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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetFAO COVID-19 Response and Recovery Programme - Food systems transformation
Building to transform during response and recovery
2020The disruptions resulting from the COVID-19 crisis have highlighted many of the fragilities of contemporary food systems. Challenges include accessing safe, nutritious food at affordable prices when movement is restricted and markets are closed, and the vulnerability of employees (in terms of health and income) across the food system. There are risks to the very survival of firms and industries, particularly micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises, from producers, manufacturers, traders and food processors to transporters and retailers. Some of the fundamental longer-term challenges to the sustainability of food systems still need to be overcome and factored into response and recovery plans, however. Many food systems are already falling short of the aspirations of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Poverty and hunger remain entrenched, while obesity, with its associated health and economic costs, is rising. Food systems contribute significantly to anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions and have been a key driver of land-use change and biodiversity loss. In turn, they are significantly affected by climate change. The proposed actions aim to “build back better” by catalyzing the transformation to food systems that are resilient to shocks, ensure individual health and well-being, promote inclusion, and improve environmental and economic sustainability by increasing efficiency and reducing waste. The programme will support governments and stakeholders in this transformation during the various stages of the COVID-19 emergency and post-crisis recovery. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetFAO COVID-19 Response and Recovery Programme - Boosting smallholder resilience for recovery
Protecting the most vulnerable, promoting economic recovery and enhancing risk management capacities
2020The COVID-19 pandemic is having devastating short- and long-term impacts on the lives and livelihoods of people in rural, peri-urban and urban settings. Apart from the pandemic’s toll on human health and everyday life, containment measures, particulary the restricted movement of people and goods, are resulting in a dramatic increase in poverty, destroying livelihoods and increasing food insecurity. The magnitude of the impact of COVID-19 has reinforced the need for global collaboration in terms of managing risks and crises, anticipating threats, coordinating responses and resilience building ahead of future crises. It has revealed how communities, even in wealthier countries, are extremely vulnerable to such crises and has underlined the need for a recovery e ort that focuses on building back better through a transition to more inclusive, resilient and sustainable economies and societies ahead of future pandemics, climate change and other threats. Advancing integrated, multirisk management measures is essential to boosting resilience across all systems, especially agriculture and food systems, to ensure that there is enough food and to safeguard the well-being of present and future generations. FAO’s response draws on the Organization’s vast technical expertise and experience of implementing resilience programming over the last decade, bringing together the actors of humanitarian development and peace-sustaining partners to support agriculture, food security and nutrition, both in countries and in global policy and normative work. Helping smallholders to recover from COVID-19 and concurrent shocks, and enabling them to build their resilience to future threats requires transformative, need-based and demand-driven solutions. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetFAO COVID-19 Response and Recovery Programme - Preventing the next zoonotic pandemic
Strengthening and extending the One Health approach to avert animal-origin pandemics
2020The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) originated from an animal source, as have an estimated 60 percent of human infectious diseases. The pandemic emphasizes the need to prepare for, prevent, detect and respond to such diseases in areas where the next pandemic is likely to take hold. The risk is highest where there is close interaction between wildlife and intensifying livestock or agricultural production, and is often exacerbated where agriculture has encroached upon or put pressure on natural ecosystems. Particularly risky “spillover settings” include live animal markets and regions where there is a rise in wild meat consumption. The general overuse of antimicrobial drugs has caused a surge in antimicrobial resistance (AMR), adding to the risk of new or untreatable diseases. Preventing dangerous spillovers involves working with those communities living in high-risk hotspots. Family farmers are most at risk, often women and children, particularly in low- and middle-income countries, where medical, veterinary and animal production services are limited and food safety control systems are ill-equipped to prevent, detect and respond to emerging and resurgent zoonotic diseases.
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