Impact of COVID-19 on the food supply chain

doi:10.1093/fqsafe/fyaa024

Serpil Aday^*, Mehmet Seckin Aday^**

^*Food Processing Department, Vocational School of Biga, Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Biga, Canakkale, Turkey ^**Food Engineering Department, Engineering Faculty, Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Canakkale, Turkey

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Abstract A pandemic is not a new event encountered in the history of humanity because mankind has faced various pandemics in history. The common point of pandemics is their serious negative effects on the global economy. Considering the food supply chain, one of the most important sectors of the economy, it has been seen that COVID-19 has an impact on the whole process from the field to the consumer. In the light of recent challenges in food supply chain, there is now considerable concern about food production, processing, distribution, and demand. COVID-19 resulted in the movement restrictions of workers, changes in demand of consumers, closure of food production facilities, restricted food trade policies, and financial pressures in food supply chain. Therefore, governments should facilitate the movement of workers and agri-food products. In addition, small farmers or vulnerable people should be supported financially. Facilities should change the working conditions and maintain the health and safety of employees by altering safety measures. Food protectionist policies should be avoided to prevent an increase in food prices. In conclusion, each country must realize the severity of the situation and sometimes should tighten or loosen the measures according to the spread of the pandemic. The supply chain also should be flexible enough to respond to the challenges in the food supply chain. The purpose of this review is to evaluate the impact of COVID-19 on the agriculture and food sector and to summarize the recommendations required to reduce and control the effect of the pandemic.

Key words： pandemic COVID-19 agriculture food supply chain

Corresponding Authors: Serpil Aday E-mail: serpiladay@comu.edu.tr

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Serpil Aday, Mehmet Seckin Aday. Impact of COVID-19 on the food supply chain. Food Qual Safet, 2020, 4(4): 11-24.

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http://www.zjujournals.com/fqs/10.1093/fqsafe/fyaa024 OR http://www.zjujournals.com/fqs/Y2020/V4/I4/11

新型冠状病毒肺炎COVID-19对粮食供应链的影响

全球流行病并不是人类历史上遇到的新事件，因为人类历史上曾面临过各种流行病。流行病的共同点是它们对全球经济产生严重负面影响。考虑到粮食供应链是经济最重要的领域之一，人们已经发现COVID-19对从田间到消费者的整个过程都有影响。最近鉴于粮食供应链面临的挑战，人们特别关注粮食生产、加工、分配和需求的过程。COVID-19导致工人行动受限，消费者需求变化，粮食生产设施关闭，粮食贸易政策受限，粮食供应链面临资金压力。因此，政府应该促进工人和农产品的流动。此外，小农或弱势群体应得到财政支持。设施应通过改变安全措施来改变工作条件，维护员工的健康和安全。应避免采取粮食保护主义政策，以防止粮价上涨。总之，每个国家都必须认识到情况的严重性，有时应根据大流行病的传播情况加强或放松措施。供应链也应足够灵活，以应对粮食供应链中的挑战。本次综述的目的是评估COVID-19对农业和食品领域的影响，并总结减少和控制大流行病影响所需的建议。

关键词： 流行病, COVID-19, 农业, 粮食, 供应链

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