No. 37 COVID-19: Agricultural trade and policy responses during the first wave of the pandemic in 2020

Year of publication2021

AuthorFAO

PublisherFAO

AbstractMeasures 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.

 

ThemeContemporary Global Issues

Product typeJournal; magazine; bulletin

SeriesTrade Policy Briefs

ISBN978-92-5-134632-7

Areas of workTrade Policy and Partnerships

Keywordsagricultural trade; agricultural price policy; international trade policies; COVID-19; pandemics