Coronavirus and the Implications for Food Systems and Policy (Agrilinks)

Agrilinks reported on the next steps after Covid-19. Sound food security and agricultural policy are vital for countries to be able to weather viral outbreaks and the shocks they send throughout food supply chains. According to the IFPRI blogpost by Shenggen Fan, one lesson we can take away from China is that food availability in Wuhan, where COVID-19 was first detected, has been somewhat stabilized through “green channels” that send food from outside production hubs.