Policy brief on the impacts of COVID-19 on long-term food security. The brief looks at three scenarios for food security by 2040, and quantifies the impact of COVID-19 on undernourishment by 2040. It then moves to unpacking the underlying drivers of food supply, food access and food utilization

The spread of COVID-19 has been devastating for the millions of people who have been infected by the virus and lost their lives and the tens of millions of people who have lost their work and livelihoods. Governments and civil society have responded swiftly to the virus with policies that reduce...

A large share of the global population today is food insecure, with 10.9 percent of the global population undernourished in 2019 and 23.0 percent of children under five affected by stunting. Safe and affordable access to a diverse, nutritious diet is a basic human need and human right, and food...