COVID-19 and Food Security: Impact and Regulatory Directions

Issue № 12, 2021, article № 3, pages 28-34

Section: Agrarian policy: problems and decisions

Language: Russian

Original language title: COVID-19 И ПРОДОВОЛЬСТВЕННАЯ БЕЗОПАСНОСТЬ: ВЛИЯНИЕ И НАПРАВЛЕНИЯ РЕГУЛИРОВАНИЯ

Keywords: AGRICULTURE, FOOD SECURITY, AGRO-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX, AGRI-FOOD SECTOR, COVID-19, COVID-19, CORONAVIRUS, WORLD ECONOMIC SYSTEM

Abstract: The article analyzes the impact and consequences of COVID-19 on the state of food security of systems of various levels. It is reflected how the pandemic has a destabilizing effect at the global, national and local levels, including through certain factors of direct and indirect impact. The COVID-19 pandemic was an unexpected and compounding factor. The largest increase in moderate or acute food security between 2019 and 2020 was in Latin America, the Caribbean (9 percentage points), Africa (5.4 percentage points), and Asia (2.3 percentage points). Due to the high cost, already in 2019, nutrition became inaccessible to 3 billion people on the planet. Along with threats to health and the decline in the standard and quality of life of people, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused great damage to the economy of the whole world, transformed food systems, reduced the level of food self-sufficiency and security of many countries. In this regard, the aim of the study was to uncover trends and problems of the corona virus pandemic COVID-19 to assess and possible solutions on the issue of food security at the macro and mesolevels. The novelty lies in the development of combined approaches to post-pandemic food security by monitoring new and previously unused sources and materials at three main levels: global, national (state) and local (regional), taking into account political and economic trends. The relevance and significance of the study lies in the possibility of further practical application of its results.

Authors: Rodnina Natalia Vladimirovna