COVID-19, information management by local governments, and food consumption

COVID-19 mobility restrictions and stay-at-home behaviour in 2020 were associated with higher retail food prices worldwide

“…COVID-19 disrupted economies and health systems across the globe, stressing agri-food supply chains in ways that threaten access to affordable diets worldwide. Global monitoring and response has focused on the supply of agricultural commodities traded on international markets ( AMIS, 2022 ; FAO 2022a , FAO-IFAD-the World Bank-WFP, 2020 ; WCO-WTO 2020 ), while individual country studies have focused on conditions in specific places that may not be representative of the global population ( Pandey et al, 2022 ; Rudin-Rush et al, 2022 ; Tabe-Ojong et al, 2022 ). These analyses highlighted the importance of safety nets and continued cross-border flows from areas of surplus to areas of deficit.…”