COVID-19 and Agrifood Systems Resilience Web Portal

IFIAD COVID-19 and Agrifood Systems Resilience Web Portal

IFIAD is curating this web portal as a focal point for information on:

IFIAD member responses concerning COVID-19 and agrifood systems
COVID-19 and agrifood systems resilience and recovery.
Agrifood system resilience
(noting that many resources on general agrifood system resilience are applicable to resilience issues highlighted by the COVID-19 crisis)
other web portals and resources on COVID-19 and agrifood systems.

With the help of our members, this web portal will be regularly updated with new links to relevant information. These updates will be highlighted on the IFIAD Twitter feed.

IFIAD Member COVID-19 Responses

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COVID-19 and Agrifood Systems Resilience and Recovery

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medium.com – Building a healthy and resilient food system: A circular economy for food in a post-Covid-19 world. (27 May 2020)
undp.org – Transforming food and agriculture: Creating food security while fighting climate change. (5 June 2020)
wri.org – After COVID-19: How We Can Improve the Global Food System. (8 May 2020)
europeansting.com – How to reimagine our food systems for a post-COVID world. (9 June 2020)
businessmirror.com.ph – Covid-19 propels city-farming opportunities to centerstage. (11 June 2020)
theconversation.com – COVID-19 recovery is a chance to improve the African food system. (10 June 2020)
foodethicscouncil.org – What to cultivate as we #BuildBackBetter. (May 2020)
urgenci.net – Community Supported Agriculture is a Safe and Resilient Alternative to Industrial Agriculture in the Time of Covid-19. (7 April 2020)
iegpolicy.com – What should a green agri-food recovery look like? (19 May 2020)
worldpoliticsreview.com – The Geography of COVID-19 and a Vulnerable Global Food System. (12 May 2020)
wri.org – Designing the COVID-19 Recovery for a Safer and More Resilient World. (May 2020)
resilience.org – A Wake-Up Call for Food System Resilience. (27 April 2020)
euractiv.com – COVID-19: fixing our relationship with food and nature is more important than ever. (17 April 2020)
ecdpm.org – Can COVID-19 create momentum for sustainable and resilient food systems? (6 April 2020)
devex.com – COVID-19 highlights need to boost resilience of Africa’s rural poor. (4 May 2020)
thepoultrysite.com – Nature and food systems in the post-COVID-19 world. (8 May 2020)
resilience.org – The Vital Role Local Authorities could have in Shaping Food Systems. (6 May 2020)
nanaimobulletin.com – COVID-19 pandemic is testing global food systems. (8 May 2020)
theconversation.com – Keeping fish local can help feed communities and support economies. (6 May 2020)
thehill.com – Fixing the global food system after coronavirus. (3 May 2020)
fao.org – COVID-19 impacts on the poverty landscape: social protection measures to protect food and nutrition security. (5 May 2020)
foreignpolicy.com – Poor Countries Need to Think Twice About Social Distancing. (10 April 2020)
ifpri.org – Global Food Policy Report 2020: Inclusive food systems can help sustainable development and resilience to shocks. (6 April 2020)
blogs.adb.org – Amid COVID-19, the time to act is now to protect food security. (April 2020)
fao.org – Tackling COVID-19’s effect on food supply chains in Africa. 23 April 2020)
brookings.edu – 5 lessons for using universal basic income during a pandemic (13 March 2020)
techcrunch.com – Kenya turns to M-Pesa mobile-money to stem the spread of COVID-19 (16 March 2020)
nutritionconnect.org – Redesigning the food system for planetary health. (24 April 2020)
nutritionconnect.org – Asia’s food chain resilience during Covid-19. (20 April 2020)
nutritionconnect.org – Mitigating COVID-19’s impact on Africa’s food systems. (16 April 2020)
nutritionconnect.org – How will Covid-19 change our relationship with food? (14 April 2020)
nutritionconnect.org – How India’s frontline nutrition programmes are reinventing themselves during the lockdown. (27 April 2020)
thechicagocouncil.org – Next Generation – The Impact of COVID-19 on the Future of Food Systems in Africa. (1 April 2020)
gainhealth.org – The COVID-19 Crisis and Food Systems: addressing threats, creating opportunities. (23 March 2020)
ifpri.org – Addressing COVID-19 impacts on agriculture, food security, and livelihoods in India. (8 April 2020)
ifpri.org – How COVID-19 may disrupt food supply chains in developing countries. (2 April 2020)
cta.int – Digital agriculture to help Africa through coronavirus. (28 April 2020)
a4nh.cgiar.org – The COVID-19 nutritional crisis: What to expect and how to protect. (23 April 2020)
commondreams.org – The Corporate Food System Is Making the Coronavirus Crisis Worse. (26 April 2020)
devex.com – How to address the impact of COVID-19 on global food system. (2 April 2020)
mckinsey.com – Tackling COVID-19 in Africa. (April 2020)
resilience.org – Four Ways COVID-19 will Change Food Systems and Food Security. (2 April 2020)
iatp.org – Uprooting the farm crisis in times of COVID-19. (20 April 2020)
agfundernews.com – How are agrifood tech startups responding to Covid-19? (22 April 2020)
rockefellerfoundation.org – Five COVID-19 Reflections from a Food System Perspective—and How We Could Take Action. (3 April 2020)
africanarguments.org – How will COVID-19 affect Africa’s food systems? (25 March 2020)
clf.jhsph.edu – What the Coronavirus in China Shows Us About Food System Resilience. (28 February 2020)
fao.org – Local food systems and COVID-19: A look into China’s responses. (8 April 2020)
project-syndicate.org – Ensuring Food Security in the Era of COVID-19. (1 April 2020)
renews.biz – COVID-19: Europe launches alliance for green recovery. (14 April 2020)
systemiq.earth – Global Food Security and Combatting COVID-19. (9 April 2020)

FAO/Cullen, M.T. Coronavirus Food Supply Chain Under Strain What to do? (24 March 2020)

nycfoodpolicy.org – 10 Webinars on COVID-19 and the Food System to Join This Month. (published on 12 May 2020; webinars held on various dates in May 2020)
IFAD. Farmers on the Frontline – Building resilience in a post-Coronavirus world. (held on 8 May 2020)

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Agrifood System Resilience

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Tendall et al. Foodsystem resilience: Defining the concept. (October 2015)

IFSTAL. A discussion on food system resilience, with Dr John Ingram (University of Oxford), and Dr Rosemary Collier (University of Warwick). (held on 13 March 2018)

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Web Portals & Resources on COVID-19 and Agrifood Systems

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Note: Many of the resources provided on this web portal reflect the opinion or position of individuals and/or organisations both inside and outside of IFIAD, and are not necessarily intended to reflect to collective position of the IFIAD membership.

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