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Impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on vegetable value chains in Ethiopia
This post originally appeared on IFPRI.org blog .
By: Seneshaw Tamru, Kalle Hirvonen, and Bart Minten
COVID-19 threatens informal urban food trade
This post originally appeared on IFPRI.org blog .
More progress needed on Malabo
This post originally appeared on IFPRI.org .
By: Tsitsi Makombe and Julie Kurtz
Conflict to Worsen Food Security in Central West Africa
Since mid-2018, conflict in the Liptako-Gourma region, the border connecting western Niger, northern and eastern Burkina Faso, and central and northeastern Mali, has displaced almost 700,000 people and caused massive disruptions to market functioning and livelihoods, according to a recent alert from FEWS Net . These disruptions are expected to continue to drive urgent humanitarian needs through the rest of 2020.
Below Average Rainfall to Challenge Planting, Food Security in Southern Africa
According to a recent alert from FEWS Net , southern Africa has seen a below average start to the 2019-2020 agricultural season, with rainfall only 55-85 percent of normal levels from October through early December. This decrease in precipitation has negatively impacted planting and germination rates throughout much of the region. The most impacted areas include Lesotho, central and southern Mozambique, Madagascar, South Africa, and western and southern Zambia. The situation will only be further exacerbated by expected continued below average rainfall through May 2020.