Food Crisis and Related Risk Factors
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Survey: Despite COVID-19, food consumption remains steady in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
This post originally appeared on IFPRI.org.
Impacts of Ghana's COVID-19 Response
By: Sara Gustafson
Current Weather Hazards in West and East Africa
Africa south of the Sahara has faced several weather hazards during the first half of June, according to FEWS.Net.
In West Africa, between June 19 and 25, heavy rainfall followed several weeks of above-average precipitation. This led to flooding in several areas, including parts of Ghana, southern and western Nigeria, eastern Senegal, western Mali, Burkina Faso, and eastern Chad. In the coming 10 days, these and other areas of West Africa are expected to receive continued moderate to heavy rainfall, maintaining increased risks for flooding.
Food, Nutrition Insecurity Risk Could Rise in Ethiopia
By Kalle Hirvonen, Gashaw Tadesse Abate, and Alan de Brauw
Impact of COVID-19 Border Policies
This piece originally appeared on IFPRI.org
Across Africa, countries have imposed emergency border restrictions to curb the spread of COVID-19. These have delayed a continental free trade agreement, are contributing to fears of a new food crisis, and disrupted cross-border trade. In this post, Antoine Bouët and David Laborde review the border measures and their impacts and provide recommendations on how to make health and trade policies more coherent in a complex environment.— Johan Swinnen , series co-editor and IFPRI Director General.