Global Food Security under COVID-19: Comparison and Enlightenment of Policy Responses in Different Countries

Jiang, Xiaoyu; Chen, Yangfen; Wang, Jieyong

doi:10.3390/foods10112850

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“…The pandemic poses major threats to global food security, including breaks in the food supply chain, food shortages and choice limitation, and food price spikes and volatility [ 117 , 118 ]. The resulting bulk purchasing and stockpiling were significantly correlated with increased food purchase, which in turn led to increased food waste [ 119 ].…”

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Parental Perspectives of the Impact of COVID-19 Lockdown on Food-Related Behaviors: Systematic Review

Titis

2022

Foods

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Home confinement during the COVID-19 pandemic has been accompanied by dramatic changes in household food dynamics that can significantly influence health. This systematic literature review presents parental perspectives of the impact of COVID-19 lockdown (up to 30 June 2022) on food preparation and meal routines, as well as other food-related behaviors, capturing both favorable and unfavorable changes in the household food environment. Themes and trends are identified and associations with other lifestyle factors are assessed. Overall, families enjoyed more time together around food, including planning meals, cooking, and eating together. Eating more diverse foods and balanced home-cooked meals (e.g., fresh fruit and vegetables) was combined with overeating and increased snacking (e.g., high-calorie snacks, desserts, and sweets), as parents became more permissive towards food; however, food insecurity increased among families with the lowest income. Adoption of meal planning skills and online shopping behavior emerged alongside behaviors aimed at self-sufficiency, such as bulk purchasing and stockpiling of non-perishable processed foods. These results are an important first step in recognizing how this pandemic may be affecting the family food environment, including low-income families. Future obesity prevention and treatment initiatives, but also ongoing efforts to address food management, parental feeding practices, and food insecurity, can account for these changes moving forward.

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Parental Perspectives of the Impact of COVID-19 Lockdown on Food-Related Behaviors: Systematic Review

Titis

2022

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“…In addition, a more efficient grain supply chain is also necessary, including improving the output efficiency of water and arable land resources. The grain stocks and trade have also played an important role for China’s grain supply, but the stability of the international food trade network has been greatly impacted by trade frictions and COVID-19 [ 54 , 55 ]. The restrictive trade system has compromised the continuity of supply and access to food [ 18 ].…”

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Multi-Scenario Simulation Analysis of Grain Production and Demand in China during the Peak Population Period

Wang

Qiang

Niu

et al. 2022

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The transformation of dietary structure brought about by economic development in populous countries is expected to trigger an increase in grain demand, which will put enormous pressure on the grain supply in these nations and even globally. We simulated nine demand scenarios for 2020–2050 based on China’s dataset for 15 kinds of grains from 1961–2018. The results show that the maximum difference between the predicted grain demand is 323.8 Mt, equal to the total grain consumption of approximately 600 million Chinese people in one year. To capture which demand scenarios will be met when grain productivity gradually improves within reasonable ranges, we present three projections from the production side. In particular, Projection 1 (P1), which maintains productivity at the current level, only fulfills the projected demand for Scenarios 1-LL, 2-LM, 4-ML, and 7-HL and falls short of the maximum value (Scenario 9-HH) by 117 Mt, which requires an additional 250,000 ha of arable land resources to fill the gap. After raising the preset value of grain yield, the productivity of Projection 2 in turn satisfies the demand scenario 5-MM. When both set variables (grain yields and arable area) increase simultaneously, the output of Projection 3 increases by 15.3% over P1. However, it still lags behind the demand of 68 million tons in Scenario 9-HH, thus implying uncertainty in China’s vision of meeting the goal of 95% grain self-sufficiency. Rather than pursuing a single outcome, we discuss multiple possibilities for China’s future grain balance and emphasize the adjusting and compensating role of grain trade and storage in the whole system. Ultimately, this paper calls for a better understanding of the supply–demand gap therein and its future trends to support national grain security as well as global sustainable food policies.

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“…Moreover, government policies have played important roles in ensuring food access during the pandemic. Strategies such as food and cash safety nets, support mechanisms for food production and businesses, and relaxed trade policies for food products have proven to be effective in reducing the adverse effects of COVID-19 on food security [ 19 , 40 ]. The development of infrastructure might possibly buffer the adverse effect of COVID-19 on the food security [ 18 , 55 ].…”

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A new face of food security: A global perspective of the COVID-19 pandemic

Saboori¹,

Radmehr²,

Zhang³

et al. 2022

Progress in Disaster Science

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Global Food Security under COVID-19: Comparison and Enlightenment of Policy Responses in Different Countries

Cited by 19 publications

References 50 publications

Parental Perspectives of the Impact of COVID-19 Lockdown on Food-Related Behaviors: Systematic Review

Parental Perspectives of the Impact of COVID-19 Lockdown on Food-Related Behaviors: Systematic Review

Multi-Scenario Simulation Analysis of Grain Production and Demand in China during the Peak Population Period

A new face of food security: A global perspective of the COVID-19 pandemic

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