FOOD SOURCES in the time of PANDEMIC
BEATING THE FOOD SCARCITY IN THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since early March, the COVID-19 pandemic has inflicted unprecedented controls on travel and social distancing, with adverse economic consequences still ongoing. Public health emergency measures have disrupted both supply and demand sides of agri-food systems worldwide. The COVID-19 pandemic had struck at a time when the agrifood system was facing a healthy outlook, implying that the recurrence of a world food crisis is unlikely. Besides the terrible health situation, people have lost their jobs and cannot go out to find work. Because of lockdowns and the closing down of transport systems, people are forced to stay in their houses and cannot go out to earn. Maybe middle-class families can manage under these restrictions, but the urban poor who live day-to-day are suffering – especially when it comes to food. With no income, families can't put food on the table and there is a lo