The COVID-19 pandemic is a health and human crisis threatening the food security and nutrition of millions of people around the world. Hundreds of millions of people were already suffering from hunger and malnutrition before the virus hit and, unless immediate action is taken, we could see a global food emergency. In the longer term, the combined effects of COVID-19 itself, as well as corresponding mitigation measures and the emerging global recession could, without large-scale coordinated action, disrupt the functioning of food systems. Such disruption can result in consequences for health and nutrition of a severity and scale unseen for more than half a century.
Year of publication | |
Publisher | UN Secretary-General UN Sustainable Development Group |
Geographic coverage | GlobalWorld |
Originally published | 04 Aug 2020 |
Related organisation(s) | UN - United Nations |
Knowledge service | Metadata | Global Food and Nutrition Security
| Food security and food crises NutritionCOVID-19 and Food and Nutrition SecuritySustainable Food Systems | Food systemSustainable food system Bioeconomy | Food system |
Digital Europa Thesaurus (DET) | AgricultureCOVID-19Foodfood securitynutritionvalue chainpublic policy |