John M Dixon, Jeevika Weerahewa, Jon Hellin, Maria Fay Rola-Rubzen, Jikun Huang, Shalander Kumar, Anup Das, Muhammad Ejaz Qureshi, Timothy J Krupnik, Kamil Shideed, Mangi L Jat, P V Vara Prasad, Sudhir Yadav, Aamer Irshad, Abdybek Asanaliev, Aigul Abugalieva, Aziz Karimov, Basundhara Bhattarai, Carol Q Balgos, Fred Benu, Hiroshi Ehara, Jharendu Pant, Jon M P Sarmiento, Jonathan C Newby, Jules Pretty, Hiromi Tokuda, Horst Weyerhaeuser, Larry N Digal, Lingling Li, Md Abdur Rouf Sarkar, Md Zihadul Abedin, Pepijn Schreinemachers, Quentin Grafton, Ram C Sharma, Saidjamol Saidzoda, Santiago Lopez-Ridaura, Shuan Coffey, Suan Pheng Kam, Su Su Win, Suwanna Praneetvatakul, Tek Maraseni, Van Touch, Wei-Li Liang, Yashpal Singh Saharawat, Jagadish Timsina
Context: The COVID-19 pandemic has been affecting health and economies across the world, although the nature of direct and indirect effects on Asian agrifood systems and food security has not yet been well understood. Objectives: This paper assesses the initial responses of major farming and food systems to COVID-19 in 25 Asian countries, and considers the implications for resilience, food and nutrition security and recovery policies by the governments. Methods: A conceptual systems model was specified including key pathways linking the direct and indirect effects of COVID-19 to the resilience and performance of the four principal Asian farming and food systems, viz, lowland rice based; irrigated wheat based; hill mixed; and dryland mixed systems...
October 2021: Agricultural Systems