Food Systems and COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean N° 17. Recovery with Transformation: a Mid-term Overview

Food Systems and COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean N° 17. Recovery with Transformation: a Mid-term Overview
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This issue provides a preliminary overview of the effects of this crisis on the regional agrifood system and lists some initiatives and ideas on what to do to recover and transform the regional agrifood systems, with the aim of improving the social and economic conditions of the people living in the region, in complete harmony with nature.

Food Systems and COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean N° 8: The Opportunity for Digital Transformation

Food Systems and COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean N° 8: The Opportunity for Digital Transformation
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The impacts of COVID-19 are growing daily. The pandemic has triggered not only a health crisis, but also an economic one. Its consequences and duration are still unknown, but we know that its impact on poverty rates and food security has no recent precedent.In such a scenario - in which achieving economic, social and environmental sustainability is increasingly indispensable for the planet - the agrifood system needs urgent and innovative solutions. In this respect, digitalization is a recommendable path to follow.Digitization has become a key driver for rural transformation, creating new opportunities for farmers. The future of agrifood systems will depend, to a large extent, on how agricultural stakeholders will be able to take advantage of the digital transformation to improve inclusiveness, efficiency and environmental impacts.

Food systems in Latin America and the Caribbean

Food systems in Latin America and the Caribbean
Author: Graziano da Silva, J., Jales, M., Rapallo, R., Díaz-Bonilla, E., Girardi, G., del Grossi, M., Luiselli, C., Sotomayor, O., Rodríguez, A., Rodrigues, M., Wander, P., Rodríguez, M., Zuluaga, J., Pérez, D.
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Total Pages: 266
Release: 2021-09-24
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 925134857X

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The book has been prepared by authors from different international organizations – including FAO, IFPRI, UNCTAD and ECLAC, as well as legislators and academics from prestigious Latin American universities – seeking to foster reflections for the Global Food Systems Summit, to be held in September 2021. It contextualizes the region’s food systems within a post COVID-19 pandemic scenario and raises new challenges (and opportunities) for policy makers, decision makers, the private sector, and the general public. Likewise, it offers important reflections on sustainability, from production to consumption, with the call to promote better governance of the global and regional food system. In order to face what some authors have deemed “the Syndemic of the century”, the participation of companies, research centres, academia, NGOs, government agencies and international organizations will be necessary.

Food Systems and COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean N° 18: Digitalising Agriculture for an Inclusive Transformation of Rural Societies

Food Systems and COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean N° 18: Digitalising Agriculture for an Inclusive Transformation of Rural Societies
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The digitalisation of agrifood systems has made progress; still, it remains a pending topic in the region, especially among smaller producers and traders in rural areas. Accelerating the digitalisation process is not an easy task. To begin with, there is an urgent need to improve the environment in which these technologies are developed and implemented. This requires a state policy that fosters dialogue and collaboration between civil organisations and the public and private sectors, with the ultimate aim of ensuring that the benefits of digitalisation reach everyone, in particular smaller producers and traders and those living in isolated rural areas.

Food Systems and COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean N° 11: Impacts and Opportunities in Fresh Food Production

Food Systems and COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean N° 11: Impacts and Opportunities in Fresh Food Production
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The agrifood sector, has not been immune to the Coronavirus, whose string of effects has interrupted the normal operation of food chains. In the agrifood sector, unprecedented problems have led to unprecedented challenges. In Latin America and the Caribbean, food production has not stopped; the workers, although with difficulties, appear at their workplaces. Therefore, when we evaluate in detail the impacts of COVID-19 on primary production, it seems evident that these have not been critical. However, we cannot lose sight of the coming agricultural seasons and monitor, with even more zeal, the disruptions in those sectors most vulnerable to this health, economic and social crisis.

Emerging from the Pandemic Tunnel with Faster Growth and Greater Equity: A Strategy for a New Social Compact in Latin America and the Caribbean

Emerging from the Pandemic Tunnel with Faster Growth and Greater Equity: A Strategy for a New Social Compact in Latin America and the Caribbean
Author: Alejandro Izquierdo
Publisher: Inter-American Development Bank
Total Pages: 61
Release: 2020-07-30
Genre: Political Science
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While the pandemic lasts, Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) will go through a tunnel full of uncertainty. It is not known especially how long it is: how long until therapies or a vaccine emerge, or until best practices are known to control the pandemic to live with a virus of unknown lethality. This note describes policy options on how countries can expand their possibilities to meet the economic challenges of the crisis, with an emphasis on growth and equity. These options are based on the assumption that the fiscal situation of the region and its access to sovereign credit markets are much more restricted than in previous crises, which forces to think about policy reforms beyond fiscal ones to accelerate the Economic recovery. The options are ambitious, but the ambition meets the need. This document is part of a series of 3 IDB monographs on public policies in the context of COVID-19. The other documents can be consulted at the following links: Public Policy to Tackle COVID-19: Recommendations for Latin America and the Caribbean: https://publications.iadb.org/en/public-policy-to-tackle-covid-19-recommendations-for--latin-america-and-the-caribbean From Lockdown to Reopening: Strategic Considerations for the Resumption of Activities in Latin America and the Caribbean within the framework of Covid-19 https://publications.iadb.org/en/from-lockdown-to-reopening-strategic-considerations-for-the-resumption-of-activities-in-latin-america-and-the-caribbean-within-the-framework-of-covid-19

Food Systems and COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean N° 9: How to Reduce Food Loss and Waste

Food Systems and COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean N° 9: How to Reduce Food Loss and Waste
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The ongoing pandemic has threatened the food and nutritional security of millions of Latin Americans and Caribbean people. These interruptions in the links of the value chain of the agri-food system have resulted in greater food loss and waste. We are not yet in a position to say when the rate of contagion will decrease, or when we will return to normal. Such uncertainty makes it imperative to analyze how food losses and waste affect food systems, how how this can be prevented.

Food Systems and COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean N° 15: Towards Inclusive, Responsible and Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture

Food Systems and COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean N° 15: Towards Inclusive, Responsible and Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture
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In Latin America and the Caribbean, fishing and aquaculture are fundamental in social, economic and nutritional terms: 85 percent of fish and seafood products that reach the tables of the region's households come from small-scale fishing. Besides, it represents thelivelihood of 1.8 million families.Unfortunately, the crisis has heavily affected fisheries and aquaculture. The restrictive health measures have had adverse effects on the free operation of the sector, and the crisis has changed consumption habits.The sector needs short term action; it also needs to modify some aspects of the activity that have been dragging on for some time. Thus, for example, technology and innovation can play an essential role in the fisheries and aquaculture of the future.

Food Systems and COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean: Health Risks; Safety of Workers and Food Safety N° 4

Food Systems and COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean: Health Risks; Safety of Workers and Food Safety N° 4
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In this new issue of the bulletin, we analyse health risks to people involved in the food system value chain - from workers to consumers - due to the COVID-19 crisis. Implementing measures to keep workers and consumers from contracting COVID-19 is not enough. It is also imperative to maintain high safety standards in order to keep the spread of foodborne diseases under control and thus prevent them from becoming yet another public health problem.