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BookletCOVID-19 and the impact on food security in the Near East and North Africa: How to respond? 2020Since the declaration by WHO of the COVID-19 as a Global Pandemic on 15 March, governments of the Near East and North Africa region have imposed a series of measures to slow down the spread of the disease. This policy brief aims at summarizing the potential impacts of COVID-19 and associated measures on agriculture and food security in the region and proposes measures to mitigate the impacts on food security and nutrition with special attention to the most vulnerable segments of societies. Ample food supplies exist globally despite COVID-19’s impacts. COVID-19 has considerably disrupted the world supply chains around the world and raised the spectre of food unavailability. Despite these worries, global cereal markets are expected to remain balanced and comfortable. While localized disruptions, largely due to logistical issues, pose challenges to food supply chains in some markets, their anticipated duration and magnitude are unlikely to have a significant effect on global food markets, at least in the medium term. Food supplies and reserves are satisfactory in most countries in the NENA region, but worries remain for countries affected by conflicts and instability. The situation of food availability in the NENA region is generally in line with global level, with cereals reserves at a satisfactory level in most countries, despite the region is highly dependent on cereal imports and therefore vulnerable to global markets disruption. Prospects for cereal production in 2020 are generally good, with the exception of the Maghreb where drought and above-average temperatures have impacted cereal production
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Journal, magazine, bulletinEurope and Central Asia: Regional food market situation and policy bulletin in response to the COVID-19 pandemic 2020
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Based on the FAO’s latest forecast, world cereal production in 2020 is set at 2 790 million tonnes, which would surpass the record high reached in 2019 by as much as 3 percent (81.3 million tonnes) and which would be 5 percent above the five-year average from 2015–2019. The forecast is based on near-average supply prospects in the new season, which, however, remain uncertain due to possible climatic shocks and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic impact. In many parts of the world, local markets are bracing for the looming impacts of COVID-19 amid uncertainties related to demand, logistics and even access to food. Close monitoring of the market will be necessary for the next several months. -
ProjectStrengthening Household Food Security Stressed by Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic Containment Measures in DPR Korea - TCP/DRK/3804 2023
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No results found.The COVID-19 outbreak added uncertainty and vulnerability to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)’s already fragile food security. In addition to recurring droughts and floods, it created a new, unprecedented stress, disrupting economic and livelihood activities critical to the food supply chain's sustainability. With an estimated milled food deficit of 374 246 tonnes in 2020, anticipated disruptions in the agricultural supply chain caused by anti-epidemic measures such as border closures, quarantines and restrictions on the movement of people and cargo, had the potential to significantly worsen the cropping season and, as a result, disrupt food systems. The Government of the DPRK took early measures to prevent the disease from spreading within the country, closing its border and suspending transport and economic links with China, which accounts for three-quarters of the country’s external trade. In light of new local outbreaks in China, the reopening of the border with China remained uncertain, impeding timely importation of seeds and fertilizer, thereby jeopardizing the planting season. In this context, FAO assisted the Government in helping farmers and vulnerable farming communities to reinforce their resilience to the disruptive effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, with an emphasis on promoting food safety and increasing crop and livestock production.
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