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...
| Autores principales: | , , |
|---|---|
| Formato: | Capítulo de libro |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
International Food Policy Research Institute
2020
|
| Materias: | |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143161 |
| _version_ | 1855516021989834752 |
|---|---|
| author | Roy, Devesh Boss, Ruchira Pradhan, Mamata |
| author_browse | Boss, Ruchira Pradhan, Mamata Roy, Devesh |
| author_facet | Roy, Devesh Boss, Ruchira Pradhan, Mamata |
| author_sort | Roy, Devesh |
| collection | Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (CGSpace) |
| 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. |
| format | Book Chapter |
| id | CGSpace143161 |
| institution | CGIAR Consortium |
| language | Inglés |
| publishDate | 2020 |
| publishDateRange | 2020 |
| publishDateSort | 2020 |
| publisher | International Food Policy Research Institute |
| publisherStr | International Food Policy Research Institute |
| record_format | dspace |
| 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. |
| spellingShingle | covid-19 social protection disease prevention food security cash transfers social safety nets poverty rural areas Roy, Devesh Boss, Ruchira Pradhan, Mamata 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 |
| title_sort | how india s food based safety net is responding to the covid 19 lockdown |
| topic | covid-19 social protection disease prevention food security cash transfers social safety nets poverty rural areas |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143161 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT roydevesh howindiasfoodbasedsafetynetisrespondingtothecovid19lockdown AT bossruchira howindiasfoodbasedsafetynetisrespondingtothecovid19lockdown AT pradhanmamata howindiasfoodbasedsafetynetisrespondingtothecovid19lockdown |