Resultados de búsqueda - "pandemic"

Double jeopardy: COVID-19, coup d'état and poverty in Myanmar por Boughton, Duncan, Headey, Derek D., Mahrt, Kristi, Cho, Ame, Diao, Xinshen, Lambrecht, Isabel B., Minten, Bart, Goeb, Joseph, Masias, Ian, Belton, Ben, Aung, Nilar, San, Cho Cho

“…Impacts on household poverty remain uncertain, however, because large-scale in-person surveys were impossible during the pandemic and heightened internal conflict. We use ex ante simulation models and phone survey evidence to estimate the poverty effects of these shocks and identify factors correlated with them. …”
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Domestic burdens amid COVID-19 and women’s mental health in middle-income Africa por Mueller, Valerie, Grépin, Karen A., Rabbani, Atonu, Ngunjiri, Anne, Oyekunle, Amy, Wenham, Clare

“…This article analyzes two longitudinal datasets (October – December 2020; April 2021) of 1,000 and 900 women in Kenya and Nigeria, respectively, alongside in-depth qualitative interviews with women at risk of changes to time use, to study two pandemic issues: women’s substitution of paid for unpaid work and how these shifts compromise their mental health. …”
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School meals are evolving: Has the evidence kept up? por Alderman, Harold, Bundy, Donald, Gelli, Aulo

“…The country-led School Meals Coalition, developed in response to COVID pandemic-related school closures, has brought new momentum to national programs and new urgency for reliable evidence on effectiveness and costs.…”
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Global research into cash transfers to prevent intimate partner violence por Palermo, Tia, Barrington, Clare, Buller, Ana Maria, Heise, Lori, Hidrobo, Melissa, Ranganathan, Meghna, Roy, Shalini

“…We applaud Merike Blofield and colleagues (January, 2022)1 for highlighting the potential of cash transfer programmes to reduce intimate partner violence (IPV) in Latin America during the COVID-19 pandemic. On the basis of our research in Latin America and other regions, we argue that the potential of cash transfers to reduce IPV is relevant globally. …”
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How the United Kingdom benefits from investments in CGIAR research por International Food Policy Research Institute

“…More recently, the COVID-19 pandemic has likely added to and exacerbated the existing challenges to feeding the growing global population. …”
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COVID-19 undermines incomes, livelihoods in rural Myanmar por Ragasa, Catherine, Lambrecht, Isabel B., Mahrt, Kristi, Aung, Zin Wai, Wang, Michael

“…As the COVID-19 pandemic unfolded in early 2020, Myanmar avoided an early wave of infections. …”
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Climate-resilience policies and investments for Egypt’s agriculture sector: Sustaining productivity and food security por Perez, Nicostrato D., Kassim, Yumna, Ringler, Claudia, Thomas, Timothy S., ElDidi, Hagar, Breisinger, Clemens

“…The importance of a resilient agriculture sector in providing food security, livelihoods, and household income was highlighted in many countries by the recent pandemic, as was the capacity of the sector to cushion the negative impacts of the subsequent economic slowdown. …”
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Leveraging on agri-food sector for revival of Lankan economy in post-COVID-19 era por Weerahewa, Jeevika, Roy, Devesh

“…The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the economy of Sri Lanka like anywhere else in the world will be complex to predict in terms of magnitude, but directions are predictable. …”
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Historicising global nutrition: Critical reflections on contested pasts and reimagined futures por Nelson, Erika Marie, Nisbett, Nicholas, Gillespie, Stuart

“…The COVID-19 pandemic has provoked a range of economic shocks, food systems shocks, public health crises and political upheavals across the globe, prompting a rethink of associated global systems. …”
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US farm support under a Biden administration: Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose? por Glauber, Joseph W., Smith, Vincent H.

“…Direct farm supports, including price and income support payments, federal crop insurance, and supplemental assistance to compensate losses due to the trade war with China and the pandemic, have accounted for more than one‐third of net farm income. …”
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Revitalizing policy think tanks in developing countries: COVID-19 challenges and opportunities por Babu, Suresh Chandra

“…The COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath could have profound implications for the effective functioning of the food and agricultural policy systems in the developing world. …”
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COVID-19 and gender: Potential pathways of impact and research challenges por Bryan, Elizabeth, Alvi, Muzna, Ringler, Claudia, Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.

“…In order to understand how the pandemic is differently affecting men and women in developing countries, IFPRI is implementing a series of phone surveys with poor rural men and women in selected Feed-the-Future countries as part of the Gender, Climate Change, and Nutrition Integration Initiative (GCAN). …”
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Poverty reduction through the development of inclusive food value chains por Vos, Rob, Cattaneo, Andrea

“…The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) that spread to a pandemic in early 2020 provokes enormous setbacks to this expansion. …”
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Food security and women’s well-being: Insights from rural Nepal por Alvi, Muzna, Barooah, Prapti

“…We use four rounds of phone survey data from farmers in Nepal conducted between June 2020 to January 2021, to study the impacts of the pandemic and associated lockdowns on maize farmers in Dang district of Nepal, with a focus on food security and dietary diversity. …”
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Indian agriculture, air pollution, and public health in the age of COVID por McDonald, A.J., Balwinder-Singh, Jat, M.L., Craufurd, P., Hellin, J., Hung, N.V., Keil, A., Kishore, A., Kumar, V., McCarty, J.L., Pearson, P., Samaddar, A., Shyamsundar, P., Shirsath, P.B., Sidhu, H.S., Singh, A.K., Singh, Sudhanshu, Srivastava, A.K., Urban, E., Malik, R.K., Gerard, B.

“…The urgency of curtailing the COVID-19 pandemic and mitigating a potential resurgence later in the year provides even more justification for accelerating efforts to dramatically reduce open agricultural burning in India.…”
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Impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on vegetable value chains in Ethiopia por Tamru, Seneshaw, Hirvonen, Kalle, Minten, Bart, Taffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum, Anne Bossuyt

“…The COVID-19 pandemic is beginning to disrupt food value chains in Ethiopia and elsewhere, impacting the livelihoods of farmers and the diets of rural and urban households. …”
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From farm to table: How are governments keeping food systems functioning during COVID-19? por Kennedy, Adam, Resnick, Danielle

“…With the initial onset of COVID-19, pictures of empty supermarket shelves and panic buying raised questions about the impacts of the pandemic on food supply chains. Around the world, governments have responded in multiple ways to address some of the major constraints generated by lockdowns, restrictions on transport, and financial stresses experienced by farmers, retailers, and consumers (Hawkes 2020; Reardon and Swinnen 2020). …”
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Governing a crisis and crises of governance: The political dimensions of COVID-19 por Kennedy, Adam, Resnick, Danielle

“…We draw on IFPRI’s CPR to examine various governance restrictions that were prominent during the first 12 months of the pandemic and focus on three main responses: postponing elections and restricting political rallies; censorship justified as a means to discourage misinformation; and imposing states of emergency. …”
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Post COVID-19 Era: Leveraging on agri-food sector for SL’s economic revival por Weerahewa, Jeevika, Roy, Devesh

“…The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the economy of Sri Lanka like anywhere else in the world will be complex to predict in terms of magnitude, but directions are predictable. …”
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Regional developments: Central Asia por Akramov, Kamiljon T., Romashkin, Roman, Ilyasov, Jarilkasin

“…Central Asia faced unprecedented challenges in 2020 as the global pandemic compounded existing problems facing the region. …”
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