Coronavirus: Where did all the food go?
The impact of stockpiling and lockdown on the global food supply chain.
As coronavirus tightens its grip on the world, many of us are facing life in lockdown and are worried about food. Graihagh Jackson takes a journey along the global food supply chain - via her grandparents - to see how it is holding up so far through the crisis.
We hear how supermarkets are responding to the strain of widespread stockpiling and panic buying and what implications this could have on the future of food shopping. Food giant Unilever reveals how they are weathering transport bottlenecks and are adapting production to cater to the 'post-virus' food penchants of different nations. As global lockdowns affect the flow of local and migrant labour forces we speak to one of Europe’s largest fresh food producers about how they will manage this season’s fruit and vegetable harvests; and the United Nations warns that cooperation by consumers and between countries is key, if we are to avert a global food crisis.
If you would like to get in touch, please email thefoodchain@bbc.co.uk.
(Picture: Woman stares at nearly empty supermarket shelves. Credit: Michel Porro/Getty Images/Â鶹ÊÓƵAV)
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