In addition to the appalling loss of life, the COVID-19 pandemic is already having a negative effect on food production, supply chains and food security although the medium to longer term impacts are difficult to predict. In spite of the disruption, the impacts on investment in agricultural research for development have been limited – research continues albeit with some interruption in field-based activities. Of note, e-conferencing has rapidly expanded providing opportunities for scientists to interact, network and share knowledge (Veldhuizen et al., 2020). Scientists have also taken advantage of additional time to take stock; consolidate research findings; and write papers. Submissions increased by 25% from 2019 with 500 papers received. Thirty-four papers were accepted after critical peer review. Outlook continued to give priority to global food production and food security through papers on technology adoption and seed systems as well as agroecology, impacts of COVID-19 on agriculture and livestock systems. Once again, I would like to thank all contributors for their interest in Outlook on Agriculture as well as reviewers and members of the editorial board for their help and advice during 2020.

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除了令人震惊的生命损失外，COVID-19大流行已经对粮食生产，供应链和粮食安全产生了负面影响，尽管很难预测中长期影响。尽管受到干扰，但对农业研究促进发展的投资影响有限，尽管实地活动有所中断，但研究仍在继续。值得注意的是，电子会议已迅速扩展，为科学家提供了交流，联网和共享知识的机会（Veldhuizen等人，2020年）。科学家还利用额外的时间进行盘点。巩固研究结果；并写论文。与2019年相比，提交的论文数量增加了25％，收到了500篇论文。经过严格的同行评审后，有34篇论文被接受。通过关于技术采用和种子系统以及农业生态，COVID-19对农业和畜牧系统的影响的论文，《展望》继续将全球粮食生产和粮食安全作为优先事项。我再次感谢所有贡献者对《农业展望》以及审稿人和编委会成员在2020年期间提供的帮助和建议。