Elizabeth Bryan and Claudia Ringler POLICY SEMINAR Ensuring a Focus on Women and Girls in the Global Food Crisis Response Co-organized by United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Feed the Future Initiative, IFPRI, and the CGIAR GENDER Impact Platform OCT 26, 2022 - 9:30 TO 11:00AM EDT

1. Addressing the Gendered Impacts of
the Global Food Crisis
Elizabeth Bryan and Claudia Ringler
International Food Policy Research Institute
October 26, 2022

2. The war on Ukraine, together with COVID-19 and climate change
has led to dramatic increases in food/fuel/fertilizer prices
2007-08 food, fuel &
fertilizer crisis
2011-12 food, fuel &
fertilizer crisis
2021-22 food, fuel &
fertilizer crisis
-4.0%
-2.0%
0.0%
2.0%
4.0%
6.0%
8.0%
10.0%
12.0%
14.0%
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
400
450
GDP
growth
in
LMICs
Food,
fuel
&
fertilizer
price
indices
(2000=100)
Source: Headey and Hirvonen (2022) using data from FAO, the World Bank and the IMF.

3. What are gendered pathways of impact?
 Gender gap in food insecurity is growing (SOFI report)—In 2021,
at least 150 million more women than men were experiencing
food insecurity
 Increasing food prices only likely to exacerbate this gap
 Expected growing gap in access to farm inputs, like fertilizers
 Responses to the crisis, like fertilizer subsidies or the switch to
agroecological farming approaches, may not benefit or may
even harm women
 Strain on government budgets may limit support to vulnerable
populations, including women

4. What should the global
community do differently or
more?
1. Gather evidence
2. Expand social protection
3. Prevent gender-based
violence
4. Increase opportunities for
decent work
5. Tailor financial services to
women
6. Broaden access to
information
7. Support women’s groups and
networks
8. Promote women’s leadership
Photo credit: C. de Bode/CGIAR

5. Further reading
 Bryan E., C. Ringler and N. Lefore. 2022. To
ease the world food crisis, focus resources on
women and girls. Nature Comment. 609: 28-31.
 Alvi, M.F., S. Gupta, P. Barooah, C. Ringler, E.
Bryan and R.S. Meinzen-Dick. 2022. Gendered
impacts of COVID-19: Insights from 7 countries
in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.
Washington, DC: IFPRI
 Quisumbing, A.R., N. Kumar, R. Meinzen-Dick
and C. Ringler. Why gender matters in COVID-
19 responses: Now and in the future. In COVID-
19 and global food security, eds. J. Swinnen and
J. McDermott. Part Six: Gender, Chapter 20, Pp.
88-90. Washington, DC: IFPRI
 M. Alvi, S. Gupta, R. Meinzen-Dick and C.
Ringler. 2020. Phone surveys to understand
gendered impacts of COVID-19: A cautionary
note. IFPRI PIM EnGendering Data Blog.