Food Security Group

Why Mali’s 2020 Agricultural Campaign Plan Needs to Be Reviewed in Light of COVID-19

Published on May 27, 2020
COVID-19 has created new priorities for the Malian government to consider after releasing their initial agricultural forecast on March 20, 2020.
AFRE Faculty Participate in African Development Bank Session on Agricultural Policy Responses to COVID-19

Published on May 22, 2020
The ADBG sponsored event was entitled "Building Resilience in Food Systems and Agricultural Value Chains: Agricultural Policy Responses to COVID-19 in Africa”.
Cereal Prices Have Resisted (so far) to COVID-19 in Mali

Published on May 18, 2020
Malian households are facing sharp price increases on staple foods due to government declaration of the first cases of COVID-19.
Some data and knowledge gaps that limit our ability to respond quickly and precisely to the COVID-19 pandemic

Published on May 18, 2020
This blog is a revised version of remarks presented at the African Development Bank’s webinar “COVID-19’s Disruption of Africa’s Transformed Food Supply Chains”, held on May 18, 2020