Virtual Meeting | COVID-19 & Global Food Security Implications (English Version)
The Ceres2030 project—a joint initiative by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), and Cornell University—invites you to an online reflection on the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for global food security.
The Ceres2030 project—a joint initiative by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), and Cornell University—hosted a virtual meeting to foster a reflection on the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for global food security.
As the lock-downs continue and the commentaries on food security and COVID-19 start to come in, what are we learning? What do we know, what trends are suggestive, and what is still unknown? Our discussion focused on the implications of COVID-19 for agriculture and food systems, now and into the future.
Date: Tuesday, April 7, 2020, 4:00 p.m. CEST / 10:00 a.m. EST
Speakers:
- Issa Barro, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Equipment, Senegal
- Christophe Bazivamo, East African Community (EAC) Secretariat
- Jennifer Clapp, University of Waterloo; and High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE) for the Committee on World Food Security (CFS)
- David Laborde, IFPRI
Moderator:
- Carin Smaller, IISD
The virtual meeting recording can be viewed below and on IISD's YouTube channel.
*** Please note that this online reflection was held in English, but that a French language version followed on Wednesday, April 8.
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