Answers to frequently asked questions
How is the pandemic affecting food systems, food security, and agricultural livelihoods? What role if any do animals play in transmitting the disease? These questions and more are covered in these answers to frequently asked questions, which are being updated as new information and analysis becomes available.
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COVID-19 pandemic - impact on food and agriculture
The pandemic is impacting global food systems, disrupting regional agricultural value chains, and posing risks to household food security.
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COVID-19 and food safety
COVID-19 has created heightened awareness of food safety for producers, businesses, governments and consumers.
Media interviews
Read interviews with FAO experts from media sources around the world
See also
- Q&A/interview with Mike Robson, FAO Representative in Syria about COVID-19 pandemic and FAO's response in Syria
- Q&A/Interview with Coumba Sow on pandemic's impacts in West Africa and FAO's response
- Q&A/Interview with FAO Director of Emergency: COVID-19 - impact on countries already in crises (humanitarian context) and FAO's response
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COVID-19 pandemic - impact on fisheries and aquaculture
The pandemic is impacting the fisheries and aquaculture sectors, threatening livelihoods, disrupting value chains, affecting international trade, and posing risks to fish supply chains.
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What COVID-19 means for investment
What COVID-19 means for investment, and how FAO is working with its partners to support countries to respond to the crisis and lessen its impact on the most vulnerable people.
- Q&A/Interview with FAO Chief Economist: COVID-19 - impact on global food systems and FAO's response
- Q&A/Interview with FAO Representative in Somalia Etienne Peterschmitt about the Mobile Money program: Using innovation to deliver in Somalia despite COVID-19
- Q&A/Interview with FAO Sub-Regional Coordinator for the Pacific Eriko Hibi: Addressing COVID-19's impacts and structural crisis in the Pacific
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The impacts of COVID-19 on the forest sector - how to respond
How is COVID-19 affecting forests and their biodiversity?