How to build a pandemic resilient agrifood system? A review of policy lessons from COVID-19 in Bangladesh

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Maize and Wheat Improvement Centeren
cg.contributor.affiliationInstitute for Study and Development Worldwide, Australiaen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Rice Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden
cg.contributor.initiativeTransforming Agrifood Systems in South Asia
cg.coverage.countryBangladesh
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2BD
cg.coverage.regionAsia
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Asia
cg.creator.identifierT.S Amjath-Babu: 0000-0001-9902-7104en
cg.creator.identifierTimothy Joseph Krupnik: 0000-0001-6973-0106en
cg.creator.identifierHumnath Bhandari: 0000-0002-0570-9727en
cg.howPublishedGrey Literatureen
cg.identifier.urlhttps://hdl.handle.net/10883/22444en
cg.placeDhaka, Bangladeshen
cg.reviewStatusInternal Reviewen
cg.subject.actionAreaResilient Agrifood Systems
cg.subject.impactAreaNutrition, health and food security
dc.contributor.authorAmjath-Babu, Tharayil Shereefen
dc.contributor.authorTimsina, Jagadishen
dc.contributor.authorKrupnik, Timothy J.en
dc.contributor.authorBhandari, Humnathen
dc.date.accessioned2023-01-24T08:42:17Zen
dc.date.available2023-01-24T08:42:17Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/127990
dc.titleHow to build a pandemic resilient agrifood system? A review of policy lessons from COVID-19 in Bangladeshen
dcterms.abstractThe COVID-19 pandemic impacted most of the Bangladesh population and almost all sectors of its economy, including the agriculture and food systems. The Government of Bangladesh (GoB) and development partners took measures to prevent the spread of the virus and keep the agriculture and food systems running, and farmers and communities adopted local techniques as resilience measures to adapt to and lessen the effect of the virus. This review attempts to synthesize the knowledge on impacts of COVID-19 on Bangladesh agriculture and food systems, and document government's and development partners' policy responses and measures to COVID-19 to mitigate the impacts and farmers' coping strategies as effective resilience measures. The aim here is to provide a comprehensive picture of impacts and policy lessons to the Bangladesh government and development partners to effectively manage any future pandemics such as COVID-19 in the country and in developing countries of Asia. The core lesson is that agriculture needs a transformation to technology intensive (both digital and non-digital), efficient supply chains (i.e., shorter value chains), mechanization, farmer organizations led, and consumer connected (e.g., online platforms and direct marketing channels) with various kinds of resilience measures, including information sharing systems, financial mechanisms and social safety nets. A diversified approach is required for perishable and non-perishable commodities. There is also need of international effort to minimize trade and supply disruption and prevention of export ban and similar policies to reduce the impact on food system and associated livelihoods.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationT.S Amjath-Babu, TimsinaJ, Krupnik, TJ, and Bhandari H. (2022). How to build a pandemic resilient food system? A review of policy lessons from COVID-19 in Bangladesh. Dhaka, Bangladesh: Work Package 1, Research Note 1. CGIAR research initiative on Transforming Agrifood Systems in South Asia (TAFSSA). International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center. Dhaka, Bangladesh. https://hdl.handle.net/10883/22444en
dcterms.issued2022-12-31en
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserved
dcterms.publisherInternational Maize and Wheat Improvement Centeren
dcterms.subjectresilienceen
dcterms.subjectagrifood systemsen
dcterms.subjectcovid-19en
dcterms.subjectagricultural policiesen
dcterms.subjectstate interventionen
dcterms.subjecttechnologyen
dcterms.subjectsupply chainsen
dcterms.subjectmechanizationen
dcterms.subjectfarmers organizationsen
dcterms.subjectinformation exchangeen
dcterms.subjectsocial safety netsen
dcterms.typeBrief

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