Like other businesses, farmers and ranchers are facing short-run adverse effects of the COVID-19 crisis and longer-term recession challenges.

We now know that handwashing with soap for 20 seconds can fight the spread of coronavirus. For most of us accessing water is as simple as turning on the taps in our kitchens and toilets.

COVID-19ကမ ာကပ်ေရာဂါကာလအတွင်း မ ကာေသးမီက အိ  ိယ ိုင်ငံတွင် ၂၁ရက် ကာ တင်း ကပ်ေသာ ပိတ်ဆို ့ ကန ့ ်သတ်မ  ့ (lockdown)ကို  ုတ်တရက်ချမှတ်ခဲ့ ြခင်းသည် ထိခိုက်လွယ်သည့် များစွာေသာ အိ  ိယ ိုင်ငံသားများ၏ အစားအစာဖူလံုမ ကို ဆိုးကျိုးများ ြဖစ်ေပါ်ေစခဲ့ ပါသည်။

While rural India is poorer than its urban counterpart, in the COVID-19 crisis, it is the urban poor who are far more vulnerable with less social and government support.

The evolving situation around Covid-19 is becoming critical. Governments have already announced guidelines for citizens to keep themselves safe. Packages have also been declared to safeguard interests of various sectors.

Disruptions in the food value chain are becoming visible now. The government needs to recognise that ensuring adequate food and nutrition for the population is as essential as providing health services.

The Indian economy will face an income loss of Rs 1.7 lakh crore per week or a total of Rs 5.1 lakh crore during the three-week-long shutdown called by the Govt.

The recent sudden imposition of a stringent 21-day lockdown in India in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic has adversely affected the food security of many vulnerable Indians.

This year’s theme for World Water Day is Water and Climate Change.

In a rush to provide for the emergency, maintaining quality is needed. Hence, the effect could be counterproductive.

Strict measures of social distancing may be crucial to curb the spread of Covid-19, but ignoring the farm sector and farmers would be a grave mistake.

Egypt’s recent economic success will almost certainly be interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

With the steady decline in new confirmed cases of coronavirus in China beyond Hubei Province, public scrutiny has increasingly shifted to the economy affected by the outbreak, particularly the impact on the plethora of small and medium enterprises

In early 2020, a new type of coronavirus epidemic (COVID-19) emerged suddenly and spread steadily from China’s Wuhan City, Hubei Province, disrupting China’s social order.

Since the coronavirus outbreak began in January, Chinese business activity has been severely slowed, affecting China’s position in the global industrial supply chain.

The Food Security Portal's COVID-19 Food Price Monitor serves as a temperature check of market conditions for staple and non-staple foods at the local level.