This policy seminar held April 14, 2020, featuring introduction from Johan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRI, and the following rapid fire presentations:

-Global implications for food security and poverty: David Laborde Debucquet, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

-Developments in India and implications for food security and nutrition: Purnima Menon, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

-Country level implications for food security and poverty: James Thurlow, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

-Developments in China and implications for food security and poverty: Xiaobo Zhang, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

Closing remarks from John McDermott, Director, CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH), and moderated by Rajul Pandya-Lorch, Director, Communications and Public Affairs, IFPRI.

COVID-19 threatens devastating impacts on food security, poverty, and nutrition, particularly in developing countries. IFPRI researchers are taking an early look at the pandemic’s global and country-level implications.

More on the seminar: https://www.ifpri.org/event/virtual-event-covid-19-implications-global-and-country-level-food-security-nutrition-and

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