In this paper we descriptively investigate the Covid-19 pandemic's early impact on the fruit and vegetable supply chain in Senegal, using trade statistics and survey data collected through online questionnaires and telephone interviews with smallholder farmers, agro-industrial companies, agricultural workers, traders, importers, and consumers. Our results point to major differences in how Covid-19 and containment measures disrupt supply chains between the modern export-oriented supply chain that is centered around a few large vertically integrated agro-industrial companies, and the more traditional domestic-oriented supply chain with a large number of smallholder farmers and informal traders—with the former being more resilient to the Covid-19 shock. We show that both the modern and the traditional supply chain innovate to cope with the Covid-19 containment measures. While our study is subject to some limitations, our findings bring nuance in the debate on the resilience of the food system to the pandemic, and have important policy and research implications toward international trade, social safety measures, and food and nutrition security.

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全球和地方价值链对 Covid-19 大流行的抵御能力：来自塞内加尔蔬菜价值链的调查证据


在本文中，我们利用通过在线问卷调查和电话采访小农、农产品工业公司、农业工人、贸易商收集的贸易统计数据和调查数据，描述性地调查了 Covid-19 大流行对塞内加尔水果和蔬菜供应链的早期影响。进口商、消费者。我们的研究结果指出，Covid-19 和遏制措施对供应链造成的影响存在重大差异，以几家大型垂直一体化农工公司为中心的现代出口导向型供应链与以几家大型垂直一体化农工公司为中心的传统国内导向型供应链之间存在重大差异。大量小农和非正规贸易商——前者对 Covid-19 冲击的抵御能力更强。我们表明，现代和传统供应链都在创新以应对 Covid-19 遏制措施。虽然我们的研究存在一些局限性，但我们的研究结果为有关粮食系统对大流行的恢复能力的争论带来了细微差别，并对国际贸易、社会安全措施以及粮食和营养安全具有重要的政策和研究影响。