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Title: | The aquaculture supply chain in the time of covid-19 pandemic: vulnerability, resilience, solutions and priorities at the global scale |
Author: | Mangano, M. C. Berlino, M. Corbari, L. Milisenda, G. Lucchese, M. Terzo, S. Bosch-Belmar, M. Azaza, M. S. Babarro, J. M. F. Bakiu, R. Broitman, B. R. Buschmann, A. H. Christofoletti, R. Dong, Y. Glamuzina, B. Luthman, O. Makridis, P. Nogueira, A. J. A. Palomo, M. G. Dineshram, R. Sanchez-Jerez, P. Sevgili, H. Troell, M. AbouelFadl, K. Y. Azra, M. N. Britz, P. Carrington, E. Celić, I. Choi, F. Qin, C. Dionísio, M. A. Dobroslavić, T. Galli, P. Giannetto, D. Grabowski, J. H. Helmuth, B. Lebata-Ramos, M. J. H. Lim, P. T. Liu, Y. Llorens, S. M. Mirto, S. Pećarević, M. Pita, C. Ragg, N. Ravagnan, E. Saidi, D. Schultz, K. Shaltout, M. Tan, S. H. Thiyagarajan, V. Sarà, G. |
Keywords: | Perishable food supply chain Disruption Economic distress Mitigation measures Integrated multi-trophic aquaculture Stakeholder perceptions Rapid assessment COVID-19 effects |
Issue Date: | Jan-2022 |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Abstract: | The COVID-19 global pandemic has had severe, unpredictable and synchronous impacts on all levels of perishable food supply chains (PFSC), across multiple sectors and spatial scales. Aquaculture plays a vital and rapidly expanding role in food security, in some cases overtaking wild caught fisheries in the production of high-quality animal protein in this PFSC. We performed a rapid global assessment to evaluate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and related emerging control measures on the aquaculture supply chain. Socio-economic effects of the pandemic were analysed by surveying the perceptions of stakeholders, who were asked to describe potential supply-side disruption, vulnerabilities and resilience patterns along the production pipeline with four main supply chain components: a) hatchery, b) production/processing, c) distribution/logistics and d) market. We also assessed different farming strategies, comparing land- vs. sea-based systems; extensive vs. intensive methods; and with and without integrated multi-trophic aquaculture, IMTA. In addition to evaluating levels and sources of economic distress, interviewees were asked to identify mitigation solutions adopted at local / internal (i.e., farm-site) scales, and to express their preference on national / external scale mitigation measures among a set of a priori options. Survey responses identified the potential causes of disruption, ripple effects, sources of food insecurity, and socio-economic conflicts. They also pointed to various levels of mitigation strategies. The collated evidence represents a first baseline useful to address future disaster-driven responses, to reinforce the resilience of the sector and to facilitate the design reconstruction plans and mitigation measures, such as financial aid strategies. |
Peer review: | yes |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10773/32768 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.envsci.2021.10.014 |
ISSN: | 1462-9011 |
Appears in Collections: | CESAM - Artigos DBio - Artigos |
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