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2020, Series The agrifood system and the challenges of COVID-19 The role of wholesale markets in the pandemic: challenges and opportunities. No. 5. Santiago, FAO.
Wholesale food markets are the main marketing channel for hundreds of thousands of farmers, especially family farmers. They are responsible for supplying food to a vast and diverse network of small and medium enterprises. Wholesale markets also operate as retailers, receiving direct consumers and buying groups in their spaces. Therefore, from the beginning of the pandemic, FAO and other regional organisations – jointly with governments and wholesale market management – developed strategies to ensure that the health crisis does not turn into a supply crisis, to avoid the closure of wholesale supply centres or markets, facilities and farmers’ fairs in the region
Policy Hackathon on Model Provisions for Trade in Times of Crisis and Pandemic in Regional and other Trade Agreements
THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND FOOD SUPPLY CHAINS: AN ANALYSIS OF SELECTED POLICIES TO MINIMIZE THE IMPACTS OF PRESENT AND FUTURE CRISIS ON POPULATIONS AND MARKETS IN THE MERCOSUR CONTEXT2020 •
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More than 16 million people have been infected by COVID-19, and the entire world population affected. The pandemic has shaken social and economic structures around the world. The virus reached Continents with the rapid spread of the disease, causing people to be subjected to confinement and sanitary protection measures. With an estimated GDP contraction of 5.2%, millions of people have been affected for the reduction of their wages, their jobs losses and incurring in indebtedness to face the first consequences of the crisis. The impact that COVID-19 will have is still unknown since it not only involves the world economy, but as a humanitarian crisis is affecting all spheres of society. There is no doubt that people who were already in disadvantage or in vulnerability situations, will have even greater negative consequences because of the pandemic. This impact has been particularly disproportionate towards women, and those without access to digital platforms that have shown to be more resilient to this crisis. In order to respond to this crisis through comprehensive trade policymaking, this report looked into the development of provisions that could be included in the Pacific Alliance Additional Protocol, which serve as model measures for regional and other trade and/or economic partnership agreements to guide national trade policymaking. The report focus on how trade agreements may respond to a crisis situation in the context of digital trade and gender provisions. These sectors were selected for both their relevance to promote an inclusive and sustainable economic recovery, and due to Chile’s participation in drafting these regulations. Following the executive summary, a three-step approach was used to analyze each sector. First, a diagnosis was conducted, identifying the impact the current pandemic has had on digital gaps and women’s economic empowerment. Second, as reference, the latest Chilean agreements addressing these issues were studied, specifically, the Digital Economy Partnership Agreement (DEPA) and Chilean trade and gender chapters in FTAs. Third, through the review of the Pacific Alliance Additional Protocol and comparison with the mentioned agreements, the report provides recommendations: on the one hand, a model Digital Trade Chapter, and on the other, the amendment of the Additional Protocol Preamble and the inclusion of a Trade and Gender Chapter. These proposals could foster the capabilities of the Pacific Alliance member economies to tackle the challenges derived from this kind of crises; and serve as a model for other international agreements.
Environment and Urbanization
Mapping repertoires of collective action facing the COVID-19 pandemic in informal settlements in Latin American cities2020 •
How are civil society organizations responding to COVID-19's impacts on informal settlements? In Latin America, civil society organizations have developed a repertoire of collective action, seeking to provide immediate and medium-term responses to the emergency. This paper aims to map these initiatives and identify strategic approaches to tackle the issues, given the strengths of those undertaking the initiative, and the scope, purpose and sphere of intervention. Using direct contact, a survey, and a virtual ethnography with social organizations has allowed us to identify and characterize the initiatives. The repertoire focuses on emergency measures around food security, and pedagogies for prevention, sanitation and income relief at the neighbourhood and district levels. We argue that the civil society response repertoire is diverse in form and resources but limited in scope; meanwhile the urgency of the situation and the mismatch with state action mean that crucial spheres of informality, vital to cultivating grounds for a healthy recovery phase, are being neglected.
Report by the High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition of the Committee on World Food Security, Rome.
FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION: BUILDING A GLOBAL NARRATIVE TOWARDS 2030The 15th Report of the High-Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE) responds to the request of the UN Committee on World Food Security (CFS) to provide strategic guidance towards the achievement of the SDGs, especially SDG 2: “End hunger, achieve food security and nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture.” The timing of this report is crucial. The state of global food security and nutrition is alarming, with an estimated 821 million people experiencing chronic undernourishment and with poor nutrition contributing to nearly 45% of the deaths in children under the age of five. The COVID-19 pandemic makes this situation even more urgent: world hunger is projected to rise with the most affected being the poorest and most vulnerable segments of the population. The report has several core messages. First, there is an urgent need to strengthen and consolidate conceptual and policy thinking around FSN to prioritize the right to food, to widen our understanding of food security and to adopt a food systems analytical and policy framework. Second, the right to food must be prioritized as a guiding principle for the achievement of food security and sustainable food systems. Third, understandings of food security must be updated to incorporate agency and sustainability alongside availability, access, utilization and stability, as supported by the literature and states’ obligations with respect to the right to food. And Fourth, policymakers must adopt a sustainable food systems approach that supports the six dimensions of food security. Progress on the 2030 Agenda, especially SDG 2, has been uneven, pointing to the need to improve our understanding of the complex underlying drivers of food system change. Four critical policy shifts are required to transition to more sustainable food systems that support all dimensions of food security. First, it is vital that food policies support a radical transformation of food systems from production to consumption. Second, it is important for food policies to take into account the interconnectedness of different systems and sectors. Third, policies must address hunger and all forms of malnutrition. Fourth, it is essential that food policies develop context-specific solutions, taking local conditions and knowledge into account. It is vital that the global community seize this moment to embrace these policy shifts to arrive at more sustainable food systems that support all dimensions of food security and uphold the right to food for all.
The Impact of covid-19 on food security
THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON FOOD SECURITY2020 •
The Corona virus is spreading at a very rapid pace, inflicting tremendous damage to all sectors without any exception, but nevertheless the extent of the damage and losses resulting from the pandemic differ from one sector to another and from one country to another, but what certainly counts most to people during crises is to meet their food needs rather than any other , so the aim of the study is to analyze and discuss the impact of Covid-19 on food security. The scale of the analysis was of an international level, with special focus on countries suffering from food insecurity such as Algeria. Toward this end, data provided by the Food Agriculture Organization (FAO), and the World Health Organization (WHO) have been analyzed, as well as studies conducted and published on the subject. The findings indicate that Covid 19 has had a huge impact on perishable food and caused remarkable food shortages in poor countries, conflict zones and war-affected regions. Additionally, Covid 19 threatened food security even in some developed, whereas developing countries are the most affected due to their high dependency in securing their food supplies. Finally, based on the findings, we have suggested some recommendations that would help boosting sustainable food security.
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6th International Conference on Food Science and Food Safety 2020, 16-17 October 2020. Vienna, Austria. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.13106081.v1
COVID-19 and Hunger in Africa: A crisis within a crisisWomen’s autonomy in changing economic scenarios
Women's autonomy in changing economic scenarios XIV Regional Conference on Women in2019 •
Challenges and Opportunities for Food and Nutrition Security in the Americas The View of the Academies of Sciences
Challenges of Food and Nutrition Security in the Caribbean2017 •
Journal of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, August 2020, https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.12949352
Food Security in Nigeria: Impetus for Growth and DevelopmentMarxist Left Review
Choosing between life and capital in Latin America2020 •
Marxist Left Review
Choosing between life and capital in Latin America: Interview with Jeffery R Webber2020 •
International Journal for Equity in Health
Disability inclusiveness of government responses to COVID-19 in South America: a framework analysis study2020 •
The Lithium Triangle: The Case for Post-Pandemic Optimism
October 2020 The Lithium Triangle: The Case for Post-Pandemic Optimism2020 •
W. Leal Filho et al. (eds.), UN Encyclopedia, Zero Hunger
Healthy and Sustainable Diets: Implications for achieving SDG2Frontiers in Human Dynamics
Political and Legal Responses to Human Mobility in South America in the Context of the Covid-19 Crisis. More Fuel for the Fire2020 •
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RIGHT ON! An Overview of the Right to Food in Twenty Two IFSN countries across Asia, Africa and the Americas
RIGHT ON! An Overview of the Right to Food in Twenty Two IFSN countries across Asia, Africa and the Americas2016 •
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Universidad de Guadalajara
Social Inclusion and the Future of WorkSingapore Institute of International Affairs
ESG in Practice: A Closer Look at Sustainability in ASEAN's Palm Oil and Pulpwood Sectors, SIIA Special Report2020 •
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Reflections on work. Perspectives from the Southern Cone of Latin America on the occasion of the ILO Centenary
Reflections on work. Perspectives from the Southern Cone of Latin America on the occasion of the ILO Centenary2020 •