COVID-19 and the risk to food supply chains: How to respond?



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https://www.fao.org/3/ca8388en/CA8388EN.pdf
DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.4060/ca8388en
ISBN: 
978-92-5-132343-4
Licensing of resource: 
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA)
Type: 
brief
Author(s): 
Cullen M.T.
Description: 

As the COVID-19 pandemic turns into a global crisis, countries are taking measures to contain the pandemic. Supermarket shelves remain stocked for now. But a protracted pandemic crisis could quickly put a strain on the food supply chains, which is a complex web of interactions involving farmers, agricultural inputs, processing plants, shipping, retailers and more. The shipping industry is already reporting slowdowns because of port closures, and logistics hurdles could disrupt the supply chains in the coming weeks. This policy brief provides recommendations on measures to consider in order to keep the supply chain alive in these times of crisis

Publication year: 
2020
Keywords: 
Best practices
Infectious diseases
Covid-19
food supply chains
Support measures