A Repository of Key UN Messages and Available Evidence, Analysis, Tools, Best Practices on
COVID-19 and Food Systems
Joint
- Joint Statement on COVID-19 Impacts on Food Security and Nutrition - FAO, IFAD, the World Bank and WFP on the occasion of the Extraordinary G20 Agriculture Minister's Meeting
- Joint Statement on mitigating impacts of COVID-19 on food trade and markets (FAO, WHO, WTO)
- Mitigating the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on food and nutrition of schoolchildren (FAO, UNICEF, WFP)
FAO
- FAO’s Big Data tool on food chains under the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of this tool is to support countries in their decision making by providing data, facts and information on food supply chain, food price and food security.
- Europe and Central Asia: Regional food market situation and policy bulletin in response to the COVID-19 pandemic (July 2020). (ENG, RUS)
- Developing sustainable food value chains. FAO’s guidelines on sustainable food systems and value chain analysis, a standard tool that could be adapted to the COVID-19 context.
- Using the Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES) to monitor the impact of COVID-19 (Implementing FIES; Interview script)
- What to expect according to FAO
- FAO´s Response to COVID-19
- Q&A on the Pandemic: impacts on food and agriculture
- Novel coronavirus COVID-19 | Food supply chains under strain, what to do?
- Database of National Policy Responses (FAPDA)
- Keeping food and agricultural systems alive - Analyses and solutions in a period of crises - COVID-19 Pandemic
- Food Price Monitoring and Analysis
- FAO recommendations on planting and harvesting tasks during the COVID-19 outbreak using crop calendars
- Local food systems and COVID-19: A look into China’s experience
- Europe and Central Asia: Regional food market situation and policy bulletin in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
- FAO Policy brief collection
- COVID-19 and the risk to food supply chains: How to respond?
- Q&A on COVID-19 and food safety
WFP
- WFP's Global Market Monitor for food security analysis,with live information on food prices, food basket and other global highlights
- WFP COVID-19 main site
- WFP COVID-19 Emergency market place
- Report on COVID-19's Economic and food security implications
- Report on COVID-19’s Climate impact
- WFP, FAO, IFAD - joint statement on COVID-19's impact on food security and nutrition
- Regional COVID-19 monitoring hub, which includes coverage for CIS countries
- Regional COVID-19 market analysis
- Regional COVID-19 key updates (Aug 2020)
WHO
- COVID-19 and Food Safety: Guidance for Food Businesses
- COVID-19 and Food Safety: Guidance for competent authorities responsible for national food safety control systems
- Webinar on COVID-19 and food industry
- Webinar on COVID-19 and food safety: challenges faced by food safety authority during this pandemic
UNICEF
- Response to COVID-19: Technical note on donations and financial or in-kind contributions from the food and beverage companies
- Management of child wasting in the context of COVID-19
- Infant & young child feeding in the context of COVID-19
- Mitigating the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on food and nutrition of schoolchildren
UNECE
- UNECE COVID-19 Food Outlook
- UNECE Observatory on Border Crossings Status due to COVID-19
- Other UNECE COVID-19 material closely related to food trade
WMO
OTHER USEFUL RESOURCES:
CFS
IFPRI
- Preventing global food security crisis under COVID-19 emergency
- How China can address threats to food and nutrition security from the coronavirus outbreak
STANDARDS AND TRADE DEVELOPMENT FACILITY (STDF)