COVID-19 and food systems in Pacific Island Countries, Papua New Guinea, and Timor-Leste: Opportunities for actions towards the sustainable development goals

Davila, Federico; Bourke, R. Michael; McWilliam, Andrew; Crimp, Steven; Robins, Lisa; Wensveen, Monica van; Alders, Robyn; Butler, James

doi:10.1016/j.agsy.2021.103137

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“…Meanwhile, Devereux et al (2020) concentrated on household resilience in both developed and developing countries. A number of other country-specific studies include Amjath-Babu et al (2020) on Bangladesh, Farrell et al (2020) on the Pacific region, Bisoffi et al (2021) for a global view, Davila et al (2021) on the Pacific, and Fan et al (2021) on Asia. These studies explore how and why consumer behaviour changed, and show how the supply chains adapted to the sudden changes in demand in a context of disrupted supply.…”

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confidence: 99%

A Shock to the System: What the COVID-19 Pandemic Reveals About Australia's Food Systems and Their Resilience

Jones¹,

Bellamy²,

Bellotti³

et al. 2022

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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Australia has managed well through the COVID-19 pandemic, compared to many other developed nations. Through its first and second waves it was relatively successful in terms of control of outbreaks. Nevertheless, like everywhere, the shock to national systems has been profound, and adjustment remains complex and volatile. Food is a critical human need, and the food industry is recognised as a vital economic sector. We present an examination of some of the adaptive responses of Australia's food systems during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, from January 2020 to October 2020, with a focus on three case studies (seafood exports, consumer behaviour and food sector employment). These case studies provide observations of specific stresses experienced, as well as insights into the adaptation strategies carried out by various actors within the nation's food systems. The shock was experienced differently in different parts of given food systems, and the opportunities for adaptation varied. Some supply chains lost business, others had to adapt to rapidly increased demands, and surges. Our analysis reveals features of Australia's food systems, and their relationships to other systems, that have facilitated resilience, and features that have impeded it. We found that international supply chains are highly vulnerable to global shocks, that insecure employment conditions throughout the food system reduce the resilience of the system overall, and that consumers are not fully confident in supply chains. We observed the importance of agency and adaptive behaviour throughout the food systems as actors worked to build their own resilience, with consequences for other parts of the system. Our findings suggest that food system resilience can be enhanced by ensuring that the goals and priorities of those most vulnerable in society are recognised and addressed within decision making processes throughout the system.

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A Shock to the System: What the COVID-19 Pandemic Reveals About Australia's Food Systems and Their Resilience

Jones¹,

Bellamy²,

Bellotti³

et al. 2022

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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“…Moreover, they experience difficulties harvesting and utilizing forest honey due to limited marketing distribution channels (Hossain et al 2020;BBS, 2020;Al-Naggar et al 2020;Lima et al, 2021). This builds livelihood pressures that drive economic hardship and increasing poverty (Laudari et al 2021;Davila et al 2021).…”

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“…It has affected various sectors of life (Rowan and Galanakis, 2020), especially the source of livelihood, food value chain, income, basic needs fulfillment, and public health (Shammi et al 2020;Tamru et al 2020;Brickell et al 2020;Sharma & Mahendru, 2020;Oncini et al 2020;Paudel, 2020;Anon, 2020;Corlett et al 2020;Taylor, 2020;Berretta et al 2020;Rowan and Laffey, 2020;Wannaprasert and Choenkwan, 2021). The conceptual framework (Figure 1) explores the human-forest relationship through habitat management, farmer institutions, harvesting, marketing, and livelihoods during the COVID-19 pandemic (Chao, 2012;Gentle et al 2020;Hossain et al 2020;Al-Naggar et al 2020;BBS, 2020;Mohan et al 2021;Lima et al 2021;Laudari et al 2021;Davila et al 2021). This relationship has changed due to social restriction policies during the pandemic, especially on transportation access, goods distribution, marketing networks, and community social activities.…”

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“…Moreover, it causes the suspension of forestry activities, increasing illegal logging, and decreasing forestry's economic contribution (Laudari et al, 2021). Studies in the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, PNG, and Timor Leste have shown an increase in poverty and a decrease in per-capita income and household consumption during the COVID-19 pandemic (Davila et al 2021).…”

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The Livelihood Challenge of Forest Honey Bee Farmers amidst COVID-19 Pandemic in Mutis, Indonesia

Njurumana¹,

Kaho

Iswandono³

et al. 2021

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The COVID-19 pandemic has affected various sectors of the global communities, including those that depend on forests for honey products. Furthermore, the dynamics of production and availability are completely affected by government restrictions. This study focuses on the short-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the forestry sector. Specifically, it examines the pandemic effect on forest honey farmers in habitat management, harvesting, marketing, farmer institutions, and livelihoods. The study was conducted on forest honey bee farmers through field observations and structured and in-depth interviews. Data were collected using five variables and 30 indicators in Fatumnasi Subdistrict, South Central Timor Regency and analyzed using descriptive and quantitative analysis. The results showed that the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the socio-cultural and economic utilization of forest honey. Additionally, social restrictions have reduced habitat management performance, farmers institutions and livelihoods, harvesting, and marketing. This has increased pressure on the livelihoods of forest honey bee farmers than before the pandemic. Moreover, it has directly affected their lives and the ability to provide quality forest honey. Therefore, interventions are needed to strengthen marketing and institutional networks to face the changes during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.

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“…In the agricultural sector, the lockdown measures and movement restrictions disrupted food supply chains, raising concerns regarding food security [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 ]. Difficulties in selling agricultural products and highly overstocked situations had been reported around the globe [ 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 ]. In developing countries, such as China, India, and Ethiopia, farmers had to leave their produce in the field to rot [ 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 ].…”

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Overstocked Agricultural Produce and Emergency Supply System in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Responses from China

Chen

Zhong

2021

Foods

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The spread of COVID-19 has affected not only public health but also agriculture, raising global concerns regarding the food system. As an immediate impact of COVID-19, farmers around the globe have had difficulties with sales, resulting in large amounts of overstocked agricultural products and food loss. This further threatens the livelihood of rural, poor farmers and impacts sustainable production. To provide a better understanding of the overstocking situation after the outbreak of the pandemic, this study depicts the distribution characteristics of overstocked agricultural products in China. After analyzing a nationwide data set collected from 3482 individuals/organizations by the Chinese Agri-products Marketing Association after the outbreak of the pandemic, we found that some of the initial prevention and control measures disrupted sales channels, and in turn, caused the farmers to suffer losses. The impact was more severe in perishable products and their production areas, as well as in poverty-stricken regions. Then, we identified China’s quick and effective actions to match the supply and demand. These findings suggest that emergency responses should coordinate the relationship between emergency actions and the necessary logistics of agricultural production. To prepare for the possibility of such shock in the future, the government should take actions to clear logistics obstacles for necessary transportation, keep enhancing the fundamental infrastructure and effective mechanism of the food supply chain, and actively include innovative techniques to build a more resilient food system.

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COVID-19 and food systems in Pacific Island Countries, Papua New Guinea, and Timor-Leste: Opportunities for actions towards the sustainable development goals

Cited by 51 publications

References 31 publications

A Shock to the System: What the COVID-19 Pandemic Reveals About Australia's Food Systems and Their Resilience

A Shock to the System: What the COVID-19 Pandemic Reveals About Australia's Food Systems and Their Resilience

The Livelihood Challenge of Forest Honey Bee Farmers amidst COVID-19 Pandemic in Mutis, Indonesia

Overstocked Agricultural Produce and Emergency Supply System in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Responses from China

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