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Carlo Azzarri

Carlo Azzarri is a Senior Research Fellow in the Innovation Policy and Scaling Unit. His work focuses on the relationships among poverty, nutrition, food security, agriculture, the environment, production, and migration—analyzed at both micro and macroeconomic levels, primarily using quantitative methods.

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Editorial: Let’s take note of fears of a spiraling food crisis (B&FT Online) 

June 01, 2020


B&FT Online published an editorial on data produced by Burkina Faso. Data show West African traders of perishable produce and livestock have seen losses of 10 – 30% since health restrictions took effect, resulting in disruptions of transportation and closure of markets. According to the IFPRI blogpost, COVID-19 lockdowns threaten Africa’s vital informal urban food trade, by Senior Research Fellow Danielle Resnick, the informality of West Africa’s food trade makes it especially vulnerable to coronavirus restrictions, even when governments carve out exemptions for trade, a senior research fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute has observed. 

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