Resilient agri-food systems for nutrition amidst COVID-19: evidence and lessons from food-based approaches to overcome micronutrient deficiency and rebuild livelihoods after crises

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Potato Centeren
cg.contributor.affiliationHarvestPlusen
cg.contributor.crpRoots, Tubers and Bananas
cg.contributor.crpAgriculture for Nutrition and Health
cg.contributor.donorDepartment for International Development, United Kingdomen
cg.contributor.donorBill & Melinda Gates Foundationen
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.creator.identifierSimon Heck: 0000-0001-9276-5227en
cg.creator.identifierHugo Campos: 0000-0003-0070-1336en
cg.creator.identifierJulius Juma Okello: 0000-0003-2217-2770en
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-020-01067-2en
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - HarvestPlusen
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS)en
cg.identifier.publicationRankBen
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn1876-4525en
cg.issue4en
cg.journalFood Securityen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.cipBIOFORTIFICATIONen
cg.subject.cipFOOD SYSTEMSen
cg.subject.cipNUTRITIONen
cg.subject.cipPOTATO AGRI-FOOD SYSTEMSen
cg.subject.cipPOTATOESen
cg.subject.cipSWEETPOTATOESen
cg.subject.cipSWEETPOTATO AGRI-FOOD SYSTEMSen
cg.volume12en
dc.contributor.authorHeck, S.en
dc.contributor.authorCampos, Hugoen
dc.contributor.authorBarker, I.en
dc.contributor.authorOkello, J.J.en
dc.contributor.authorBaral, Arunen
dc.contributor.authorBoy, Ericken
dc.contributor.authorBrown, Lynnen
dc.contributor.authorBirol, Ekinen
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-29T18:15:32Zen
dc.date.available2020-07-29T18:15:32Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/108895
dc.titleResilient agri-food systems for nutrition amidst COVID-19: evidence and lessons from food-based approaches to overcome micronutrient deficiency and rebuild livelihoods after crisesen
dcterms.abstractCOVID-19 has had an instant effect on food systems in developing countries. Restrictions to the movement of people and goods have impaired access to markets, services and food. Unlike other concurrent crises, rather than threatening the material hardware of food systems, COVID-19 has so far affected the ‘software’ of food systems, highlighting again that connectivity is at the heart of these systems. Drops in demand, the loss of markets and employment and growing concerns about international cooperation are indications of possible deeper disruptions to come. Amidst this uncertainty, strategies to safeguard food and nutrition security of the world’s poor need to prioritize diversification of production and markets. Nutritious, biofortified crops such as potato, sweetpotato, but also wheat, maize and beans among others, can play a more significant role to provide key micronutrients (vitamin A, iron, zinc) at large scale. Strong local market chains, robust smallholder production systems and increasing commercial utilization make these crops powerful vehicles for securing nutrition when markets and mobility look uncertain. We posit that the evolving impacts of COVID-19 provide an opportunity to focus agricultural innovations, including the development and delivery of biofortified crops, on new and more specifically defined ‘jobs to be done’ throughout the food system. This will help bridge some of the current disruptions in supply and demand and will help prepare food systems for future crises.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceCGIARen
dcterms.audienceDevelopment Practitionersen
dcterms.audienceDonorsen
dcterms.available2020-07-25en
dcterms.bibliographicCitationHeck, S.; Campos, H.; Barker, I.; Okello, J.J.; Baral, A.; Boy, E.; Brown, L.; Birol, E. (2020). Resilient agri-food systems for nutrition amidst COVID-19: evidence and lessons from food-based approaches to overcome micronutrient deficiency and rebuild livelihoods after crises. Food Security. ISSN 1876-4525. Published online 25Jul2020.en
dcterms.extentpp. 823-830en
dcterms.issued2020-07-25en
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherSpringeren
dcterms.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134251en
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll5/id/7356en
dcterms.subjectinnovationen
dcterms.subjectpotatoesen
dcterms.subjectsweet potatoesen
dcterms.subjectbiofortificationen
dcterms.subjecttrace element deficienciesen
dcterms.subjecthumanitarian organizationsen
dcterms.subjectcovid-19en
dcterms.subjectnutritionen
dcterms.subjecttrace elementsen
dcterms.subjectagrifood systemsen
dcterms.subjectlivelihoodsen
dcterms.subjectresilienceen
dcterms.subjectfood systemsen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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