Impacts and threats of the COVID-19 pandemic on food security and nutrition, and options to respond
As the COVID-19 pandemic progresses, the development community is working to understand how the crisis impacts food security, nutrition, and food systems:
- The latest special issue of the IFPRI Insights newsletter highlights the importance of trust in science and government for successful mitigation responses to COVID-19 and to plan for future epidemics. See IFPRI’s COVID-19 webpage for more evidence, blogs, tools, and events.
- Corinna Hawkes, Director for Food Policy, City University of London, finds a silver lining in the pandemic: Innovations driven by government, business, and communities have proliferated to enable food to get to people who need it in new ways. These innovations are critical to redesign and strengthen future food systems.
- Evidence on social assistance programs provides a solid foundation for approaches to strengthen safety net designs during the COVID-19 pandemic. A blog post from IFPRI presents some lessons to boost the effectiveness of safety nets to abate and address the twin health and economic shocks of COVID-19.
Rattan Lal, pioneering soil scientist, named 2020 World Food Prize laureate
Congratulations to Rattan Lal, who was named the 2020 World Food Prize Laureate! His soil-centric approach to agricultural practices spurred innovative soil-saving techniques that benefited the livelihoods of over 500 million smallholder farmers. His contributions—spanning five decades of work across four continents—have improved food security, nutrition, and environmental sustainability for billions of people around the world.
Helping Asia’s food industry adapt and compete in a post-pandemic world
Food Industry Asia (FIA) will host a series of free virtual dialogues on July 27-29 to address key issues around nutrition and health for Asia’s food industry like the protein challenge, healthier food, and sustainability. The dialogues will combine live webinars, pre-recorded material and exclusive interviews with senior executives and decision makers from across Asia and globally.
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