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Poverty and food insecurity could grow dramatically as COVID-19 spreads
| Content Provider | Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) |
|---|---|
| Author | Laborde Debucquet, David Martin, Will Vos, Rob |
| Organization | IFPRI - Markets, Trade, and Institutions Division |
| Organization | IFPRI - COVID-19 Food Trade Policy Tracker |
| Description | With COVID-19 and its economic fallout now spreading in the poorest parts of the world, many more people will become poor and food-insecure. In a new scenario analysis, we estimate that globally, absent interventions, over 140 million people could fall into extreme poverty (measured against the $1.90 poverty line) in 2020 — an increase of 20% from present levels. This in turn would drive up food insecurity. A global health crisis could thus cause a major food crisis — unless steps are taken to provide unprecedented economic emergency relief. |
| Related Links | https://cgspace.cgiar.org/items/9ec73f41-e3b9-40e1-bbdf-1a8ffd6ba66c |
| File Format | |
| DOI | 10.2499/p15738coll2.133762_02 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | International Food Policy Research Institute |
| Publisher Date | 2020-06-01 |
| Publisher Place | Washington, DC |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights License | CC-BY-4.0 |
| Subject Keyword | Models Covid-19 Economic Crises Developed Countries Nutrition Computable General Equilibrium Models Disease Prevention Developing Countries Food Security Poverty Economic Recession |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Chapter |
| Subject | Agronomy and Crop Science Food Science Plant Science |
