Food crises in developing countries: the role of national governance

This repository item contains a single issue of Issues in Brief, a series of policy briefs that began publishing in 2008 by the Boston University Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future. This paper is part of The Project on Food and Development, a Pardee Center program of research, publications and symposia exploring the relationship between global food policy and development in its various dimensions. The project is generously supported by the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality of the Netherlands. The views expressed in this paper are strictly those of the author and should not be assumed to represent the views of Boston University or the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality of the Netherlands.This paper looks at the recent price increases in food commodities and using Pakistan as a case study it concludes the national governance is a key component in understanding what happened and why. This paper is part of The Project on Food and Development, a Pardee Center program of research, publications and symposia exploring the relationship between global food policy and development in its various dimensions

Impact of COVID-19 on livelihoods and food security

French version available in IDRC Digital Library: L’impact de la COVID-19 sur les moyens de subsistance et la sécurité alimentaireSpanish version available in IDRC Digital Library: Impacto del COVID-19 en los medios de vida y en la seguridad alimentari

Impacto del COVID-19 en los medios de vida y en la seguridad alimentaria

French version available in IDRC Digital Library: L’impact de la COVID-19 sur les moyens de subsistance et la sécurité alimentaireEnglish version available in IDRC Digital Library: Impact of COVID-19 on livelihoods and food securit

L’impact de la COVID-19 sur les moyens de subsistance et la sécurité alimentaire

English version available in IDRC Digital Library: Impact of COVID-19 on livelihoods and food securitySpanish version available in IDRC Digital Library: Impacto del COVID-19 en los medios de vida y en la seguridad alimentari

El impacto del Covid-19 en los medios de vida y en la seguridad alimentaria

Studies of livelihoods and food systems since the start of the global pandemic in 2020 have shown a consistent pattern: the primary risks to food and livelihood security are at the household level. Covid-19 is having a major impact on households’ production and access to quality, nutritious food, due to losses of income, combined with increasing food prices, and restrictions to movements of people, inputs and products. The studies included in this Research for Policy and Practice Report and supported by the Covid-19 Responses for Equity (CORE) Programme span several continents and are coordinated by leading research organisations with a detailed understanding of local food system dynamics and associated equity and livelihood issues in their regions: (1) the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on livelihoods in sub-Saharan Africa; (2) supporting small and medium enterprises, food security, and evolving social protection mechanisms to deal with Covid-19 in Pakistan; and (3) impact of Covid-19 on family farming and food security in Latin America: evidence-based public policy responses.Les études sur les moyens de subsistance et les systèmes alimentaires depuis le début de la pandémie mondiale en 2020 ont montré un schéma constant : les principaux risques pour la sécurité alimentaire et les moyens de subsistance se situent au niveau des ménages. La COVID-19 a un impact important sur la production des ménages et sur l’accès à des aliments nutritifs et de qualité, en raison des pertes de revenus, combinées à l’augmentation des prix des denrées alimentaires, et des restrictions aux mouvements des personnes, des intrants et des produits. Les études comprises dans le Research for Policy and Practice Report et soutenues par le programme Covid-19 Responses for Equity (CORE) du CRDI s’étendent sur plusieurs continents et sont coordonnées par des organismes de recherche de premier plan ayant une compréhension détaillée de la dynamique des systèmes alimentaires locaux et des questions connexes d’équité et de moyens de subsistance dans leurs régions : (1) L’impact de la pandémie de COVID-19 sur les moyens de subsistance en Afrique subsaharienne ; (2) Soutien aux petites et moyennes entreprises, à la sécurité alimentaire et à l’évolution des mécanismes de protection sociale pour faire face à la COVID-19 au Pakistan ; (3) Impact de la COVID-19 sur l’agriculture familiale et la sécurité alimentaire en Amérique latine : interventions de politique publique fondées sur des données probantes.Los estudios de los medios de vida y los sistemas alimentarios desde el comienzo de la pandemia en 2020 han demostrado un patrón uniforme: los riesgos fundamentales para la seguridad alimentaria y los medios de vida se ubican en el ámbito doméstico. El Covid-19 está causando un enorme impacto en la producción y el acceso de los hogares a alimentos nutritivos de calidad debido a la pérdida de ingresos, junto con el aumento en los precios de los alimentos y las restricciones de movimiento de personas, insumos y productos. Los estudios incluidos en este Research for Policy and Practice Report y respaldados por el Programa Covid-19 Responses for Equity (CORE) del IDRC abarcan varios continentes. Además, se encuentran bajo la coordinación de organizaciones líderes en la investigación con un profundo conocimiento de la dinámica del sistema alimentario local y de temas relacionados con la igualdad y los medios de vida en sus regiones: (1) el impacto de la pandemia de Covid-19 en los medios de vida en la zona de África subsahariana; (2) el apoyo de las pequeñas y medianas empresas, la seguridad alimentaria y los cambiantes mecanismos de protección social para hacer frente al Covid-19 en Pakistán; (3) el impacto del Covid-19 en la agricultura familiar y la seguridad alimentaria en América Latina: respuestas fundamentadas de las políticas públicas.International Development Research Centr

Strengthening Food Security in Pakistan During the Covid-19 Pandemic

Pakistan is facing numerous socioeconomic impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic, including on food security. Food insecurity, which is a long-standing issue, has become more visible since the pandemic. Covid-19 Responses for Equity (CORE) partner the Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) – a leading policy research thinktank – has been supporting the Government of Pakistan to maintain essential economic activity and protect workers and small producers during the pandemic. One notable contribution has been the development of a Food Security Portal, which is being used by the government to better manage food security in the country. It is the first track and trace system from farm to fork for essential food items

Private adaptation in semi-arid lands: a tailored approach to ‘leave no one behind’

Globally, semi-arid lands (SALs) are home to approximately one billion people, including some of the poorest and least food secure. These regions will be among the hardest hit by the impacts of climate change. This article urges governments and their development partners to put SAL inhabitants and their activities at the heart of efforts to support adaptation and climate resilient development, identifying opportunities to capitalise on the knowledge, institutions, resources and practices of SAL populations in adaptation action

Pathways to Resilience in Semi-arid Economies (PRISE) CARIAA consortium report February 2014 - November 2018

PRISE (www.prise.odi.org) (2014–2018) was funded through the Collaborative Adaptation Research Initiative in Africa and Asia (CARIAA) programme, launched by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the Department for International Development (DFID) in 2013, to fund adaptation research on three ‘hotspots’ of climate vulnerability: glacier-fed rivers, mega-deltas, and semi-arid lands (de Souza et al., 2015). ‘Hotspots’ are defined as areas where a strong climate signal coincides with a large concentration of poor, vulnerable or marginalised people. PRISE developed projects in seven countries with semi-arid regions: Senegal, Burkina Faso, Kenya, Tanzania (until 2015), Pakistan and Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan (since 2016). CARIAA is also rooted in progressive research for development principles, including knowledge co-creation (Harvey et al., 2017) and transdisciplinarity (Cundill et al., 2018), and this is reflected in the approaches and methodology employed by PRISE.This report summarises: the key thematic, national and global findings and policy recommendations; related engagement activities and stories of impact; the approach taken by the consortium and how it was set up and managed; the monitoring of outcomes; the lessons learned; and next steps for how the research findings and recommendations can be used to inform future programming and the climate adaptation and ‘leave no one behind’ agendas