Resultados de búsqueda - "pandemic"

Crisis resilience: Humanitarian response and anticipatory action por Kurdi, Sikandra, Ruckstuhl, Sandra

“…In human, economic, and environmental terms, the total cost of disaster and crisis response is extremely high, and the disastrous combination of the food price crises coming on the heels of the COVID-19 pandemic and natural calamities is straining public budgets and squeezing financial options. …”
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Zoonoses and poverty: The multiple burdens of zoonoses in low- and middle-income countries por Grace, Delia, Cook, Elizabeth A.J.

“…Among the most important zoonoses in developing countries are leptospirosis, cysticercosis, brucellosis, tuberculosis, and rabies and zoonoses causing foodborne disease. The COVID-19 pandemic also showed how lack of resilience leads to greater vulnerability of poor people to emerging zoonoses of high economic impact. …”
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Institutions matter: let knowledge make the difference (Road Map 2002 - 2006) por International Service for National Agricultural Research

“…In many countries the HIV-AIDS pandemic is taking a heavy toll on young adults, leaving the very old and the very young to farm the land or fish the seas. …”
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Resilience of social transfer programs to large unexpected shocks por Chowdhury, Shyamal, Bin Khaled, Muhammad Nahian, Mallick, Debdulal, Raghunathan, Kalyani, Rashid, Shahidur

“…We then compare the performance of the FFP with two initiatives launched following the pandemic: an in-kind and cash transfer program, respectively. …”
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The impact of price insulation on world wheat markets during Covid-19 and the Ukraine crisis por Martin, Will, Minot, Nicholas

“…A case study of the price shocks during the Covid pandemic and the Ukraine food price crisis finds that price insulation roughly doubled the overall increase in world wheat prices and raised their volatility both during periods of price increase and price decline.…”
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Methods used to estimate the poverty impact of increases in international food prices por Minot, Nicholas, Martin, Will

“…The prices of agricultural commodities have increased on international markets since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in early 2020 and spiked after the invasion of Ukraine by Russia in February 2022. …”
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How Kenya can boost agricultural productivity with fertiliser subsidy por Ayalew, Hailemariam

“…These initiatives have evolved over the years, from targeted programmes for resource-poor farmers to broader, non-targeted schemes like the the National Fertiliser Subsidy Programme (NFSP) implemented in 2022 to boost food production and stabilise prices in the wake of global supply chains disruptions related to the Russia-Ukraine conflict and the Covid-19 pandemic. The NFSP provides subsidised fertiliser to all registered farmers, with the quantity allocated based on the size of registered land holdings. …”
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Double Jeopardy: COVID-19, coup d'etat and poverty in Myanmar por Myanmar Agriculture Policy Support Activity

“…COVID and the coup d’état reversed a decade of growth and poverty reduction, but the full extent of the crisis on household poverty has remained uncertain because of the challenges of conducting large-scale in-person welfare surveys during the pandemic and recent political instability. Here we combine ex ante simulation models with diverse phone survey evidence from mid-2020 to early 2022 to estimate the poverty impacts of these shocks and some of the mechanisms behind them. …”
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Impact of falling remittances amid COVID-19 on Yemen’s war-torn economy por Elsabbagh, Dalia, Kurdi, Sikandra, Wiebelt, Manfred

“…Even before the COVID-19 pandemic battered economies across the world, Yemen had already experienced a half decade of civil war, resulting in a loss of approximately 45 percent of its real GDP by the end of 2019, according to the Yemeni Ministry of Planning. …”
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COVID-19’s varied impacts on fresh fruit and vegetable supply chains in Senegal por Fabry, Anna, Van Hoyweghen, Kaat, Feyaerts, Hendrik, Wade, Idrissa, Maertens, Miet

“…In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Senegal declared a state of emergency on March 23, 2020, followed by a range of policy measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus: Transport was significantly restricted, wet markets were closed, and shops were required to limit their hours. …”
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COVID-19 disruptions to health and nutrition services in Uttar Pradesh, India por Nguyen, Phuong Hong, Kachwaha, Shivani, Avula, Rasmi, Menon, Purnima, Wang, Michael

“…The COVID-19 pandemic has led to major disruptions in preventive health and nutrition services around the world, posing particular risks for vulnerable groups such as young children and pregnant women. …”
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Delivery of social protection programs to combat COVID-19 in Africa por Duchoslav, Jan, Hirvonen, Kalle

“…The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted governments across the world to introduce unprecedented lockdowns and other restrictions on mobility to slow the spread of coronavirus and to avoid overwhelming healthcare systems. …”
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Rethinking the role of social protection in African food systems post-COVID-19 por Benammour, Omar, Davis, Benjamin, Knowles, Marco, Pace, Noemi, Sitko, Nicholas J.

“…Emerging evidence demonstrates that the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic across African food systems are heterogeneous. …”
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Assessing the impacts of COVID-19 on household incomes and poverty in Rwanda: A microsimulation approach por Diao, Xinshen, Rosenbach, Gracie, Spielman, David J., Aragie, Emerta A.

“…In Rwanda, as in other countries, different types of households will experience the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic differently. We use a microsimulation approach to highlight the importance of these differences and to draw attention to the diversified livelihood strategies of Rwandan households in order to fully understand COVID-19’s impacts on their income and poverty status. …”
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Prepare food systems for a long-haul fight against COVID-19 por Torero, Maximo

“…With a devasting one-two punch, a supply shock followed by a demand shock, the COVID-19 pandemic has knocked out the world economy. The first blow was the Great Lockdown; the second, the worst recession since the Great Depression. …”
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COVID-19 lockdowns threaten Africa’s vital informal urban food trade por Resnick, Danielle

“…As COVID-19 begins its spread across Africa, concerns are growing about how the pandemic will affect the region’s already fragile food systems, especially in densely packed cities. …”
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With climate change impacts accelerating, we need to re-think the human right to water por Mehta, Lyla, Ringler, Claudia, Varghese, Shiney

“…The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the global economy will further heighten the existing vulnerabilities of the poor.…”
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Second rapid assessment of food and nutrition security in the context of COVID-19 in Bangladesh por Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, Ahmed, Akhter, Bakhtiar, M. Mehrab

“…FAO Bangladesh coordinated this Second rapid assessment of food and nutrition security in the context of COVID-19 in Bangladesh to understand the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the responses to it, on food and nutrition security in Bangladesh. …”
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Monitoring the impact of COVID-19 in Myanmar: Agricultural equipment retailers - June 2020 survey round por Takeshima, Hiroyuki, Win, Myat Thida, Masias, Ian

“…To trace the continuing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on their economic activities, a second phone survey of ERs was done in late June 2020. …”
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Monitoring the impact of COVID-19 in Myanmar: Mechanization service providers - November 2020 survey round por Takeshima, Hiroyuki, Zone, Phoo Pye, Masias, Ian

“…To trace the continuing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on their economic activities, a fourth round of the survey of MSPs was done in early-November 2020, administered mostly to those engaged in harvesting activities. …”
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