Author(s)

Yasir A. Nasereldin^1,2, Robert Brenya¹, Anthony Pius Bassey³, Ibrahim Elnour Ibrahim², Fawze Alnadari³, Mustapha Muhammad Nasiru⁴, Yueqing Ji^1*

¹College of Economics and Management, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.
²Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, Faculty of Natural Resources and Environmental Studies, Kordofan University, El Obied, Sudan.
³Department of Food Science and Engineering, College of Food Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.
⁴Department of Food Science and Technology, Federal University, Dutsin-Ma, Katsina State, Nigeria.

The Coronavirus outbreak has brought a global health emergency with a newfound domestic and international trade disruption such as restrictions on imports and exports of major food commodities, loss of lives, closure of various essential institutions, and the likes. With the spread of COVID-19 around the world, the food and agricultural sector have experienced a negative downturn with an immense labor loss, inadequate distribution of food inputs around the world. Thus, the question arises that to what extent can the food supply chain remain resilient to the effects of the pandemic? And, what are the immediate and lasting resolutions? Importantly, the resilience of the food supply chain is critical to mankind’s survival. In this paper, we highlighted the main challenges faced by the resilience of the global food supply chain. We also present policies and suggestions that focus on mitigating the impact of the pandemic on food production and distribution systems.

COVID-19, Emerging Challenges, Food Supply Chain, Resilience, Pandemic

Nasereldin, Y. , Brenya, R. , Bassey, A. , Ibrahim, I. , Alnadari, F. , Nasiru, M. and Ji, Y. (2021) Is the Global Food Supply Chain during the COVID-19 Pandemic Resilient?
A Review Paper. Open Journal of Business and Management, 9, 184-195. doi: 10.4236/ojbm.2021.91010.