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2020
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FEATURED RESOURCES
This page brings together a wide range of FSP and external resources that are useful for policymakers, researchers, and other stakeholders who are interested in food security and related topics. Select a resource category by clicking on the tags to the left.
Oct 27th, 2020
Report: National Policy Dialogue on Informal Cross-Border Trade in Tanzania - Implications for Food Security and Resilience
With support from the European Commission, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and REPOA, a nongovernmental organization that conducts policy research for development, jointly organized a virtual national policy dialogue event on Informal Cross-Border Trade in Tanzania: Implications for Food Security and Resilience on October 15, 2020. This report summarizes that event.
Oct 2nd, 2020
FEWS NET Zimbabwe Food Security Alert - September 2020
COVID-19 added to consecutive droughts and economic shocks in Zimbabwe drives high assistance needs
Sep 29th, 2020
Global Report on Food Crises - 2020 September update
This September update of the 2020 Global Report on Food Crises with a special focus on COVID-19 finds that a range of 101–104.6 million people in 27 countries are classified in Crisis or worse (IPC/CH Phase 3 or above) according to analyses carried out between March and September 2020, reflecting the peak situation in times of COVID-19 in countries.
Sep 23rd, 2020
Report: COVID-19 and its Impacts on Childhood Malnutrition and Nutrition-related Mortality
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) conducted recent analysis on economic shocks and child wasting showing an important increase in the prevalence of moderate or severe wasting among children younger than 5 years due to COVID-19-related losses in GNI per capita. To consider the implications of this analysis for Ethiopia, the Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI), IFPRI, the Ethiopia National Information Platform for Nutrition (NIPN) and the Food Security Portal (FSP) Project co-hosted a webinar on “COVID-19 and its impacts on childhood malnutrition and nutrition related mortality” on 23rd September 2020, which this report summarizes.
Aug 28th, 2020
FEWS NET Ethiopia Food Security Alert - August 2020
Poor households across Ethiopia experience sharp declines in income amid COVID-19 control measures
Apr 21st, 2020
Global Report on Food Crises 2020
At 135 million, the number of people in Crisis or worse (IPC/CH Phase 3 or above) in 2019 was the highest in the four years of the GRFC’s existence.
Mar 16th, 2020
Climate Change Best Practices
This best practice document provides some specific recommendations for best practices for climate change adaptation and mitigation for agriculture in developing countries, based on recent research.