Post-Pandemic Era: Approaches to Cushion the Impacts of COVID-19 on Food Security

The COVID-19 pandemic and its continuous spread have influenced agricultural food production, thus challenging food security across the world. The current pandemic has contributed negatively to food supply and demand and this has increased the problem of food insecurity in the world. In Nigeria for instance, the COVID-19 preventive measures affected the harvest of farm produce and their transportation, as well as the availability of laborers to harvest farm produce. This eventually resulted in a huge loss and supply to the market and further led to a hike in the cost of food commodities, hunger, disease outbreaks and protests. Employing preventive measures at different levels to cushion the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic can help assure crop productivity and a safe ecosystem. Also, the government should swiftly make plans to sustainably improve food production and availability to meet the needs of the people. Nevertheless, a critical overview of understanding the impacts of COVID-19 on food security and cushioning strategies in the post-pandemic era remains profound. Therefore, this study provides information on the impacts of COVID-19 on food security, as it pertains to farming, farmers, food demands and possible post-COVID-19 coping strategies.