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Was a government policy able to smooth a fractured agri-food value chain during a COVID-19 lockdown?

Despite widespread use of government policy response instruments to placate impacts that COVID-19 lockdowns had on agri-food value chains, there is limited evidence on their effectiveness and impacts on value chain actors, particularly those in the ‘missing or (hidden) middle.’ 1 To shed on one...

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Main Authors: Mockshell, Jonathan, Ritter, Thea
Format: Brief
Language:Inglés
Published: Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture 2022
Subjects:
agricultural value chains
fresh products
covid-19
social capital
cadenas de valor agrícolas
productos frescos
capital social
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/119281
Summary:Despite widespread use of government policy response instruments to placate impacts that COVID-19 lockdowns had on agri-food value chains, there is limited evidence on their effectiveness and impacts on value chain actors, particularly those in the ‘missing or (hidden) middle.’ 1 To shed on one such policy, we examine whether a fresh fruit and vegetable (FFV) procurement program operated by self-help groups (SHGs) in the state of Odisha, India during the world’s most severe COVID-19 lockdown 2 was able to smooth fractured value chain

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