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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | COVID-19 is wake up call for global food systems, say experts -Vineet Kumar

COVID-19 is wake up call for global food systems, say experts -Vineet Kumar

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published Published on Apr 20, 2020   modified Modified on Apr 22, 2020

-Down to Earth

Current industrial agriculture models drive habitat loss, create conditions for viruses to emerge and spread

The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has exposed a crisis in the global food system, the International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems (IPES-Food) — a panel of developmental economists, agronomists, nutritionists and sociologists from 18 countries — said in April 2020.

The vulnerability of food systems to climate and disease-related disruptions was clear long before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the panel.

Current industrial agriculture models drive habitat loss and create conditions for viruses to emerge and spread, the panel said, adding that the spread of viruses occurs through intensive livestock production and an increase in human-wildlife interaction.

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Down to Earth, 20 April, 2020, https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/agriculture/covid-19-is-wake-up-call-for-global-food-systems-say-experts-70558


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