The pandemic is likely to be more disruptive to local food markets and thus have more serious effects on the poorest and most vulnerable groups and communities than any of the crises in recent years. This is because the poor and vulnerable are affected by changes in local food staple prices significantly more than other population groups, not only because of more limited purchasing power but also because of differences in consumption baskets.
The Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted lives across the globe in just a few months. And yet, there are no effective vaccine or treatment to contain its spread. A very likely scenario for African countries is a continued battle with the disease over the next year at least, with steady spread of infections to larger parts of countries, including into more remote areas. While we are dealing with the immediate and multifaceted effects, we need to also look ahead to bolster preparedness to tackle the crisis in likely future hot spots.
AKADEMIYA2063 a mis en place un vaste programme portant, d’une part, sur la collecte de données, l’analyse et la communication autour des conséquences de la pandémie de COVID-19 dans les pays africains et, d’autre part, sur les réponses à y apporter. Les produits de connaissance seront recueillis et diffusés via le portail COVID-19 d’AKADEMIYA2063. Le portail sera régulièrement mis à jour avec des publications et des ressources. Il compilera notamment toutes les newsletters et tous les bulletins, ainsi que les enregistrements des webinaires et des podcasts.
AKADEMIYA2063 has developed a broad data, analytics and communications agenda on the impacts of and responses to the COVID-19 pandemic among African countries.
A soil scientist at The Ohio State University whose research spans five continents has been awarded this year’s World Food Prize for increasing the global food supply by helping small farmers improve their soil.
L’Institut International de Recherche sur les Politiques Alimentaires (IFPRI) et Le Système Régional d’Analyse Stratégique et de Gestion de Connaissances (ReSAKSS) ont organisé un webinaire sur le thème : "Le Commerce Agricole Africain à l'Epreuve de la Crise Sanitaire: Présentation du Moniteur 2019 du Commerce Agricole en Afrique (AATM) 2019 et Discussion autour des Potentiels Effets de la Covid-19".
Joseph Karugia, coordinator of the Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System for Eastern and Central Africa (ReSAKSS-ECA) leads a capacity building session (photo credit: ILRI/Leonard Kirui).
This note analyzes the trajectory of the benchmark and its implications for the effort required of countries to remain on-track or get on-track toward achieving the goals and targets of the Malabo Declaration by 2025. It also analyzes the change in the overall score obtained by different countries between the 2018 and 2020 BRs by decomposing the contribution of different indictors to the change. This helps to explain why fewer countries were on-track in the 2020 BR compared to the 2018 BR.
