COVID-19 pandemic offers rare chance for food systems transformation

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented disruptions of social interactions, affecting both the supply and demand for food. These disruptions to jobs, income and food supply magnified and exacerbated existing inequalities. While the emerging urban middle class suffered greater income losses, t...

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Main Authors: Swinnen, Johan, McDermott, John
Format: Opinion Piece
Language:Inglés
Published: UN Food Systems Summit 2021 2021
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142923
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description The COVID-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented disruptions of social interactions, affecting both the supply and demand for food. These disruptions to jobs, income and food supply magnified and exacerbated existing inequalities. While the emerging urban middle class suffered greater income losses, the poor and vulnerable in rural and urban areas experienced the worst livelihood impacts. Many social programs, including cash transfers, nutrition and education were interrupted, delayed, or halted, setting back decades of process in reducing poverty, hunger, malnutrition and illiteracy. While efforts have been made to address these inequalities, they are likely to persist, as the global vaccine rollout is disproportionately delivering doses to wealthy countries and relatively well-off individuals.
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spelling CGSpace1429232024-10-25T07:57:41Z COVID-19 pandemic offers rare chance for food systems transformation Swinnen, Johan McDermott, John covid-19 food policies nutrition food security pandemics resilience food systems The COVID-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented disruptions of social interactions, affecting both the supply and demand for food. These disruptions to jobs, income and food supply magnified and exacerbated existing inequalities. While the emerging urban middle class suffered greater income losses, the poor and vulnerable in rural and urban areas experienced the worst livelihood impacts. Many social programs, including cash transfers, nutrition and education were interrupted, delayed, or halted, setting back decades of process in reducing poverty, hunger, malnutrition and illiteracy. While efforts have been made to address these inequalities, they are likely to persist, as the global vaccine rollout is disproportionately delivering doses to wealthy countries and relatively well-off individuals. 2021-04-21 2024-05-22T12:11:19Z 2024-05-22T12:11:19Z Opinion Piece https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142923 en https://www.un.org/en/food-systems-summit/news/covid-19-pandemic-offers-rare-chance-food-systems-transformation https://www.ifpri.org/blog/covid-19-pandemic-offers-rare-chance-food-systems-transformation Open Access UN Food Systems Summit 2021 Swinnen, Johan; and McDermott, John. 2021. COVID-19 pandemic offers rare chance for food systems transformation. UN Food Systems Summit 2021. First published on April 21, 2021. https://un-food-systems.medium.com/covid-19-pandemic-offers-rare-chance-for-food-systems-transformation-14da62af26ba
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COVID-19 pandemic offers rare chance for food systems transformation
title COVID-19 pandemic offers rare chance for food systems transformation
title_full COVID-19 pandemic offers rare chance for food systems transformation
title_fullStr COVID-19 pandemic offers rare chance for food systems transformation
title_full_unstemmed COVID-19 pandemic offers rare chance for food systems transformation
title_short COVID-19 pandemic offers rare chance for food systems transformation
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food policies
nutrition
food security
pandemics
resilience
food systems
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