scholarly journals Food Security, Safety, and Nutritional Concerns during a COVID-19 Pandemic: the Global Challenges

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 1936-1943
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Food Security ◽  
Distribution System ◽  
Government Organizations ◽  
Food Items ◽  
Market Culture ◽  
Sanitation And Hygiene ◽  
The World ◽  
Precautionary Measures ◽  
The Government

The world has already been suffering from the long-standing problems of food security, safety, and nutrition. The situation intensifies severely during the COVID-19 pandemic. Around 2 billion people had no daily access to healthy, nutritious, and sufficient food as per pre-COVID-19 statistics of food and drug administration. This number has been increased exponentially during this pandemic situation. The efforts are being made by the government and several non-government organizations (NGOs) for the distribution of food among the needy people at the national and international levels. In India, the public distribution system (PDS-system) plays a crucial role in achieving the targets for food security. Similar operations are carried out by various countries to fill needy people's bellies during this corona pandemic. Apart from food security, food safety and nutritional security are the primary concerns that must be addressed to ensure proper nutrition and safety for the consumers. In India, people mostly purchase the food items from the mobile vendors moving around, mandis, and/or nearby markets where the fruits, vegetables, and other food items are sold in an open environment. This market culture is responsible for thousands of death due to foodborne illness annually. It is worst in India and other developing countries that foods are sold in the open while shoes in a controlled environment. So, there may be risks and hazards associated with the food items available in the market that may increase the severity of primary infection with the nCOVID. Therefore, precautionary measures should be taken by food employers and consumers to meet sanitation and hygiene requirements. People should also follow the food and nutrition guidelines have been released by WHO and other statutory organizations to rejuvenate and strengthen the immune system during the quarantine period. Although, in the world, a great deal of effort is being made. However, there is a significant lack, especially in underdeveloped and developing countries, of such resources and facilities that could have been used to raise awareness and save lives in this pandemic COVID-19 and future.

On retroeconomy

2017 ◽  
pp. 148-159
Author(s):  
V. Papava
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Detrimental Effect ◽  
International Competition ◽  
The World ◽  
The Government ◽  
Role Of The Government

This paper analyzes the problem of technological backwardness of economy. In many mostly developing countries their economies use obsolete technologies. This can create the illusion that this or that business is prosperous. At the level of international competition, however, it is obvious that these types of firms do not have any chance for success. Retroeconomics as a theory of technological backwardness and its detrimental effect upon a country’s economy is considered in the paper. The role of the government is very important for overcoming the effects of retroeconomy. The phenomenon of retroeconomy is already quite deep-rooted throughout the world and it is essential to consolidate the attention of economists and politicians on this threat.

Book Reviews

2006 ◽  
Vol 56 (4) ◽  
pp. 455-468
Author(s):  
Zoltán Ádám ◽  
László Csaba ◽  
András Bakács ◽  
Zoltán Pogátsa
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Fiscal Policy ◽  
Monetary Union ◽  
Economic And Monetary Union ◽  
European Studies ◽  
Eu Accession ◽  
East European ◽  
The World ◽  
The Government

István Csillag - Péter Mihályi: Kettős kötés: A stabilizáció és a reformok 18 hónapja [Double Bandage: The 18 Months of Stabilisation and Reforms] (Budapest: Globális Tudás Alapítvány, 2006, 144 pp.) Reviewed by Zoltán Ádám; Marco Buti - Daniele Franco: Fiscal Policy in Economic and Monetary Union. Theory, Evidence and Institutions (Cheltenham/UK - Northampton/MA/USA: Edward Elgar Publishing Co., 2005, 320 pp.) Reviewed by László Csaba; Piotr Jaworski - Tomasz Mickiewicz (eds): Polish EU Accession in Comparative Perspective: Macroeconomics, Finance and the Government (School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College of London, 2006, 171 pp.) Reviewed by András Bakács; Is FDI Based R&D Really Growing in Developing Countries? The World Investment Report 2005. Reviewed by Zoltán Pogátsa

Food security in the 21st century and in the role of biotechnology

foresight ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 1 (5) ◽  
pp. 399-412 ◽  
Author(s):  
Per Pinstrup‐Andersen ◽  
Marc J. Cohen
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Food Security ◽  
Food Production ◽  
Supply Side ◽  
Adequate Diet ◽  
The World ◽  
Productivity Gains ◽  
Global Population ◽  
Global Food

Although global food production has consistently kept pace with population growth, the gap between food production and demand in certain parts of the world is likely to remain. More than 800 million people in developing countries lack access to a minimally adequate diet. Continued productivity gains are essential on the supply side, because global population will increase by 73 million people a year over the next two decades. In this article we assess the current global food situation, look at the prospects through to the year 2020, and outline the policies needed to achieve food security for all. Emphasis is on the role that agricultural biotechnology might play in reaching this goal.

scholarly journals A Review on E-Ration Card System

2020 ◽  
pp. 51-53
Author(s):  
Snehal S. Golait ◽  
Lutika Kolhe ◽  
Snehal Rahangdale ◽  
Anjali Godghate ◽  
Prajakta Sonkusare ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Distributed System ◽  
Smart Card ◽  
Distribution System ◽  
Manual Work ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Distribution System ◽  
The World ◽  
Card System ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Web

The Public Distribution System in India is the largest retail system in the world. Major problem in this system are the inefficiency in the targeting of beneficiaries, improve weighing machines used an illegal selling of goods. Automated public ration distributed system aim to replace the manual work in Public Distribution System there by reducing the corruption an illegal selling of stock. This paper gives the review on the E- Ration card system to distribute the grains automatically. The proposed system is used the conventional ration card which is replaced by smart card by using RIFD card. The RFID card redirect to the web of the shop , the required item are selected and payment is done and then item are collected from the machine. In this system, the government has control overall transaction that occurs in the ration shop and all the stock records are updated to the government databases so as to refill the stock with material thereby reducing the corruption.

The Epistemic Problem of the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Necessary Information Policy

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Ikbal Maulana
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Information Policy ◽  
Civil Society Organization ◽  
Sufficient Data ◽  
The Public ◽  
The World ◽  
Familiar World ◽  
The Government

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted personal, social, and economic lives of millions of people around the world. It has taken the familiar world away from everyone. The pandemic is in large part an epistemic problem caused by the invisible contagious virus. Its invisibility can make people ignorant of the threat and spread of the virus. Government and public need scientists to identify and understand the problem of COVID-19. While the latter do not have complete knowledge to cure the disease, they are more knowledgeable to inform the government how to prevent the pandemic from getting worse. Appropriate government intervention requires a thorough investigation involving frequent and massive data collection, which is too expensive for developing countries. Without sufficient data, any government claim and intervention are questionable. The government can compensate the insufficiency of data by acquiring data and information from other sources, such as civil society organization and the public.

THE POLITICS OF FOOD DISTRIBUTION DURING THE COVID-19 LOCK DOWN IN UGANDA.

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (7) ◽  
pp. 221-234
Author(s):  
Madinah Nabukeera
Keyword(s):  
Task Force ◽  
Food Distribution ◽  
Contact Tracing ◽  
Local Elections ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Food Items ◽  
Attempted Murder ◽  
The World ◽  
The Government ◽  
At Home

In face of the Novel Covid-19 pandemic that has swept the world, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni issued clear rules; stay at home unless it’s an emergency, wash your hands, sanitize, report any related cases for contact tracing and testing. In his directive all passenger services were stopped including private vehicles and imposed a curfew 7 pm until 6:30 a.m., which made stay at home orders mandatory. Majority of Ugandan urban dwellers are hand-to -mouth and live off their capability to move to town centers daily a small interruption in their routine means many went hungry. The government of Uganda broadcasted measures to distribute relief food items to troubled and vulnerable population mainly in the towns since those in the country sides are able to grow food and provide for their families. This article articulates the politics in the food in Wakiso and Kampala districts in Uganda why there was bias. The study used the selected all documents related to food distribution using content analysis and results indicated that anyone found distributing food outside the national covid-19 task force will be charged with attempted murder hence stopped politicians from strategizing ahead of 2021 parliamentary, presidential and local elections which implied that Covid-19 disrupted over 134 districts in the country in line with the preparation of elections and left majority hungry.

scholarly journals Possible models of implementing private protected area concept in Lithuania

2021 ◽  
pp. 13-28
Author(s):  
Raminta Povilaitytė ◽  
Ričardas Skorupskas
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Protected Areas ◽  
Protected Area ◽  
Ordinary People ◽  
Government Organizations ◽  
Private Protected Areas ◽  
The World ◽  
The Government ◽  
Landscape Biodiversity

Nowadays people are more aware of the importance of the surrounding nature: landscape, biodiversity, and natural resources. However, society is facing many ecological challenges, so individuals and communities are becoming more involved in conservation. While government is not always capable of providing the best care of nature and all its components, ordinary people, or non-government organizations “step up” and help them. One way of doing that is creating private protected areas. Many countries in the world have examples of this kind of protected areas’ governance type: some are more regulated in legal systems, some are less, but they all provide crucial benefits to conservation if managed properly. In Lithuania protected areas are governed only by the government but usually the lack of funds affects the quality of conservation. Because of that, it is necessary to analyse different mechanisms of creation of private protected areas, take examples from best practices in the world and consider implementing it in the national protected area system.

scholarly journals FOOD SECURITY AND AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN UZBEKISTAN

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
I.I Khamidov
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Food Security ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Economic Recession ◽  
World Health ◽  
Food And Agriculture ◽  
Food And Agriculture Organization ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
The Impact

Since January 2020, the world faced one of the largest outbreaks of human history that coronavirus (Covid-19) began spreading among countries across the globe. Plenty of research institutes developed insights and estimations regarding the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on agriculture and food security system. The UN estimations indicate that more than 132 million people around the world may have hunger due to the economic recession as a result of the pandemic. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is pushing forward the strategies in order for increasing food supply in developing countries and providing assistance to food producers and suppliers. World Health Organization (WHO) indicated that the pandemic may not finish by the end of 2020 and countries should be prepared for longer effects within 2021. In this regard, ensuring food security as well as sufficient food supply would be one of the crucial aspects of policy functions in developing countries.

scholarly journals Work from Home (Wfh) Arrangements During Covid-19 Pandemic: Comparative Analysis of Practices Among the Universities in Negara Brunei Darussalam

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Hajah Nur Annisa Haji Sarbini ◽  
Professor Dr Razali Mat Zin
Keyword(s):  
Virus Disease ◽  
Human Interaction ◽  
Health Economy ◽  
Work Culture ◽  
Government Organizations ◽  
Work From Home ◽  
Brunei Darussalam ◽  
The World ◽  
Huge Impact ◽  
The Government

Currently, all countries in the world are shocked by a global pandemic called Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19). This virus attack has had a huge impact on humans in the world and has changed many important aspects of life such as health, economy, politics, and also security. We have seen how COVID-19 has become a major threat to all organizations in the world, which has led to changes in work methods and also human interaction within the organization. The working method shifting in question is a change in the organization in giving tasks and responsibilities to its employees by “prohibiting” its employees to work in the office and gather in a room. This prohibition is not intended to destroy the performance of the organization but rather aims to prevent the spread of COVID-19, which until now continues to add the number of its victims globally. The concept of Work from Home (WFH) has been the subject of discussion and global study theme by researchers in the past 10 years, but this global phenomenon begins to emerge at the coming of the COVID-19 attack and becomes an alternative strategy for many organizations. However, in Brunei, this Working from Home (WFH) initiative or arrangement has not been widely implemented yet and become a work culture in the organization, although there are still a few organizations that have given the flexible arrangement of work for their employees. WFH, which is a phenomenon today in Brunei, is not a work culture found in many organizations, especially government organizations that are very bound by direct supervision, discipline, and also public services. In reality, WFH is not fully understood by the employees, they feel a lot of dilemma conditions such as the mindset that the home is where they rest while work is generally done in the office. This dilemma condition sometimes creates conflicts within the family even though WFH creates flexibility of time and place. Therefore, this paper tries to excavate and compare the different WFH arrangements that have been executed by three higher education institutions in Brunei following the de-escalation plans that have been widely disseminated by the government during the active spread of COVID-19. The findings suggest that different institutions have different ways of interpreting and implementing the WFH arrangements. This paper concludes with preliminary suggestions on managerial perspectives and implementation of flexible working arrangements like WFH and further research to be done in tackling the perceptual attitudes of employees undergoing the WFH initiative.

scholarly journals Knowledge Management in the Public Sector

2019 ◽  
pp. 484-497 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yousif Abdullatif Albastaki ◽  
Adel Ismail Al-Alawi ◽  
Sara Abdulrahman Al-Bassam
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Work Environment ◽  
Public Services ◽  
Continuous Change ◽  
The Public ◽  
Government Organizations ◽  
The World ◽  
The Government

Although knowledge is recognized as a very important element of any business, the public sector does not fully explore the depth of the knowledge management (KM) as compared to private sector business. As days are passing by, public sector business has also started to realize the importance of KM. The public sector is a business that is run by the government. This sector includes organizations like government cooperation, enterprises, militaries, education, health, and related departments public services. In the public sector, the managers have started to adopt and develop practices of KM. Government organizations are facing many challenges to adapt and engage themselves in an electronic work environment. Over the years KM has grown and has been in continuous change in the public sector and has become essential to any organization in the world. Managers have been looking for a more futuristic approach for the past years. The purpose of this chapter examines the ongoing change in KM in the public sector and tackles the gap in the literature.

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