SOUTH ASIA BLOGS AND RESOURCES ON COVID-19
IFPRI-South Asia is curating a special series of blog posts analyzing the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the sub-national, national, and regional food and nutrition security, poverty, and development. The series is edited by South-Asia Regional Director Shahidur Rashid, Research Fellow Samuel Scott and Research Fellow Kalyani Raghunathan. The IFPRI-SAR blog series is produced in collaboration with ReSAKSS-Asia, which aims to mobilize research to inform policies to reduce poverty and hunger in Asia.
IFPRI-SAR op-eds on COVID-19 published in leading national dailies are available here. To receive regular updates on regional COVID-19 policy responses, subscribe to our IFPRI-SAR newsletter.
Blogs
June 18, 2020
The issue of supply chain disruptions in food markets took center-stage during the nation-wide lockdown in India
Issue Posts
June 15, 2020
India’s Public Distribution System (PDS) has been the anchor of its food security safety net programs for decades. At present,
Issue Posts
June 10, 2020
Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and members of civil society in India have stepped up their efforts to complement governmental COVID-19 relief measures.
Issue Posts
June 8, 2020
Women frontline workers are playing a crucial role to ensure continued health and nutrition services in Tamil Nadu.
Issue Posts
June 4, 2020
Identifying reverse migration and disruption in urban activities as prime issues in the context of COVID-19 in India, compounded by general livelihood and food insecurity.
Issue Posts
June 3, 2020
Livestock sector, an important source of livelihoods for rural India, has been severely hit by the COVID-19 lockdown. In addition
Issue Posts
June 1, 2020
The Mid-Day Meal Scheme, which is the largest among the school feeding programs could no longer provide the much-needed free lunch.
Issue Posts
May 28, 2020
Nepal epitomizes the exceptional problems that COVID -19 can bring in for landlocked countries like Nepal with sparse trading options.
Issue Posts
May 27, 2020
BY SUDHA NARAYANAN, SHREE SAHA Indian government’s stringent lockdown approach to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in
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