Impact on the Pune city's food accessibility during a rare, disastrous event: A case of the Covid-19 lockdown in India
By: Garud, Amruta and Rao, Bakul
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BookPublisher: Disaster & Development: NIDM Description: 13(2), Jul-Dec, 2024: p.95-116.Subject(s): Covid-19-lockdown, Disaster mitigation, Food security, Food supply chain, Self-sufficiency
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Disaster & Development: NIDMSummary: Undoubtedly, the COVID-19 outbreak caught the world off guard, exposing the unpreparedness to mitigate such biological disastrous event and its’s impact on the socioeconomic life. Amidst the pandemic the management of healthcare infrastructure was the prime focus across the globe, many countries had to extend social assistance programs to mitigate the impact on food security caused by unavailability due to mobility restrictions, and inaccessibility due to loss of income to buy food. This research provides empirical evidence of the implications of the COVID-19 national lockdown on Pune city's food supply chain, daily food inflows and prices; derived from the local market level data and field insights. The implications are quantified by comparing three scenarios which are predominantly considered while addressing any disaster namely before, during, and after the national lockdown. There is sufficient evidence to affirm that not only the restricted food miles resulted in a sudden-sharp dip in the food inflows and higher fluctuations in the prices, but also resulted in evolution of a parallel resilient supply chain making the local markets redundant. This calls for an inclusion of mitigation and response plan for such mobility restriction led disaster in the District Disaster Management Plan in consultation with policy makers, regional planners and business owners to strategically harness the food self-sufficiency opportunities. – Reproduced
https://nidm.gov.in/journal/PDF/Journal/NIDMJOURNAL_JulDec2024/NIDMJOURNAL_JulDec20245.pdf
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Indian Institute of Public Administration | 13(2), Jul-Dec, 2024: p.95-116 | Available | AR137197 |
Undoubtedly, the COVID-19 outbreak caught the world off guard, exposing the unpreparedness to mitigate such biological disastrous event and its’s impact on the socioeconomic life. Amidst the pandemic the management of healthcare infrastructure was the prime focus across the globe, many countries had to extend social assistance programs to mitigate the impact on food security caused by unavailability due to mobility restrictions, and inaccessibility due to loss of income to buy food. This research provides empirical evidence of the implications of the COVID-19 national lockdown on Pune city's food supply chain, daily food inflows and prices; derived from the local market level data and field insights. The implications are quantified by comparing three scenarios which are predominantly considered while addressing any disaster namely before, during, and after the national lockdown. There is sufficient evidence to affirm that not only the restricted food miles resulted in a sudden-sharp dip in the food inflows and higher fluctuations in the prices, but also resulted in evolution of a parallel resilient supply chain making the local markets redundant. This calls for an inclusion of mitigation and response plan for such mobility restriction led disaster in the District Disaster Management Plan in consultation with policy makers, regional planners and business owners to strategically harness the food self-sufficiency opportunities. – Reproduced
https://nidm.gov.in/journal/PDF/Journal/NIDMJOURNAL_JulDec2024/NIDMJOURNAL_JulDec20245.pdf
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