How COVID-19 changed agricultural policy
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This article is an edited excerpt from a report titled ‘Agricultural Policy Monitoring and Evaluation 2021: Addressing the Challenges Facing Food Systems’, published by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. To read the full report, visit bit.ly/2SAKIqL.
“Most government responses to the pandemic in their agriculture sectors were introduced in the first few months of 2020. As the year went by and new waves of the virus spread, governments in many countries shifted their attention to medium-term issues by bolstering early relief measures and introducing economic recovery packages.
Their actions differed in timing and scope, from the initial imposition of lockdown measures to
