How India’s food-based safety net is responding to the COVID-19 lockdown

The food relief program can also be used as a medium to communicate key messages about the epidemic, including on social distancing and other public health and safety measures. COVID-19 may be with us for a year or more; India’s relief package is only the beginning. Going forward, the government nee...

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Autores principales: Roy, Devesh, Boss, Ruchira, Pradhan, Mamata
Formato: Capítulo de libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143161
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description The food relief program can also be used as a medium to communicate key messages about the epidemic, including on social distancing and other public health and safety measures. COVID-19 may be with us for a year or more; India’s relief package is only the beginning. Going forward, the government needs a contingency plan focusing on how much, and for what length of time, the food system can continue to supply the social safety net in its current configuration. The lives and livelihoods of hundreds of millions depend on it.
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spelling CGSpace1431612025-11-06T03:53:22Z How India’s food-based safety net is responding to the COVID-19 lockdown Roy, Devesh Boss, Ruchira Pradhan, Mamata covid-19 social protection disease prevention food security cash transfers social safety nets poverty rural areas The food relief program can also be used as a medium to communicate key messages about the epidemic, including on social distancing and other public health and safety measures. COVID-19 may be with us for a year or more; India’s relief package is only the beginning. Going forward, the government needs a contingency plan focusing on how much, and for what length of time, the food system can continue to supply the social safety net in its current configuration. The lives and livelihoods of hundreds of millions depend on it. 2020-06-01 2024-05-22T12:12:17Z 2024-05-22T12:12:17Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143161 en https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133762 https://www.ifpri.org/blog/how-indias-food-based-safety-net-responding-covid-19-lockdown Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Roy, Devesh; Boss, Ruchira; and Pradhan, Mamata. 2020. How India’s food-based safety net is responding to the COVID-19 lockdown. In COVID-19 and global food security, eds. Johan Swinnen and John McDermott. Part Seven: Policy responses, Chapter 24, Pp. 106-110. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133762_24.
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social protection
disease prevention
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social safety nets
poverty
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How India’s food-based safety net is responding to the COVID-19 lockdown
title How India’s food-based safety net is responding to the COVID-19 lockdown
title_full How India’s food-based safety net is responding to the COVID-19 lockdown
title_fullStr How India’s food-based safety net is responding to the COVID-19 lockdown
title_full_unstemmed How India’s food-based safety net is responding to the COVID-19 lockdown
title_short How India’s food-based safety net is responding to the COVID-19 lockdown
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topic covid-19
social protection
disease prevention
food security
cash transfers
social safety nets
poverty
rural areas
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