The COVID19 pandemic crisis and the relevance of a farm-system-for-nutrition approach

The Covid19 pandemic should be seen as a wake-up call for humanity, to reflect, rethink and redesign food systems that are safe, healthy, sustainable, and beneficial to all. This crisis has disrupted food supply chains, affecting lives and livelihoods. Hunger and malnutrition is expected to increase...

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Published in:Food security 2020, Vol.12 (4), p.881-884
Main Authors: Bhavani, R. V., Gopinath, R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agribusiness
Agricultural production
Agriculture
Biomedical and Life Sciences
COVID-19
Crises
Environment
Food
Food chains
Food Science
Food supply
Hunger
Life Sciences
Malnutrition
Natural resources
Nutrition
Opinion Piece
Pandemics
Plant Sciences
Redesign
Social Policy
Social Sciences
Supply chains
Sustainable use
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Summary:The Covid19 pandemic should be seen as a wake-up call for humanity, to reflect, rethink and redesign food systems that are safe, healthy, sustainable, and beneficial to all. This crisis has disrupted food supply chains, affecting lives and livelihoods. Hunger and malnutrition is expected to increase and the poor and vulnerable will suffer the most. There is urgent need to build resilient food systems. A location specific farm-system-for-nutrition approach, based on sustainable use of natural resources and local agri-food value chains can help improve household diet diversity and address nutrition deficiencies. The food-based approach can improve preparedness and resilience of communities to withstand the challenge posed by crises in general, and COVID19 in particular.
ISSN:1876-4517
1876-4525
DOI:10.1007/s12571-020-01071-6