Global food security post COVID‐19: dearth or dwell in the developing world?

Anupama Panghal, Rahul Mor*, Sachin Kamble, Syed Abdul Rehman Khan*, Dinesh Kumar, Gunjan Soni

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Abstract

Today, global food systems are highly susceptible to food safety risks, economic shocks, price volatility, and natural disasters and pandemics, such as the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). This paper draws from research on food and nutritional security, food fraud and associated economic ecosystem, and the disruptions due to COVID-19 for socio-economic inequality globally. It is concluded that the safety risks have pushed enforcement of measures to reduce food supplies, adversely impacting food availability. Also, COVID-19 is likely to raise fleeting food security and nutritional concerns across the globe, resulting in rises in poverty and food fraud, limiting food supply and access. Accelerated investments intended to develop more inclusive, sustainable, and resilient food systems will help shrink the effect of the pandemic and, hence, offer a way to control the foreseen food security crisis and economic growth.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)878–884
Number of pages7
JournalAgronomy Journal
Volume114
Issue number1
Early online date22 Oct 2021
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 24 Feb 2022
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Panghal, A., Mor, R. S., Kamble, S. S., Khan, S. A. R., Kumar, D., & Soni, G. (2022). Global food security post COVID-19: Dearth or dwell in the developing world? Agronomy Journal, 114, 878–884. https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.20932, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.20932. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. This article may not be enhanced, enriched or otherwise transformed into a derivative work, without express permission from Wiley or by statutory rights under applicable legislation. Copyright notices must not be removed, obscured or modified. The article must be linked to Wiley’s version of record on Wiley Online Library and any embedding, framing or otherwise making available the article or pages thereof by third parties from platforms, services and websites other than Wiley Online Library must be prohibited.

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