on the launch of the 2020 Global Food Policy Report (GFPR). The 2020 GFPR warns food insecurity, malnutrition and poverty may escalate, particularly among marginalized people in the developing world due to the rapid spread of coronavirus. The Report also stated that policymakers must focus on building a more resilient, climate-smart, inclusive and healthy food […]

Daily Monitor wrote an article about the importance of agricultural production in Africa as it braces to be hit by the spread of COVID-19. Africa is not yet advanced in order to facilitate the flow of many essential needs, except with regard to the most important – food. The continent has sixty percent of global arable land and […]

AgHealth Blog published an article based on the recommendations from the blogpost, Africa’s growing risk of diseases that spread from animals to people by authors Bernard Bett, Delia Randolph, and Director of Agriculture for Nutrition and Health John McDermott. 

The Grocer reported on export restrictions and the coronavirus. COVID-19’s threat to food supplies is causing some countries to get jittery, triggering painful memories of 2007-08 when export bans led to a global food shortage and price spikes. But a key difference today is that there are currently no widespread shortages of food. Senior Research Fellow Joseph […]

Sohu News published an article on how export restrictions and panic purchasing are causing prices to soar. In spite of restrictions, Senior Research Fellow David Laborde stated, export restriction policies are still limited, so there is no need to worry about the food crisis at this stage. Division Director Rob Vos added, “What is certain is that even if (food) production is stopped […]

USA Today reported on the potential for a food supply crisis in the wake of the COVID-19 health crisis. Markets, Trade, and Institutions Division Director Rob Vos believes that if the new Congressional stimulus package isn’t enough to sustain the purchasing power of laid-off workers, “then people may have to start saving on food and shift to cheaper and […]