Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on global food security and countermeasures

ABSTRACT

The whole world is facing unprecedented food security challenges under COVID-l9 pandemic. In order to understand the global food situation, this paper analyzed the world's and China's food supply situation and food security response strategies, and put forward strategy to guarantee China food security. It was found that global grain production was generally stable as expected, and high impact resistant. China's main grain supply was guaranteed, but imported commodities were affected at certain extent such as soybeans. Due to the various situations in different countries, each country adopted measures to protect their domestic food supply, such as increasing financial and policy support, raising food stocks, building green channels, restricting food exports, reducing import tariffs, and implementing price controls. On this basis, this paper suggested to stabilize grain production by cracking supply bottlenecks, control grain prices by strengthening regulation, and stabilize social expectations by effectively guiding the market to ensure China food security and the stable operation of the food supply chain.