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Manuel Hernandez

Manuel Hernandez is a Senior Research Fellow in the Markets, Trade, and Institutions Unit of IFPRI. He has more than 20 years of experience in diverse projects in Latin America, Africa, and Asia on development issues related to agricultural and labor markets, food security and nutrition, industrial organization and regulation, price analysis, and the informal economy. His current research focuses on impact evaluation linked to rural development and food security projects, migration, functioning of oligopoly markets and value chains, and price volatility.

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Since 1975, IFPRI’s research has been informing policies and development programs to improve food security, nutrition, and livelihoods around the world.

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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.

Johan Swinnen, Director of the International Food Policy Research Institute: Take powerful measures to deal with the global increase in poverty and hunger (Sohu.com) 

June 04, 2020


Sohu.com reported on reported on the Beijing launch of IFPRI’s 2020 Global Food Policy Report. Director General Johan Swinnen was quoted in the article. He stated that as the COVID-19 epidemic and its economic impact sweep across the world’s poorest regions, more people will fall into poverty and food crises. In a new scenario analysis, without intervention, by the end of 2020, more than 140 million people worldwide will fall into extreme poverty (as measured by the US$1.90 poverty line), a 20% increase from the current level. This in turn will exacerbate the food crisis. Therefore, the global health crisis may lead to a major food crisis-unless measures are taken to vigorously provide emergency economic relief. Republished in China Economic News10JQKA.comEastDay.com (China), as well as more than a dozen other major media outlets. 

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