| dc.contributor.author | Rawat, Shikhar | |
| dc.contributor.author | Singh, Piyush | |
| dc.contributor.author | Kankane, Aryan | |
| dc.contributor.author | Yadav, Mr. Avdhesh - Supervisor | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-11-02T04:06:06Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-11-02T04:06:06Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022-04-10 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | food supply chain, | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://10.10.11.6/handle/1/10406 | |
| dc.description | According to the United Nations (UN) agencies, the COVID-19 pandemic is not only
a health emergency, but it has also been threatening the food security of people
globally. Since March 2020, UN agencies have worked within their own mandates
to protect food systems and delivery of food to people in need. The current global
pandemic (COVID-19) has disrupted food systems around the world [1]. The Food
Supply Chain (FSC) from farm to table has been impacted negatively by this
pandemic. Changes occurred such as farmers not being able to distribute and
transfer the food to retailers. Consumers, therefore, experienced shortages of
specific foods and many stockpiled foods as they were afraid that there will be
broader food scarcities in the future. These alterations in consumers’ behavior, including their pur-chasing and eating practices, led to negative impacts on
individual and global health status. Food waste increased as consumers were not
able to consume all the food they purchased and led to massive spoilage and
waste. It is important to note that these changes in the FSC were significantly
different than the challenges created by previous natural disasters such as drought, floods and fires. In the case of natural disasters, the production of food itself is
often severely disrupted. In the current pandemic however, food was produced at
the source, but it was unable to move completely and normally through the FSC
without major loss. A sustain-able food system, including both adequate food
production and a low food loss that provides sufficient food for all but more
importantly for the food insecure population, thus becomes critical. The pandemic
caused about 49 million people to move to extreme poverty. | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | The global COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 triggered disruption in almost all areas of the Food
Supply Chain (FSC). During this year many confounding factors contributed to the disruption
of the normal FSC and impacted the system adversely. This includes the agricultural food
production system, the first phase of the FSC, to the final delivery of food to consumers. Food was lost or wasted as farmers were unable to transfer and distribute the food to
retailers. Food shortages became problematic and consum-ers were not able to obtain
necessary staples. Then consumers started to purchase too much (hoard-ing), as they
feared shortages, which resulted in both rises in food prices and in higher food waste by
consumers. Several reports indicated that food waste during this period was remarkably
more than in pre-pandemic times. These situations were worsened as the pandemic
continued. In this paper we define food loss as occurring mostly during the agricultural food
production and food waste that mostly hap-pening during distribution of food at the retailer
and consumer levels. The food loss and waste (FLW) both have been shown to add to the
diminution of the natural resources and the rise in greenhouse gas emissions. The high level
of greenhouse gas in turn can harm the environment. In the United States (U.S.), similar to
other countries, natural resources such as land (about 50%) and water (67%) are used for
agriculture and food production. The main objective of this paper is therefore, to emphasize
some of the current findings on the potential impact of the pandemic on the FSC which
resulted in more FLW. Many reports suggest every stage of the FSC can be a significant
contributor of FLW and environmen-tal resource depletion. | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | GALGOTIAS UNIVERSITY | en_US |
| dc.subject | food supply chain | en_US |
| dc.subject | food loss and waste, | en_US |
| dc.title | SYUDY OF covid-19 pandemic impact on food supply chain | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
