Preventing a health crisis from becoming a food crisis learning from the COVID19 pandemic experience

FAO Academia Perspective Roundtable (webinar), held on 1 July 2020, brought partners from academic and research institutions, Member representatives, and FAO staff to engage in an open dialogue to better understand opportunities for leveraging partnerships to help prevent a health crisis from turning into a food crisis, learning from the COVID-19 pandemic experience. The facilitated discussion amongst stakeholders explored new partnership approaches and modalities between FAO and the academic community that are fit for the conditions created by the COVID-19 pandemic and how increase preparedness for eventual future health emergencies.