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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetResponding to the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on food value chains through efficient logistics 2020Measures implemented around the world to contain the COVID-19 pandemic have entailed a severe reduction not only in the transportation of goods and services that rely on transport, but also in the migration of labour domestically and internationally. Workers are less available reflecting both disruptions in transportation systems and restrictions to stop the transmission of the disease, within and across borders. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) urges countries to maintain functioning food value chains to avoid food shortages, following practices that are being proven to work. This note summarizes some practices that could be useful for governments and the private sector to maintain critical logistical elements in food value chain.
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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetCase study: the COVID-19 outbreak in Beijing’s Xinfadi Market and its impact on the food supply chain 2020
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There were seven confirmed local cases of COVID-19 in Beijing on 11 and 12 June 2020. Epidemiological investigations confirmed that all cases were related to the Beijing Xinfadi Agricultural Produce Wholesale Market. The market supplies 80 percent of Beijing’s demand for agricultural products. Notably, it accounts for roughly 70 percent of Beijing’s market for vegetables. On 13 June, the Xinfadi market and some other markets with COVID-19 cases connected with Xinfadi were temporarily closed. Measures including nucleic acid testing, environment sampling, isolation of close contacts and closed management (controlled entry and exit) of the relevant communities were implemented. Meanwhile, to guarantee food supply, trading areas were moved; trading volumes in other large wholesale markets increased; the point-to-point mechanism for monitoring and replenishing was strengthened; food supply was shipped directly from producers to end retailers; market price control measures were enforced. In this case, the endemic was effectively controlled within four weeks from the outbreak. There were no obvious shortages of the major types of food and prices did not fluctuate significantly. Although there was room for improvement in a few issues such as the way the market was closed, information release and the protection of vulnerable groups, the measures adopted for disease control and food supply guarantee were generally successful. -
Book (stand-alone)Impact assessment of the COVID-19 pandemic in relation to food value chains in the Lori and Tavush regions
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No results found.The aim of the Impact assessment of the COVID-19 pandemic in relation to food value chains in the Lori and Tavush regions – Final report is to understand the situation of agricultural and rural development after a few waves of the COVID-19 pandemic to identify key problems and challenges that food value chain actors faced due to the pandemic in the Lori and Tavush regions and to develop a set of proposals and recommendations to address them.
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