MAXIMO TORERO: FAO HAS EXPERTISE ON THESE MATTERS, WE WILL SURVIVE THIS PANDEMIC
Press release... A battle plan for ensuring global food supplies during the COVID-19 crisis... FAO’s Chief Economist maps the ways the world can mitigate shocks to agriculture and food systems... Global food supply chains are complex and include these kale farmers in Uganda.The COVID-19 pandemic has put the world on a crisis footing, with unprecedented actions to restrict movements and plans for radical deployment of public funds to combat the threat posed by a novel coronavirus that knows no boundaries. Success will entail coherent and robust plans for our food systems. FAO Chief Economist Maximo Torero Cullen outlines a framework for how countries can think about and craft these plans. As more countries adopt lockdown policies to contain and mitigate the COVID-19 crisis, is there a risk that we will run out of food? The short answer is both yes and no. There is that risk, but we have plenty of ways to reduce its likelihood, and the sooner we adopt them the more we can a...