Remarkable achievements in global food security have been made in the past several decades. Food production has grown significantly and outpaced the population growth.
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Initial impacts & resilience of China's food systems during the pandemic and the government's responses & long-term efforts to promote resilience.
The coronavirus pandemic has sparked not only a health crisis but also an economic crisis, which together pose a serious threat to food security, particularly in poorer countries.
Rural Chinese smallholders with an option to make delayed premium payments have higher levels of insurance uptake and investment in production than those without the option.
Living like there’s no tomorrow: Saving and spending following the Sichuan earthquake
In addition to human casualties and physical damage to infrastructure, natural disasters affect survivors emotionally and psychologically.
While rural households in developing countries deploy a series of risk coping strategies to insulate against shocks, their effectiveness relies extraordinarily on the nature of the shocks.