Penny Farrell, Anne Marie Thow, Jillian Tutuo Wate, Nichol Nonga, Penina Vatucawaqa, Tom Brewer, Michael K Sharp, Anna Farmery, Helen Trevena, Erica Reeve, Hampus Eriksson, Itziar Gonzalez, Georgina Mulcahy, Jacob G Eurich, Neil L Andrew
The unfolding COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the vulnerability of the Pacific food system to externalities and has had far-reaching impacts, despite the small number of COVID-19 cases recorded thus far. Measures adopted to mitigate risk from the pandemic have had severe impacts on tourism, remittances, and international trade, among other aspects of the political economy of the region, and are thus impacting on food systems, food security and livelihoods. Of particular concern will be the interplay between loss of incomes and the availability and affordability of local and imported foods...
July 20, 2020: Food Security