Food / Covid-19: the pandemic is an opportunity to undertake the reform of food systems (Agence d’information d’Afrique Central)

ADIAC (Congo) published an article on the 2021 Global Food Policy Report. The article quotes from the report: The loss of income caused by lockdowns and restrictions on mobility has increased food insecurity, and the pandemic has exposed drastic inequalities within food systems based on factors such as geography, gender, and socio-economic status. economic. ” Build back better will not be enough, said report author and IFPRI director general Johan Swinnen. An increase in social protection programs, the rapid rollout of new government policies to mitigate the effects of the pandemic, and rapid private sector innovation are among the pandemic developments serving as promising examples of how food systems reform can be accelerated to help achieve sustainable development (Goals by 2030)