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A plan for ensuring global food supplies during the COVID-19 crisis

FAO’s Chief Economist maps the ways the world can mitigate shocks to agriculture and food systems.

date:  08/04/2020

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The COVID-19 pandemic has put the world on a crisis footing, with unprecedented actions to restrict movements and plans for radical deployment of public funds to combat the threat posed by a novel coronavirus that knows no boundaries. Success will entail coherent and robust plans for our food systems. FAO Chief Economist Maximo Torero Cullen outlines a framework for how countries can think about and craft these plans.

Full text available here: http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/1268059/icode/

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