Notas de orientación
La pandemia de COVID-19 está afectando no solo al comercio de alimentos, a las cadenas de suministro de alimentos y a los mercados, sino también la vida, los medios de vida y la nutrición de las personas.
Esta colección de notas de orientación sobre políticas presenta una evaluación cualitativa y cuantitativa de los impactos de la pandemia en estas áreas.
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Contingency plan for an eventual food supply crisis
29/05/2020
If the health and economic crisis triggered by the current pandemic spreads over time, the region as a whole is likely to experience an unprecedented food supply crisis sooner or later. Such a scenario requires that we take the necessary precautions and prepare strategies to deal with a crisis of...
The role of social protection measures
05/06/2020
As the pandemic has progressed, governments have had to face new challenges. If, in the first stage, countries focused on mitigating the effects of strict sanitary restrictions, over the weeks attention has shifted to an especially serious threat: the economic and social crisis. The forecasts, unfortunately are not encouraging. In...
The opportunity for digital transformation
12/06/2020
The impacts of COVID-19 grow daily. The pandemic has unleashed a crisis not only in health but also in economics. In such a scenario - in which achieving economic, social and environmental sustainability is increasingly essential for the planet - the agri-food system needs urgent and innovative solutions. In this...
Impacts of COVID-19 on wood value chains and forest sector response
12/11/2020
This policy brief summarizes the findings from a global survey on the impacts of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak on wood value chains and recovery measures from the forest sector. The survey received responses from 237 stakeholders registered in the Sustainable Wood for a Sustainable World (SW4SW) network, representing all segments...
Food systems and COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean
22/06/2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the difficulties cities face in managing crises that are exacerbated by population density and depend on supply chains that often start outside the city for their resolution. For this reason, one of the unfortunate consequences of the pandemic crisis has been an increase in hunger...