David Laborde POLICY SEMINAR Virtual Event - COVID-19, global markets and African agricultural trade: Impacts on growth and food security Organized by IFPRI, with support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) SEP 17, 2020 - 09:30 AM TO 11:00 AM EDT

1. How Covid-19 is impacting Africa's
trade?
David Laborde
International Food Policy Research Institute, IFPRI
IFPRI-USAID webinar, September 17th 2020

2. From Health to
Economic to
Food Crisis?
Global Challenges
And Africa
specificities
Economic
Crisis
Supply
DisruptionsIndia: "I earn 600 rupees a day and have five people to
feed. We will run out of food in a few days."
US: Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank, at a
drive thru distribution in downtown Pittsburgh
Mali: "With bans on
gatherings to fight Covid-19,
I do not know
how we will meet production
targets."
US: meatpacking plants close amid COVID-19 pandemic
Philippines: Manila, Grocery shop March
16, after announcement lockdown
Panics
US: California, Trader Joe's grocery
shop: pasta and canned food. March 13

3. Social Distancing has changed people behavior:
Less work, Lower income, Lower demand and
different habits

4. Differentiated impacts across Africa due to different
drivers and behavioral response

5. Macroeconomic impacts
Africa, its heterogeneity and the path to recovery

6. Understanding the macroeconomic vulnerability of Africa:
Trade in Goods – Tourism - Remittances

7. Africa population is particularly exposed to economic
shocks

8. Current Account: Drivers and Consequences

9. Exports and Imports prices: Evolution of Terms of
Trade

10. Food and Agricultural trade could be an opportunity
for the recovery