COVID-19 is disrupting economies around the world, but will it cause a food crisis? IFPRI Director General Jo Swinnen says it depends whether you are rich or poor. Jo synthesizes insights from several blog posts in this series to make the case that governments must emphasize policies and programs that target the immediate needs of their poorest citizens.—John McDermott, series co-editor and Director, CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH).
Africa’s Litigated Democracy
27 February, 2020 Bob Baulch , Danielle Resnick The fact that African opposition parties increasingly turn to the courts when they lose elections indicates that perceptions of judicial independence are improving. But frequent recourse to the courts can undermine trust in the electoral process and indicates that basic democratic mechanisms are not functioning properly. LILONGWE/WASHINGTON, DC […]
Supporting MoFA in Market Analysis
GSSP in collaboration with the Statistical Research and Information Department (SRID) of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) organized and co-hosted a two-day capacity development workshop on 27-28 February 2019 on agricultural commodity market analysis. The workshop focused on price determination, price transmission effects across markets, measuring and responding to price variability, and analyzing […]
International Women’s Day: Reflecting on progress for women in agriculture
A decade ago, women’s empowerment in agriculture wasn’t even on the agenda. Whether there has been sufficient progress in women’s empowerment in agriculture depends on how one defines “sufficient.” The fact that the question is being asked is itself a sign of progress. A decade ago, women’s empowerment in agriculture wasn’t even on the agenda. […]
Bridging the Information Gap in Cocoa Production
Cocoa is one of Ghana’s key agricultural products, generating GDP and export revenue. Dr. Christian Andres, a senior research scientist and coordinator at the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL) and a Post-Doctoral fellow at ETH Zurich, researches sustainable production systems in the tropics: in particular, how to promote sustainable cocoa production systems in West […]
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