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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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IFPRI currently has more than 600 employees working in over 80 countries with a wide range of local, national, and international partners.

End food insecurity across Africa through agricultural change – AGRA (Global Diaspora News) 

July 06, 2020


Global Diaspora News published an article stating there are four underlying factors which are driving a potential food crisis across Africa including, according to IFPRI, that African households affected by COVID-19 containment measures and the global economic downturn have less money to purchase food. IFPRI analysis shows that during Rwanda’s six-week lockdown between 21 March and 4 May, total GDP declined by 39% and poverty increased by 20 percentage points. 

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