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Policy responses to keep input markets flowing in times of COVID-19

Year of publication 2020

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 6p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

ISBN 978-92-5-132589-6

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) The COVID-19 pandemic poses a substantial risk to agricultural input supply chains. It can detrimentally affect access to and availability of inputs, including seeds, fertilizers and pesticides, as well as labour. As such, disruptions to the supply and demand of inputs will have diverse impacts across and within countries and will need to be reflected in different policy responses depending on the context. This brief presents the policy implications to be considered given the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on agricultural input markets and it outlines policy recommendations to mitigate short- and long-run impacts.

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Cite this content as:

FAO. 2020. ​Policy responses to keep input markets flowing in times of COVID-19. Rome.

https://doi.org/10.4060/ca8979en

Language English

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