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Epidemics and food systems: what gets framed, gets done
1International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington DC, USA.
Food Security
|August 25, 2020
Summary
This study examines how disease epidemics, like COVID-19, impact food systems and nutrition. It explores conceptualizing vulnerability and resilience for effective crisis response and transformation.
Area of Science:
- Public Health
- Nutrition Science
- Food Systems Analysis
Background:
- Disease epidemics, such as COVID-19, significantly disrupt food systems and nutrition.
- Understanding vulnerability to viral exposure and nutrition-related impacts is crucial.
- Past epidemic responses offer lessons for current and future crises.
Purpose of the Study:
- To interrogate concepts framing epidemic-food system-nutrition interactions.
- To explore conceptualizing vulnerability and resilience in crisis situations.
- To identify effective response strategies and "building back better" options.
Main Methods:
- Conceptual analysis of epidemic-food system-nutrition interactions.
- Review of lessons learned from past epidemic impacts on food and nutrition security.
- Exploration of framing and conceptualization for crisis response.
Main Results:
- Widely used concepts require re-examination in the context of interacting crises.
- Conceptualizing vulnerability must address both direct viral exposure and indirect impacts.
- Simultaneous pursuit of resilience and transformation is a key challenge.
Conclusions:
- Effective response requires nuanced conceptual frameworks for vulnerability and resilience.
- Learning from past epidemic impacts is essential for "building back better" food systems.
- Interdisciplinary approaches are needed to address complex epidemic-food-nutrition interactions.
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