COVID - 19 Food security, shelter, livelihood security during Pandemics Part II
Supply chains for food security during disasters By Malini Shankar Digital Discourse Foundation My apologies to all my readers for the three week hiatus in publishing this series. My spondylitis relapsed and I was unable to work. The current COVID 19 Pandemic triggered unprecedented Lockdowns – globally - to slow down the spread of the lethal virus. But the economic lockdown has triggered secondary disasters with threats to livelihood and food security. In my previous article I had made a case for state sponsored food and livelihood security till such time that a vaccine can effectively placate the Lockdown. But given the fact that incomes and revenue inflows are down – even for the governments how do we sustain supply chains economically? Well, for starters it is time to fructify the economic survey. The Aadhar database clearly earmarks the population below the poverty line, their livelihood, health and nutrition indices. This data must be used to create infrastruct