“There is a need to invest beyond short-term fixes to build food systems that are more resilient and equitable,” writes Down to Earth in a story about IFPRI’s 2023 Global Food Policy Report.
Johan Swinnen, director-general of IFPRI and managing director of the CGIAR Systems Transformation Science Group reiterated, “We should better predict and prepare, implement effective and accountable governance and institutions, and invest to build resilience against future crises.”
Each of the regions covered in the report, sub-Saharan Africa, Central Asia, East and Southeast Asia, Latin America and Caribbean, Middle East & North Africa, and South Asia, face different crisis risks and need to focus on responses targeted to local needs.
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