The lockdown in Britain has rendered a large proportion of the population economically vulnerable and has at least quadrupled demand for emergency food relief. This paper looks critically at response to the crisis from the government and the voluntary sector with respect to provision of emergency food. In doing so, it has exposed gaps in understanding of the vagaries of the food supply for certain population groups and systemic weaknesses in the current system of emergency food aid. We make recommendations for healthier governmental capacity to react to a food security crisis, better relationships between the government and the voluntary sector, and further research into the dietary constraints of the precariate. Importantly, the social system needs to be responsive to short-term changes in people’s income if people are not to fall into food insecurity.

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保障英国的粮食安全：从 2020 年 COVID-19 危机中学习

英国的封锁使很大一部分人口在经济上处于弱势，并且至少使紧急粮食救济的需求增加了四倍。本文批判性地研究了政府和志愿部门在提供紧急食品方面对危机的反应。在这样做的过程中，它暴露了对某些人口群体粮食供应变化无常的理解上的空白，以及当前紧急粮食援助系统的系统性弱点。我们就更健康的政府应对粮食安全危机的能力、政府与志愿部门之间更好的关系以及进一步研究不稳定的饮食限制提出建议。重要的，