Key objectives

This open-access tool developed by the FAO Data Lab gathers, organises and analyses daily information on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on food and agriculture, value chains, food prices, food security and undertaken measures. Its ultimate aim is to provide countries with facts and information on how the pandemic is impacting the food chains to build their decisions. The maps below show some of the daily analyses that this tool carries out: geographic distribution of COVID-19 cases and food insecurity; countries focus on food chains issues based on a sentiment analysis of newspapers' tweets worldwide; food prices variations; and the trend in the economic and food dimensions of food chains in association to the COVID-19 found in the newspapers' twitters. This tool has been released for general use as early as possible to provide relevant and up-to-date information on the COVID-19 impact on supply chains and food security. The platform, its coverage, functions and analytics will keep evolving in the near future.

Contribution Area
Food Safety
Source Entity
U.N. Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Type
In Kind
Status
Completed
Contribution channel
Partner
Coverage
Country
PHE Category
Epidemics and Pandemics
Public Health Emergency
COVID-19
Project Name
Launched Big Data tool on food chains under the COVID-19 pandemic