Open AccessImpact of COVID-19 on Food Security in Nepal
Author(s) -
Daya Raj Subedi
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of entrepreneurship and economic issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2631-231X
pISSN - 2616-0048
DOI - 10.32674/ijeei.v4i1.44
Subject(s) - food security , purchasing power , covid-19 , outbreak , business , pandemic , food supply , threatened species , purchasing , geography , agricultural economics , economics , agriculture , marketing , virology , biology , medicine , ecology , disease , archaeology , pathology , habitat , keynesian economics , infectious disease (medical specialty)
The outbreak of COVID-19 has brought Nepal into the standstill and most of the economic activities have been suspended with the imposition of lockdown. There are significant impacts visible in the food security of Nepal. Question remains- how has the COVID-19 pandemic affected the food security in Nepal? The secondary data were used to find the answer to the question. Because of lockdown, the food security has been threatened by the reduction of purchasing power of the household as well as disruption of national and international food supply chains.