Urban food security may be at risk during a pandemic because of the implications of the pandemic on the multiple nodes of a food supply chain, including workforce availability, import availability and consumer
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COVID-19 has impacted the world economy and food system in many aspects. We conducted a comprehensive examination of globalfood securityduring the COVID-19 pandemic by considering the food security index and its four key pillars (affordability, availability, quality and safety, and natural resources...
Food securityis often explained in terms of food availability, food access and food utilization. “Global agriculture currently produces ample calories and nutrients to provide the entire world's people healthy and productive lives”. However, food is not distributed equally to regions, countries, hou...
Water security requires not only sufficient availability of and access to safe and acceptable quality for domestic uses, but also fair distribution within and across populations. However, a key research gap remains in understanding water security inequality and its dynamics, which in turn creates an ...
(A), the Secretary shall- (i) consider- (I) the effect on human health of exposure to the agent; (II) the degree of contagiousness of the agent and the methods by which the agent is transferred to humans; (III) the availability and effectiveness of immunizations to prevent and ...
The other is maintaining the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of consumer-facing network traffic as volumes spike—partly as a result of the additional time people are spending at home.Recent discussions with cybersecurity leaders suggest that certain actions are espec...
While there are mixed statistics on handwashing behaviours in Sub-Saharan Africa, often dependent on availability of water and soap, there have been efforts to install handwashing stations in vulnerable areas such as the Kibera slums in Kenya. ...
Also, the interoperability, security, and resilience levels of connected medical devices are low, which is a widely acknowledged concern [9]. Moreover, cybersecurity threats can pose significant risks to the integrity, availability, and confidentiality of medical supply chains, potentially impacting ...
As most countries have good trade relations with their neighbours (what some experts call “neighbourly solidarity”), food availability was not a problem during the pandemic. However, in some countries, such as Bosnia and Herzegovina, there were measures such as administrative control of food and...