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Prepare food systems for a long-haul fight against COVID-19

With a devasting one-two punch, a supply shock followed by a demand shock, the COVID-19 pandemic has knocked out the world economy. The first blow was the Great Lockdown; the second, the worst recession since the Great Depression. No modern economy has experienced anything like this. As the spread o...

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Main Author: Torero, Maximo
Format: Book Chapter
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 2020
Subjects:
exports
covid-19
farmers
employment
smallholders
trade
disease prevention
food security
gross national product
risk
economic recession
food supply chains
food systems
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143145
Summary:With a devasting one-two punch, a supply shock followed by a demand shock, the COVID-19 pandemic has knocked out the world economy. The first blow was the Great Lockdown; the second, the worst recession since the Great Depression. No modern economy has experienced anything like this. As the spread of the novel coronavirus debilitates people’s ability to harvest and buy and sell food, food systems are under threat as never before.

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