The way the international community approaches food security is changing. How?
In this video interview, Bronwyn Irwin, senior technical director with ACDI/VOCA, explains and shares lessons learned from Zimbabwe on how to improve market systems to advance food security.
Small traders are essential, according to Irwin, as they have the capacity to move food from areas of surplus to areas of deficit, and that over time brings down food prices.
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Carlos Santamaria
Carlos is a former associate editor for breaking news in Devex's Manila-based news team. He joined Devex after a decade working for international wire services Reuters, AP, Xinhua, EFE ,and Philippine social news network Rappler in Madrid, Beijing, Manila, New York, and Bangkok. During that time, he also covered natural disasters on the ground in Myanmar and Japan.