Supporting small food businesses to build resilience during crises
IDS Policy Briefing 2022. (201):6 pp.
; 2022.
Article
in English
| CAB Abstracts | ID: covidwho-2056697
ABSTRACT
Small food businesses are vital to delivering affordable, nutritious food to low-income communities. Yet food systems are under threat from multiple stressors. During the Covid-19 pandemic, government support was directed at maintaining business activity, so understanding how this affected small food businesses offers insights for future policy design. Most policies aligned primarily with the short-term financial needs of larger businesses, leaving a gap for timely support for small enterprises. The recurrent nature of shocks means that such businesses also require longer-term agility to respond to shocks. Interventions to build this capacity can be integrated into nutrition programming.
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IDS Policy Briefing 2022. (201):6 pp.
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2022
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