SOUTH ASIA NEWSLETTER JUNE 16

In June 7, we commemorated the World Food Safety Day based on the theme ‘Food safety, everyone's businesses’. According, to WHO Food Safety is a shared responsibility between governments, producers and consumers.  Everybody has a role to play from farm to table to ensure that the food we consume is safe and will not cause damages to our health. IFPRI has a portfolio of ongoing research that aims to find solutions to address the challenges of food safety in developing world.

In this edition read blog post on how the COVID-19 pandemic is offering an opportunity to strengthen India’s food safety. Listen to the Economic and Political Weekly's (EPW) podcast where our researchers discusses about the Public Distribution System (PDS).  You can also read the various IFPRI South Asia publications and op-eds published in leading national dailies on COVID-19's impact on food security.

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