COVID-19 Containment and Food Security in the Global South

Jonathan Crush and Zhenzhong Si

Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2020, vol. 9, issue 4

Abstract: Population-level COVID-19 containment strategies have been particularly hard on the urban poor and vulnerable population groups such as female-headed households, children, youth, the homeless, informal sector employers and employees, casual workers, the unemployed, and migrants and refugees. As a direct result of the COVID-19 outbreak, a secondary pandemic of hunger and food insecurity is now impacting many of these groups. An effective and sustainable global response to the COVID-19 (and any further) viral pandemics must ensure that food security is an essential piece of the containment and mitigation puzzle.

Keywords: Food Security and Poverty; Health Economics and Policy; International Development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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