Back

Who we are

With research staff from more than 60 countries, and offices across the globe, IFPRI provides research-based policy solutions to sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition in developing countries.

benin_samuel_0

Samuel Benin

Samuel Benin is the Acting Director for Africa in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit. He conducts research on national strategies and public investment for accelerating food systems transformation in Africa and provides analytical support to the African Union’s CAADP Biennial Review.

Where we work

Back

Where we work

IFPRI currently has more than 600 employees working in over 80 countries with a wide range of local, national, and international partners.

COVID-19 pandemic threatens global food security, researchers say (Breitbart) 

August 01, 2020


Breitbart reported on the journal article, Economic and Food Supply Chain Disruptions Endanger Global Food Security in “Science.” The article’s authors/researchers David LabordeWill MartinJohan Swinnen, and Rob Vos detailed the many ways the global lockdowns necessitated by uncontrolled COVID-19 outbreaks have disrupted the labor market, threatening the food supply chain and the stability of agricultural and food markets. pandemic is undermining global food security. “Disruptions in food systems both contribute to increases in poverty, by affecting a critical source of income for many of the world’s poor, and also exacerbate the impacts of poverty by reducing access to food, particularly nutritious foods,” said Swinnen. Also, in El Boletin (Spain), Seed Daily/Earth News

No links


Countries


Media Contact

Media & Digital Engagement Manager