Related items
Showing items related by metadata.
-
Policy briefCOVID-19: Agricultural trade and policy responses during the first wave of the pandemic in 2020
FAO support to the WTO negotiations at the 12th Ministerial Conference
2021Measures adopted around the world to contain the COVID-19 outbreak helped curb the spread of the virus and lowered the pressure on health systems. However, they also affected the global trading system, and the supply and demand of agricultural and food products. In response to concerns over food security and food safety worldwide, many countries reacted immediately to apply policy measures aiming to limit potentially adverse impacts on domestic markets. Covering the first half of 2020, this policy brief provides an overview of short-term changes in policy measures related to agricultural trade that countries adopted in response to the pandemic. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetFAO COVID-19 Response and Recovery Programme: Asia and the Pacific
Trade, intra-regional trade and food safety standards
2020Also available in:
No results found.The COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown measures throughout Asia have had measurable impacts on trade flows, causing trade disruptions and temporary interruptions. Under COVID-19 lockdowns, cross-border trade either slowed or came to a halt due to border closures or direct import or export restrictions. International trade disruption also affected several countries, interrupting the flow of critical goods, staple foods, agricultural inputs and equipment needed for domestic food production, SDGs processing, and consumption. In the short-term, following COVID-19 lockdown, trade flows were more volatile for fresh produce, live animals, livestock products, and fresh or dry fish, all of which experienced a drop in demand and cancelled exports. This action sheet presents FAO's COVID-19 Response and Recovery Programme's key priority area of "Trade, intra-regional trade and food safety standards" for Asia and the Pacific. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetAdapting targeted support to Kuchi pastoralists in Afghanistan for COVID-19
Promoting COVID-19-safe migration and livestock markets while tailoring livestock packages and cash-for-work schemes
2020Also available in:
No results found.Kuchi pastoralists, numbering around 2.4 million people in Afghanistan, are one of the region’s most vulnerable groups. Their condition has since been exacerbated by COVID-19 and containment measures related to the pandemic. As part of its emerging COVID-19 response, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Afghanistan has taken their unique needs into account in their intervention and re-programming design, which addresses both direct and secondary effects of the virus. Activities are spread across different project streams and intervention typologies, some that predate the global COVID-19 crisis and others recently developed to address specific challenges posed by the pandemic as well as related restrictions. They include a modified livestock protection package to include the distribution of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and hygiene kits, conditional cash transfers targeting herders and their families, support for the COVID-19-safe functioning of livestock markets and on-the-ground sensitization activities, the dissemination of RCCE and IEC materials, and contingency planning for the Kuchis’ safe transhumance to winter pastures. The interventions can be replicated in contexts where there are nomadic and semi-nomadic communities and where livestock keeping forms a significant part of local livelihoods. While short-term shocks to herding communities have been addressed with feed distribution and access to veterinary services, among other inputs, the effects of the COVID-19 crisis have only intensified the underlying vulnerabilities of Kuchi pastoralists. Going forward, more work will also be needed to amplify ongoing interventions that address these deeper drivers of vulnerability.
Users also downloaded
Showing related downloaded files
No results found.