Time: 15h00-16h30 (SAST)
Venue: Zoom
Following Israel’s declaration on 8 October 2023 of a “complete siege” of the Gaza Strip, a food crisis rapidly developed. But did the situation deteriorate into a full-blown famine? A series of food security assessments conducted by the international community in 2023-24 will be analysed to answer this question.
For further details, including registration, please visit the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) event page.
Speaker
Professor Stephen Devereux
- IDS Research Fellow
- Holder of the National Research Foundation (NRF) South African Research Chair (SARChI) in Social Protection, affiliated with the DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence in Food Security (CoE-FS) and the Institute for Social Development, University of the Western Cape.
Professor Devereux is a development economist working predominantly on food security, famine, rural livelihoods, social protection and poverty reduction issues. His research experience has mainly been in eastern and southern Africa, especially Ethiopia, Malawi and Namibia.
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