COVID-19 and global food security: Two years later

Two years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the health, economic, and social disruptions caused by this global crisis continue to evolve. The impacts of the pandemic are likely to endure for years to come, with poor, marginalized, and vulnerable groups the most affected. In COVID-19 & Global Food Security: Two Years Later, the editors bring together contributions from new IFPRI research, blogs, and the CGIAR COVID-19 Hub to examine the pandemic’s effects on poverty, food security, nutrition, and health around the world. This volume presents key lessons learned on food security and food system resilience in 2020 and 2021 and assesses the effectiveness of policy responses to the crisis. Looking forward, the authors consider how the pandemic experience can inform both recovery and longer-term efforts to build more resilient food systems.Chapter 1. Beyond initial impacts: The evolving COVID-19 context and food system resilience FOOD SECURITY & POVERTY Chapter 2. COVID-19 impacts on food systems, poverty, and diets: Lessons learned from country-level analyses Chapter 3. Impacts of COVID-19 on global poverty and food security: What more do we know now? Chapter 4. Despite COVID-19, food consumption remains steady in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Chapter 5. Crowdsourced data reveal threats to household food security in near real-time during COVID-19 pandemic Chapter 6. Waves of disease, waves of poverty: New evidence on the economic impacts of COVID-19 and political instability in Myanmar Chapter 7. Impact of falling remittances amid COVID-19 on Yemen’s war-torn economy Chapter 8. Short-term impacts of COVID-19 in rural Guatemala call for a closer, continuous look at the food security and nutritional patterns of vulnerable families Chapter 9. COVID-19 undermines incomes, livelihoods in rural Myanmar AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION & VALUE CHAINS Chapter 10. COVID-19 and food inflation scares Chapter 11. COVID-19, agricultural production, and food value chains Chapter 12. Resilience of urban value chains during the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from dairy and vegetable chains in Ethiopia Chapter 13. COVID-19 and resilience innovations in food supply chains: Two years later Chapter 14. How India’s agrifood supply chains fared during the COVID-19 lockdown, from farm to fork Chapter 15. China’s small and medium-sized enterprises rebounded after the COVID-19 lockdown, but economic problems linger Chapter 16. Impacts of the COVID-19-driven rise in global rice prices on consumers in Papua New Guinea Chapter 17. COVID-19’s varied impacts on fresh fruit and vegetable supply chains in Senegal NUTRITION, HEALTH & SOCIAL PROGRAMS Chapter 18. Uneven recovery and a lingering food crisis during the COVID-19 pandemic for rural safety net transfer recipients in Ethiopia Chapter 19. COVID-19: The virus will mostly spare young children; the economic crisis will not Chapter 20. How to support students and the learning process during India’s COVID-19 school closures Chapter 21. Ethiopia’s social safety net effective in limiting COVID-19 impacts on rural food insecurity Chapter 22. Survey: A major food transfer program in Bangladesh fell short during the COVID-19 pandemic Chapter 23. COVID-19-induced disruptions of school feeding services exacerbate food insecurity in Nigeria Chapter 24. Extraordinary COVID-19 social support programs in South Africa yield economic benefits during the pandemic period Chapter 25. COVID-19 disruptions to health and nutrition services in Uttar Pradesh, India POLICY RESPONSES & IMPLICATIONS Chapter 26. Smarter policies for enhanced food security and food system outcomes Chapter 27. Fiscal and monetary responses to the COVID-19 pandemic: Current conditions and future scenarios in developing countries Chapter 28. Selected country experiences during the pandemic: Policy responses and CGIAR support Chapter 29. Trust in science and in government plays a crucial role in COVID-19 response Chapter 30. How to ensure effective government responses as COVID-19 spreads to rural areasNon-PRIFPRI1; CRP4DGO; A4NHCGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH