A Global Media Analysis of the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Chicken Meat Food Systems: Key Vulnerabilities and Opportunities for Building Resilience

Chapot, Lorraine; Whatford, Louise; Compston, Polly; Tak, Mehroosh; Cuevas, Soledad; Garza, Maria; Bennani, Houda; Aslam, Hassaan Bin; Hennessey, Matthew; Limon, Georgina; Queenan, Kevin; Fournié, Guillaume; Dadios, Nikolaos

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“…In Iran, pandemic-related rumors were also reported to have had an impact on the demand for poultry meat, with stakeholders' activities also being affected by import restrictions on raw materials due to the increase in border controls, rising prices of input materials, and supply restrictions on foreign currency [24]. In line with our study, a global media analysis concluded that COVID-19 mitigation measures, including lockdowns and movement restrictions, disrupted the PDN more than the SARS-CoV-2 virus itself [25]. The poultry market in countries like Bangladesh, Morocco, Nigeria, China, and Myanmar also reported incurred losses due to COVID-19-associated lockdowns [26][27][28][29][30].…”

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Exploring the Impact of COVID-19 and the Associated Lockdown on the Production, Distribution, and Consumption of Poultry Products in Gujarat, India: A Qualitative Study

Mishra

Golaviya

Panchal

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Introduction: The poultry industry in India, estimated to be worth about one trillion INR, was severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. This study was conducted in Gujarat, India to unpack the processes through which COVID-19-related factors affected the poultry production and distribution network and explore the impacts on the relevant actors. Methods: An exploratory qualitative study was conducted among 34 poultry stakeholders using semi-structured interviews. The data were thematically analyzed by adopting an interpretative phenomenological approach. Results: Convincing evidence emerged that the lockdown and the pandemic significantly impacted the production, distribution, and consumption of poultry products. Movement restrictions during the first lockdown disrupted the supply of inputs and the distribution of poultry and poultry products. Between March and June 2020, rumors contributed to a substantial decrease in the consumption of poultry products. Consumption picked up following the reopening after the lockdown and the prices and availability of poultry products. The profits, however, failed to compensate for the losses that had been incurred. Conclusions: The experience and impacts of the first COVID-19 lockdown on the poultry industry unraveled several short- and medium-term challenges in the poultry sector in India that need to be addressed to make it more resilient to similar shocks.

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Exploring the Impact of COVID-19 and the Associated Lockdown on the Production, Distribution, and Consumption of Poultry Products in Gujarat, India: A Qualitative Study

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Panchal

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Poultry

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“…The beef and sheep supply chains were able to adapt, more than chicken and pork, due to the flexible nature of beef and sheep farming and due to farmers being able to hold animals on-farm for a few extra weeks or months. The "just in time" system of chicken production is noted by Chapot et al [13] to remove redundancy and allows streamlining, but it has left itself vulnerable worldwide [13].…”

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“…The difficulty in redirecting supplies from foodservice to retail was also noted in other countries as well [10][11][12]. Disruptions were also noted in other supply chains including chicken meat [13], turkey, pork, and eggs [11].…”

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Conceptualising Disruptions in British Beef and Sheep Supply Chains during the COVID-19 Crisis

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This paper explores the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis as a disruptor to Britain’s beef and sheep supply chains. The assessment of COVID-19 impacts is based on the triangulation of farming and industry news reports, submissions to a government COVID-19 enquiry and interviews with industry experts. We find that livestock farming and farm services were least affected compared to processing, retailing, foodservice, or consumers. Primary and secondary processors continued to operate during the first COVID-19 lockdown but had to quickly become ‘COVID secure’. The most dramatic effect was the overnight closure of hospitality and catering and the redirection of supplies to the retail sector. This picture of a resilient British beef and sheep industry may also be conceptualised as relatively locked in and resistant to change. Red meat production is tied to the land it farms on and operates on 12–36-month production cycles, making it difficult to change trajectory if disruptions do not directly affect farming. Emerging changes in agricultural payments, trade post-Brexit, and societal and environmental pressures may well be the disruptors that have far-reaching impacts on the beef and sheep supply chains.

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“…Poultry production has an essential contribution in terms of food security and nutrition, with a fast-growing market [ 14 ], mostly due to poultry meat and eggs being an affordable protein source [ 15 ]. A significant number of regulations have led to a decrease in the use of antimicrobial agents in food animal production [ 16 ]; however, A. baumannii is commonly found in poultry and their produce.…”

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Recent Progress in Phage Therapy to Modulate Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii, including in Human and Poultry

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Acinetobacter baumannii is a multidrug-resistant and invasive pathogen associated with the etiopathology of both an increasing number of nosocomial infections and is of relevance to poultry production systems. Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii has been reported in connection to severe challenges to clinical treatment, mostly due to an increased rate of resistance to carbapenems. Amid the possible strategies aiming to reduce the insurgence of antimicrobial resistance, phage therapy has gained particular importance for the treatment of bacterial infections. This review summarizes the different phage-therapy approaches currently in use for multiple-drug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii, including single phage therapy, phage cocktails, phage–antibiotic combination therapy, phage-derived enzymes active on Acinetobacter baumannii and some novel technologies based on phage interventions. Although phage therapy represents a potential treatment solution for multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii, further research is needed to unravel some unanswered questions, especially in regard to its in vivo applications, before possible routine clinical use.

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A Global Media Analysis of the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Chicken Meat Food Systems: Key Vulnerabilities and Opportunities for Building Resilience

Cited by 12 publications

References 30 publications

Exploring the Impact of COVID-19 and the Associated Lockdown on the Production, Distribution, and Consumption of Poultry Products in Gujarat, India: A Qualitative Study

Exploring the Impact of COVID-19 and the Associated Lockdown on the Production, Distribution, and Consumption of Poultry Products in Gujarat, India: A Qualitative Study

Conceptualising Disruptions in British Beef and Sheep Supply Chains during the COVID-19 Crisis

Recent Progress in Phage Therapy to Modulate Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii, including in Human and Poultry

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