Food Supply chain is a complex web of interactions and of actors: producers, inputs, transportation, processing plants, shipping, etc. § As the virus spreads and cases mount, and block downs increase there are seemingly countless ways the food system will be tested and strained in the coming weeks and months. § Today, no supply shock in sense of availability but there is starting to be a supply shock in terms of logistics of movement of food. § Upstream staple supply chain less vulnerable because is capital intensive than high value supply chain
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/coronavirus-food-supply-chain-under-strain-what-do
[2] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/Coronavirus-Food-Supply-Chain-Under-Strain.pdf
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/fao
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/coronavirus
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/global
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-supply
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-prices
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-care
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/nutrition