https://www.ifpri.org/blog/will-covid-19-cause-another-food-crisis-early-review

This article takes an early look on the question in whether COVID 19 will create a food crisis. Johan Swinnen, the author, argues it depends on the wealth of an individual and there is no global answer. The more poor you are the more likely to be in a food crisis and if you are wealthy you are probably not going to be in a food crisis.

They argue this based on four main points:

1. Falling income and and food and nutrition security
   1. Food consumption and as a result nutrition would be reduced during this crisis.
   2. The fall of income caused this as access to food becomes limited to people with loss of income due to the COVID crisis. 
2. Disruption of private value chains
   1. Harvesting is disrupted due to lack of labor and materials needed such as fertilizers and seeds. 
   2. This disportinonaly affects small and medium sized businesses in which the poor depend on for food.
3. Disruptions in public sector programs
   1. Many poor people depended on school feeding programs for reliable access to food.
   2. Public food relief programs risk people being exposed to the virus.
4. Limited government capacity to compensate
   1. Developing countries focused their resources on healthcare and essential goods and services.
   2. The result is that people from developing nations can’t rely on their government for compensation or help.

All of these points drive in the narrative that a food crisis is going to be on the world’s hand for a while. It is not just going to affect developing nations more but any segment of the world’s population that has their income affected and access affected. This blog gives any individual a perspective in why it’s important to make sweeping policies changes in food security.