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Guatemala: The impact of COVID-19 and implications: Second report
| Content Provider | Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) |
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| Author | Díaz-Bonilla, Eugenio Flores, Luis Paz, Flor Piñeiro, Valeria Zandstra, Tamsin |
| Organization | IFPRI - Markets, Trade, and Institutions Division |
| Organization | IFPRI - Latin American and Caribbean Program |
| Organization | IFPRI - Poverty, Health, and Nutrition Division |
| Organization | IFPRI - COVID-19 Measuring Impacts and Prioritizing Policies for Recovery |
| Spatial Coverage | Guatemala [GT] |
| Description | Amid concerns about the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Guatemala, in January 2020 decreed travel bans from China, which were later expanded to other countries. The country had the first confirmed COVID-19 case on March 13 and the first death on March 15. Some days before that, on March 5, the government had declared a “state of calamity” (Declaración del Estado de Calamidad Pública - Decreto Gubernativo Número 5-2020), which allowed the government to limit some activities,1 and to take different actions2 to protect the health and safety of all persons in Guatemala. This document updates a previous report (Díaz Bonilla, Laborde and Piñeiro, 2021) on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on food systems in Guatemala. First, it brings up to date the evolution of the pandemic, using different indicators. Second, it summarizes the main responses, costs, and financing. Third, it updates the evolution of key economic and nutritional variables up to the time of this writing (June, 2021). Fourth, there is a more detailed analysis of the evolution of some food value chains that are central for food consumption in Guatemala. Fifth, main results for 2021 and 2022 of previous modeling work are briefly presented. A final section discusses considerations in light of the updated analysis. |
| Sponsorship | United States Agency for International Development |
| Related Links | https://cgspace.cgiar.org/items/2be11ad8-cde0-4be2-9528-ceb77f009d17 |
| File Format | |
| DOI | 10.2499/p15738coll2.134534 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | International Food Policy Research Institute |
| Publisher Place | Washington, DC |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Value Chains Agricultural Value Chains Policies Covid-19 Health Employment Social Protection Nutrition Food Security Social Safety Nets Pandemics Governance |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Agronomy and Crop Science Food Science Plant Science |
