WEBINAR: Food Crises and COVID-19: Emerging evidence and implications for action

Food Crises and COVID‑19:Emerging evidence and implications. An analysis of acute food insecurity and agri‑food systemsduring COVID‑19 pandemic. Technical note. 
38 pages

15 September 2020. Global Network Against Food Crises is re-orienting its key priorities within the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, with emphasis on enhancing the generation and sharing of evidence-based information and analysis on food crises and COVID-19 effects.

Against this backdrop, key partners of the Global Network held a side event at the 75th session of the

General Assembly of United Nations to update Members and concerned stakeholders on the latest evidence from countries affected by food crises under the COVID-19 pandemic and trigger discussion on actions Members can take to address food crises in a coordinated manner.

• This event enabled delegates from Members to receive the latest data and information emerging from monitoring of food crises taking place in the context of the pandemic and will provide an opportunity for resource partners and bilateral actors to discuss emerging priorities, financing and programming implications in light of COVID-19.
• The event included a technical presentation on the latest acute food insecurity figures in selected high-risk countries and COVID-19 implications for livelihoods and value chains, along with a review of the current policy and programming measures in place in hot-spot food crisis countries.

Introduction

• Moderator, Chief Executive of the Overseas Development Institute (ODI)
• EU Commissioner for Crisis Management
• UK’s Special Envoy for Famine Prevention and Humanitarian Affairs 
• USAID Assistant Administrator (tbc)
• CILSS Executive Secretary

Partners statements

• FAO Director-General
• OCHA Under-Secretary-General
• WFP Executive Director

Keynote intervention on “Reshaping of priorities in the framework of COVID-19”

• Chair of the OECD Development Assistance Committee

Latest acute food insecurity figures in selected high-risk countries and COVID-19 impacts, related policies, programming and responses

• Technical Coordinator, Global Network’s Technical Support Unit

Resources

• Food Crises and COVID‑19:Emerging evidence and implications. An analysis of acute food insecurity and agri‑food systemsduring COVID‑19 pandemic. Technical note ; 38 pages ; Global Network’s analysis of acute food insecurity and agri-food systems during the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Press release FAO 15/09: COVID-19 impacts driving up acute hunger in countries already in food crisis
• Survey on bilateral actors’ emerging priorities, short- and long-term financing and programming implications in light of COVID-19 developed by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). 34 pages
• Recording of the event
• Final list of the keynote speakers
• Background note of the event

Presentation and documents discussed at the event:

• Presentation slides shared at the event
• Global Networks’ Technical Note providing the analysis of analysis of acute food insecurity and agri‑food systems during COVID‑19 pandemic
• The results of the OECD survey of Members on the development co-operation responses to the pandemic
• News Release
• Screengrabs of event

Resources shared in the chat:

• Call for action
• Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC)
• FAO data platform
• FAO's COVID-19 Response and Recovery Programme
• WFP’s work on COVID-19
• Food Security Information Network
• 2020 edition of the Global Report on Food Crises

European Commissioner @JanezLenarcic opens the #UNGA side event