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London School of Economics to discuss pandemic impact on Africa for World Food Safety Day

01/06/2021

An “online public event” will be hosted by the UK’s London School of Economics (LSE) on 1 June to mark World Food Safety Day. The event will build on a conversation hosted by the School last year on the impact COVID19 may have in Africa. Now, the question is how food security and agriculture in Africa may have been impacted by the pandemic. Food safety is an important factor in this discussion.

To promote the event, the LSE states that “the impact of COVID-19 highlighted the need for African governments to utilise effective policy tools and develop infrastructure to deliver direct support to their citizens, whether it be around providing access to quality foods during imposed lockdowns or supporting farmers and small businesses during economic slow-downs. Communities found ways to support one another, but what can we learn about promoting food security in Africa more widely?”

Contributors include Jane Ambuko, Associate Professor and Head of Horticulture at the Department of Plant Science and Crop Protection, University of Nairobi, Kenya, Abebe Haile-Gabriel, Assistant Director-General at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and FAO’s Regional Representative for Africa, and Sara Mbago-Bhunu, Director of East and Southern Africa Division at the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).

 

Read more: https://www.lse.ac.uk/Events/2021/06/202106011500/africa

Register: https://lse.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_QO7jmMpPQJ-BJqKXufWvnA

Date and time: 1 June 15:00 London time (14:00 GMT)