28/07/2020
COVID-19 affects rural lives and livelihoods in a specific way. Rural areas already concentrated 80 percent of the world’s extreme poor, before the pandemic hit. COVID-19 containment measures are particularly difficult for the rural poorest and most vulnerable, who tend [...]
28/07/2020
A webinar organized jointly by the United Nations (UN) Global Food Security Cluster (gFSC) and the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Secretariat.
Date: 28th of July, 2020
Time: 2:00PM – 3:30PM (Rome Time)
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This webinar presents the CFS draft [...]
23/07/2020
In order to provide a more complete picture of the economic impact of COVID-19, GeoPoll has conducted a study in five countries in sub-Saharan Africa (Kenya, Nigeria, Côte D’Ivoire, Mozambique, and South Africa). The main areas GeoPoll’s study examined are:
Ability [...]
High levels of food insecurity persist, amidst deterioration of the economy, conflict and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
22/07/2020
Out of 7.9 million people in southern Yemen, 3.2 million are estimated to be highly food insecure (IPC Phase 3 and above) between July and December 2020. High food insecurity in the 133 analysed districts is driven by economic decline [...]
22/07/2020
Date: Wednesday 22 July, 12:30PM UTC
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have launched a series of webinars exploring how digitalization of food and agriculture systems can provide some quick responses [...]