The coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic is the defining global health crisis of our time. It has brutally exposed the frailty of global healthcare sector and it multiplier effects on other sectors of our national life is overwhelmingly visible.
What are the implications of the COVID-19 situation – now and in the future – for food production, agricultural and fishery/aquaculture supply chains and markets? Let us hear your scholarly view on this.
Let Us Hear Your Thought (Open Day)
Let Us Hear Your Thought (Open Day)
Last edited by Bamiz02 on Tue Jul 14, 2020 6:06 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: Let Us Hear Your Thought (Open Day)
Both lives and livelihoods are at risk from this pandemic.
Though in some nations the spread of the pandemic has been slowing down and cases are decreasing, in others, COVID-19 is resurging or continuing to spread quickly. This is still a global problem calling for a global response.
We know that it will eventually retreat and end, but we don’t know how fast this will happen. We also know that this shock is somewhat unusual as it affects significant elements of both food supply and demand.
We risk a looming food crisis unless measures are taken fast to protect the most vulnerable, keep global food supply chains alive and mitigate the pandemic’s impacts across the entire food system.
Border closures, quarantines, and market, supply chain and trade disruptions are restricting people’s access to sufficient/diverse and nutritious sources of food, especially in countries hit hard by the virus or already affected by high levels of food insecurity.
But there is no need for the world to panic. Globally, there is enough food for everyone. Policy makers around the world need to be careful not to repeat the mistakes made during the 2007-08 food crisis, and turn this health crisis into an entirely avoidable food crisis.
Though in some nations the spread of the pandemic has been slowing down and cases are decreasing, in others, COVID-19 is resurging or continuing to spread quickly. This is still a global problem calling for a global response.
We know that it will eventually retreat and end, but we don’t know how fast this will happen. We also know that this shock is somewhat unusual as it affects significant elements of both food supply and demand.
We risk a looming food crisis unless measures are taken fast to protect the most vulnerable, keep global food supply chains alive and mitigate the pandemic’s impacts across the entire food system.
Border closures, quarantines, and market, supply chain and trade disruptions are restricting people’s access to sufficient/diverse and nutritious sources of food, especially in countries hit hard by the virus or already affected by high levels of food insecurity.
But there is no need for the world to panic. Globally, there is enough food for everyone. Policy makers around the world need to be careful not to repeat the mistakes made during the 2007-08 food crisis, and turn this health crisis into an entirely avoidable food crisis.
Bamiz02 wrote: ↑Sun Jul 12, 2020 3:00 pm The coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic is the defining global health crisis of our time. It has brutally exposed frailty of global healthcare sector and it multiplier effects on other sectors of our national life is overwhelmingly visible.
What are the implications of the COVID-19 situation – now and in the future – for food production, agricultural and fishery/aquaculture supply chains and markets? Let us hear your scholarly view on this.