COVID-19 Crisis and Support for Agrifood: Public Sector Responses through the Financial Sector

Publication language
English
Pages
10pp
Date published
03 Jul 2020
Type
Plans, policy and strategy
Keywords
COVID-19, Epidemics & pandemics, Food and nutrition, Food aid, Food security, Funding and donors, Governance, Research, policy and analysis
Organisations
Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO)
Link
http://www.fao.org/2019-ncov/resources/policy-briefs/en/

This policy brief aims to provide useful information for policymakers and other stakeholders in developing countries who are in the process of designing COVID-19 response programmes addressing the needs of agrifood and rural sectors through dedicated rural finance instruments and broader financial sector involvement. The brief discusses emerging patterns on how countries are currently responding to mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 crisis. It looks at a number of innovations, good practices and policy options that emerge as most relevant for developing country contexts.