Policy seminar: Unpacking the impacts of COVID-19 on economies, food systems, and poverty in African and Asian countries

Anisimova, Evgeniya

Policy seminar: Unpacking the impacts of COVID-19 on economies, food systems, and poverty in African and Asian countries

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Anisimova, Evgeniya

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2020-08-26

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Anisimova, Evgeniya. 2020. Policy seminar: Unpacking the impacts of COVID-19 on economies, food systems, and poverty in African and Asian countries. IFPRI Blog Post. https://www.ifpri.org/blog/policy-seminar-unpacking-impacts-covid-19-economies-food-systems-and-poverty-african-and-asian/

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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. An Aug. 11 virtual policy seminar organized by IFPRI and the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) explored recent findings of IFPRI-led, PIM-supported work measuring the pandemic"s impacts on economies and food systems in Nigeria, Myanmar, and Sudan.