Special Issue:Covid-19 pandemic impacts on agri-food systems. (Special Issue:Covid-19 pandemic impacts on agri-food systems.)

ABSTRACT

The crisis sharply highlights two key issues of particular interest to readers of this journal. First, the articles in this issue clearly show the strategic importance of the agri-food, fisheries and rural sectors in sustaining the health and general wellbeing of societies across the globe. In more stable and peaceful times it is easy to lose sight of the significance of these positive externalities. Second, the challenges of effectively communicating complex scientific and economic issues to the policy community and general public, vital roles given the potential consequences of the resulting public and private decisions. This issue of EuroChoices aims to showcase the intensive work of economists, over a period of just a few months, in reflecting on and analysing the impacts of Covid-19 on global agri-food systems.