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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Autor principal: Torero, Maximo
Formato: Capítulo de libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143145
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description 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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spelling CGSpace1431452025-11-06T04:14:25Z Prepare food systems for a long-haul fight against COVID-19 Torero, Maximo exports covid-19 farmers employment smallholders trade disease prevention food security gross national product risk economic recession food supply chains food systems 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. 2020-05-01 2024-05-22T12:12:12Z 2024-05-22T12:12:12Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143145 en https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133762 https://www.ifpri.org/blog/prepare-food-systems-long-haul-fight-against-covid-19 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Torero, Maximo. 2020. Prepare food systems for a long-haul fight against COVID-19. In COVID-19 and global food security, eds. Johan Swinnen and John McDermott. Part Seven: Preparing food systems for future pandemics, Chapter 27, Pp. 118-121. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133762_27.
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Torero, Maximo
Prepare food systems for a long-haul fight against COVID-19
title Prepare food systems for a long-haul fight against COVID-19
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title_fullStr Prepare food systems for a long-haul fight against COVID-19
title_full_unstemmed Prepare food systems for a long-haul fight against COVID-19
title_short Prepare food systems for a long-haul fight against COVID-19
title_sort prepare food systems for a long haul fight against covid 19
topic exports
covid-19
farmers
employment
smallholders
trade
disease prevention
food security
gross national product
risk
economic recession
food supply chains
food systems
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