Managing food supply chain amid COVID-19: Insights from global efforts
Salik, Kashif Majeed; Suleri, Abid Qaiyum | July 2020
Abstract
Maintaining food supply is usually most challenging for governments during crises and disasters such as COVID-19 pandemic. In this regard, how different countries face and counter such challenges can provide us with useful insights for the timely and appropriate measures. Globally, COVID-19 has certain implications on food security and food supply chains such as availability of labour and transport, spread of wrong signals about food shortages, and contamination of food (from the virus) thus leading to hoarding and bulk purchase. Likewise, lockdown situations or strict implementation of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) may cause food price hike, and undermine the negotiating power of farmers and consumers. This is particularly true for countries where people are living in dense urban and peri-urban agglomerations and relay on transitional food supply chains. However, with some measures that are adopted and practiced globally helped minimize the impact of COVID-19 on food security and supply chains.
Citation
Salik, Kashif Majeed; Suleri, Abid Qaiyum. 2020. Managing food supply chain amid COVID-19: Insights from global efforts. © Sustainable Development Policy Institute. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/12174.Keywords
Public Health
Partnerships in Health Reform
Health Systems
Development projects
Physical infrastructure
Soft infrastructure
Infrastructure finance
Infrastructure bonds
Pandemic
Vaccination
World Health Organization
Quality of Health Care
Partnerships in Health Reform
Health
Health Standards
Health Care Cost Control
Health Care Access
Health Risk
Health Issues
Sustainable agriculture
Commercial agriculture
Commercial agriculture
Agriculture
Sustainable agriculture
Food Security
Agriculture
Agricultural Trade
Medical Economics
Disease Control
Occupational Hygiene
Medical Services
Health Costs
Sanitation
Diseases
Water Quality
Respiratory Diseases
Health Indicators
Disadvantaged Groups
Social condition
Health Care Services
Health Standards
Health Service Management
Health Costs
Medical Statistics
Lockdown
Agroindustry
Agricultural trade
Commercial farming
Agroindustry
Sustainable development
Access to markets
Agricultural market
Agricultural economy
Distribution
Agricultural trade
Agricultural investment
Agricultural economy
Agricultural products
Nutrition and state
Food policy
Nutrition policy
Covid
Health status indicators
Medical and health care industry
Vaccination
Delivery of medical care
Social distancing
Inclusion
Agricultural diversification
Agricultural resource
Farm produce
Land capability for agriculture
Food Supply
Rural land use
Technological innovations
Agricultural innovations
Farm supply industry
Natural resource
Adaptive natural resource management
Food industry
Perishable goods
Food
Agricultural resource
Farm produce
Natural products in agriculture
Plant products industry
New agricultural enterprises
Agricultural industry
Foreign trade and employment
Perishable goods
Consumer goods
Agricultural products
Agricultural industry
Food industry
Food Safety
Crop Insurance
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