Food systems and COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean

FAO and ECLAC

Food systems and COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean

Impacts and opportunities in fresh food production

Year of publication 2020

Place of publication Santiago, Chile ;

Pages 24 p.

Author FAO and ECLAC

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Journal, magazine, bulletin

ISBN 978-92-5-133132-3

Series number No. 11

Edition 1

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Synopsis (short abstract) The agrifood sector, has not been immune to the Coronavirus, whose string of effects has interrupted the normal operation of food chains. In the agrifood sector, unprecedented problems have led to unprecedented challenges. In Latin America and the Caribbean, food production has not stopped; the workers, although with difficulties, appear at their workplaces. Therefore, when we evaluate in detail the impacts of COVID-19 on primary production, it seems evident that these have not been critical. However, we cannot lose sight of the coming agricultural seasons and monitor, with even more zeal, the disruptions in those sectors most vulnerable to this health, economic and social crisis. We have been foolish and stressed every time we have been able to do it that this crisis is a magnificent opportunity to rethink our production models. Due to their importance, the agrifood systems are an obligatory starting point of the long process of recovery and transformation that lies ahead.

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FAO and ECLAC. 2020. Food systems and COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean: Impacts and opportunities in fresh food production. Bulletin 11. Santiago, FAO.

https://doi.org/10.4060/cb0501en

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