COVID-19 crisis interlinkage with past pandemics and their effects on food security

Globalization and Health

Review

Lukáš Pacek¹  Josef Hakl¹  Adam Hruška¹  Lucie Kocmánková Menšíková²  Petr Procházka²  Michal Lošťák²  Vladimíra Jurasová³  Michal Hejcman³  Jana Soukupová³  Petr Karlík⁴  Chama Theodore Ketuama⁵  Charles Amarachi Ogbu⁵  Hynek Roubík⁵ 

[1] Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 165 00, Prague, Czech Republic;Faculty of Economics and Management, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 165 00, Prague, Czech Republic;Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 165 00, Prague, Czech Republic;Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 165 00, Prague, Czech Republic;Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 165 00, Prague, Czech Republic;

关键词: Covid-19;    Pandemic;    Food security;    Food system;    Resilience;    Response;    Policy;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12992-023-00952-7

 received in 2022-10-18, accepted in 2023-07-17,  发布年份 2023

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundPandemics as health and humanitarian crises have exerted traceable impacts on food security. Almost all past and current pandemics have created a food crisis that affects a share of the global population and threaten global food security. With the more frequent outbreaks of emerging and re-emerging diseases or pandemics, this paper looks at the various types of impacts from the current coronavirus crisis and past pandemics to identify their major impact on food security.ScopeTo this effect, key strategies that could be put in place to ensure the efficient resilience of food systems before, during, and after the pandemics to mitigate the negative impact of the pandemics on global food security are recommended. The most recent effects of the current coronavirus crisis have been disruptions in the flow of farm labourers and inefficient farm operations leading to postharvest food losses.Key findings and conclusionsModification of diets between social groups has also been observed. Future response orientations to prevent and mitigate the effects of pandemics on food security will consider pro-active and adapted policy, program, and institutional actions towards the systemic development of global food systems as an interconnected network.

【 授权许可】

CC BY   
© The Author(s) 2023

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