COVID-19 and Global Food Security (link only)

COVID-19 first emerged in China in late 2019, and the country mobilized a major epidemic response in January 2020, with stringent lockdowns and travel restrictions. The World Health Organization declared a global pandemic on March 11, and many countries soon began to impose measures to control the spread of the novel coronavirus. Since then, the disease has taken hundreds of thousands of lives and disrupted the livelihoods of billions of people.

This e-book compiles a selection of entries from the IFPRI blog series on COVID-19. The pieces provide key insights and analysis on how the global pandemic is affecting global poverty and food security and nutrition, food trade and supply chains, gender, employment, and a variety of policy interventions, as well as reflections on how we can use these lessons to better prepare for future pandemics. These pieces draw on a combination of conceptual arguments, global and country-level simulation models, in-country surveys, case studies, and expert opinions. Together, they present a comprehensive picture of the current and potential impact of COVID-19 and the policy responses to the pandemic on global food and nutrition security.