COVID-19 has disrupted programs that assist vulnerable populations worldwide. In addition to education, schools provide daily meals and other services that many families depend on; when schools closed during the pandemic, those services ceased. Kibrom Abay and colleagues explore the food security consequences of [...]
NEW PUBLICATION: Fertilizer Policies and Implications for African Agriculture
Book Chapter, Annual Trends and Outlook Report 2020 By Gashaw T. Abate, Kibrom A. Abay, and David Spielman Agricultural productivity growth has long been recognized as an important instrument to reduce poverty, generate nonfarm employment, and hence trigger structural transformation processes (see, for example, Timmer 1997; Fan, Hazell, Thorat 1999; Johnson 2000; and Mellor 2000). A […]
Unpacking the impacts of COVID-19 on economies, food systems, and poverty in African and Asian countries
Evgeniya Anisimova - Senior Communications Specialist with the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM).
Countries around the world have responded to the COVID-19 pandemic by implementing lockdowns and other social distancing measures. Agrifood systems and food supply chains—although generally exempt from restrictions—have nevertheless experienced disruptions and global market instability [...]
NEW PUBLICATION: “Cash Transfers and Women’s Control over Decision-Making and Labor Supply in Egypt”
MENA RP WORKING PAPER Hoda El-Enbaby, Daniel Gilligan, Naureen Karachiwalla, Yumna Kassim, Sikandra Kurd December 2019- revised December 2021 Women’s control over decision-making within their family, particularly regarding the use of household income, can play an important and long-lasting role in shaping their well-being and that of their children. Cash transfer programs often target women in order to increase […]
Is CAADP Having the Desired Impact on Agricultural-led Development?
March 11, 2018 Tsitsi Makombe, Senior Program Manager, IFPRI; Samuel Benin, Deputy Division Director, Africa Regional Office, IFPRI. With the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) now well into its second decade, and following the adoption of the 2014 Malabo Declaration to renew the impetus of CAADP, many have wondered whether the framework has had any […]
