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Samuel Benin

Samuel Benin is the Acting Director for Africa in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit. He conducts research on national strategies and public investment for accelerating food systems transformation in Africa and provides analytical support to the African Union’s CAADP Biennial Review.

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Climate change increases food prices for billions in Sub-Saharan Africa (Inside Over)

December 11, 2019


Inside Over reported on food prices and climate change. Worsening climate change is likely to push prices of staple foods much higher. Senior Research Fellows Kalle Hirvonen and Derek Headey along with colleagues released the study, Affordability of the EAT–Lancet  Reference Diet: A Global Analysis, showing that nearly 1.58 billion people in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia who earn an estimated $2.84 per day, cannot afford the recommended diet.

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