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Khalid Siddig

Khalid Siddig is a Senior Research Fellow in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit and Program Leader for the Sudan Strategy Support Program. He is an agricultural economist with a focus on examining the impacts of potential shocks and the allocation of resources on economic growth, environmental sustainability, and income distribution through the lens of economywide and micro-level tools. 

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Press Briefing: COVID-19 and Global Food Security – 2 Years Later

March 08, 2022


Media Briefing: Video
Media Briefing: Audio

As we mark the second anniversary of the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the health, economic, and social disruptions caused by this global crisis continue to evolve. The impacts of the pandemic are prolonged and likely to endure for years to come, with poor, marginalized, and vulnerable groups the most affected. COVID-19 & Global Food Security: Two Years Later presents lessons learned on food security and food system resilience over the last 18 months. 

In an exclusive briefing for journalists, four researchers from the International Food Policy Research Institute answered questions and provided analysis on lessons learned from two years of the global pandemic related to food security, poverty, health, and supply chains, as well as how governments’ responses have helped and hindered recovery and how this pandemic experience can inform both recovery and longer-term efforts to build more resilient food systems. 

This briefing was recorded and on the record. Individuals who attended this event may have been audiotaped, videotaped, or photographed during the course of the meeting, and by attending, granted permission for their likenesses and the content of their comments, if any, to be broadcast, webcast, published or otherwise reported or recorded. Questions? Please contact D.Sample@cgiar.org.

WHEN: Tuesday, March 8, 2022

WHERE: The briefing was conducted via Zoom. Watch the video or listen to the audio.

PANEL:

John McDermott, former director of CGIAR Program Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (retired)

Neha Kumar, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

Thomas Reardon, University Distinguished Professor, Michigan State University & Non-Resident Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI 

James Thurlow, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

Please direct any questions about participation to–

Drew Sample, +1 (202) 549-5920; d.sample@cgiar.org

Website: www.ifpri.org

Twitter: @IFPRI

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