Bouncing back from COVID-19: Lessons from the food crisis

Babu, Suresh Chandra; and Dassani, Vaishali. 2020. Bouncing back from COVID-19: Lessons from the food crisis. M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF). First published on June 1, 2020. https://www.preventionweb.net/news/bouncing-back-covid-19-lessons-food-crisis

Globally, COVID-19 is a public health emergency with grave impact on the population of the world, especially the poor and marginalized. It is estimated that 140 million additional people could fall into extreme poverty this year as a result of the virus, thus increasing food and nutrition insecurity.While much has been written about the potential impact, little is known on how to bounce back from such outbreaks.