Global assessment of the impacts of COVID-19 on food security
In this paper we present the first global assessments of COVID-19’s impacts on food systems and their actors, focusing specifically on the food security and nutritional status of those affected in low and middle-income countries. The assessment covers 62 countries and is based on the analysis of 337...
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| author | Béné, Christophe Bakker, Deborah Chavarro, Mónica Juliana Even, Brice Melo, Jenny Sonneveld, Anne |
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| description | In this paper we present the first global assessments of COVID-19’s impacts on food systems and their actors, focusing specifically on the food security and nutritional status of those affected in low and middle-income countries. The assessment covers 62 countries and is based on the analysis of 337 documents published in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese. The review confirms the magnitude and the severity of an unprecedented crisis that has spread worldwide and has spared only a few. The analysis shows that the dimension of food security that has been most affected is accessibility, with reasonably solid evidence suggesting that both financial and physical access to food have been disrupted. In contrast, there is no clear evidence that the availability of food has been affected. Overall, data suggests that food systems resisted and adapted to the disruption of the pandemic. This resilience came, however, at great costs, with the majority of the systems’ actors having to cope with severe disruptions in their activities. In contrast, grocery stores and supermarkets made billions of dollars in profits in 2020. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1151122025-11-11T17:42:28Z Global assessment of the impacts of COVID-19 on food security Béné, Christophe Bakker, Deborah Chavarro, Mónica Juliana Even, Brice Melo, Jenny Sonneveld, Anne covid-19 food security impact assessment pandemics seguridad alimentaria evaluación del impacto pandemias ecology food science In this paper we present the first global assessments of COVID-19’s impacts on food systems and their actors, focusing specifically on the food security and nutritional status of those affected in low and middle-income countries. The assessment covers 62 countries and is based on the analysis of 337 documents published in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese. The review confirms the magnitude and the severity of an unprecedented crisis that has spread worldwide and has spared only a few. The analysis shows that the dimension of food security that has been most affected is accessibility, with reasonably solid evidence suggesting that both financial and physical access to food have been disrupted. In contrast, there is no clear evidence that the availability of food has been affected. Overall, data suggests that food systems resisted and adapted to the disruption of the pandemic. This resilience came, however, at great costs, with the majority of the systems’ actors having to cope with severe disruptions in their activities. In contrast, grocery stores and supermarkets made billions of dollars in profits in 2020. 2021-12 2021-09-23T09:18:54Z 2021-09-23T09:18:54Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/115112 en Open Access application/pdf Elsevier Béné, C.; Bakker, D.; Chavarro, M.J.; Even, B.; Melo, J.; Sonneveld, A. (2021) Global assessment of the impacts of COVID-19 on food security. Global Food Security 31: 100575. ISSN: 2211-9124 |
| spellingShingle | covid-19 food security impact assessment pandemics seguridad alimentaria evaluación del impacto pandemias ecology food science Béné, Christophe Bakker, Deborah Chavarro, Mónica Juliana Even, Brice Melo, Jenny Sonneveld, Anne Global assessment of the impacts of COVID-19 on food security |
| title | Global assessment of the impacts of COVID-19 on food security |
| title_full | Global assessment of the impacts of COVID-19 on food security |
| title_fullStr | Global assessment of the impacts of COVID-19 on food security |
| title_full_unstemmed | Global assessment of the impacts of COVID-19 on food security |
| title_short | Global assessment of the impacts of COVID-19 on food security |
| title_sort | global assessment of the impacts of covid 19 on food security |
| topic | covid-19 food security impact assessment pandemics seguridad alimentaria evaluación del impacto pandemias ecology food science |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/115112 |
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