The country must accept the blame for not harnessing local production to ensure adequate supplies of important foods, if not to stay resilient to face challenges. Social safety net measures that can be enhanced to ease the burden on the poor include food coupons and food banks. The crisis provides an opportunity to set a new trajectory for the food sector in the long term. The main strategy to enhance food production is through “domestic capacity building”. Fourth, enhance small producers’ capacity, including R&D, to produce small machines or automation, mills and processing plants.

Source: The Edge Markets June 30, 2022 09:36 UTC