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_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Maize and Wheat Improvement Centeren_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInstitute for Study and Development Worldwide, Australiaen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Rice Research Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden_US
cg.contributor.initiativeTransforming Agrifood Systems in South Asiaen_US
cg.coverage.countryBangladeshen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2BDen_US
cg.coverage.regionAsiaen_US
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Asiaen_US
cg.creator.identifierT.S Amjath-Babu: 0000-0001-9902-7104en_US
cg.creator.identifierTimothy Joseph Krupnik: 0000-0001-6973-0106en_US
cg.creator.identifierHumnath Bhandari: 0000-0002-0570-9727en_US
cg.howPublishedGrey Literatureen_US
cg.identifier.urlhttps://hdl.handle.net/10883/22444en_US
cg.placeDhaka, Bangladeshen_US
cg.reviewStatusInternal Reviewen_US
cg.subject.actionAreaResilient Agrifood Systemsen_US
cg.subject.impactAreaNutrition, health and food securityen_US
dc.contributor.authorAmjath-Babu, Tharayil Shereefen_US
dc.contributor.authorTimsina, Jagadishen_US
dc.contributor.authorKrupnik, Timothy J.en_US
dc.contributor.authorBhandari, Humnathen_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-01-24T08:42:17Zen_US
dc.date.available2023-01-24T08:42:17Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/127990en_US
dc.titleHow to build a pandemic resilient agrifood system? A review of policy lessons from COVID-19 in Bangladeshen_US
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_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
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_US
dcterms.issued2022-12-31en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserveden_US
dcterms.publisherInternational Maize and Wheat Improvement Centeren_US
dcterms.subjectresilienceen_US
dcterms.subjectagrifood systemsen_US
dcterms.subjectcovid-19en_US
dcterms.subjectagricultural policiesen_US
dcterms.subjectstate interventionen_US
dcterms.subjecttechnologyen_US
dcterms.subjectsupply chainsen_US
dcterms.subjectmechanizationen_US
dcterms.subjectfarmers organizationsen_US
dcterms.subjectinformation exchangeen_US
dcterms.subjectsocial safety netsen_US
dcterms.typeBriefen_US

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