Key messages:
• Analyzing crop calendars indicates that production tasks need to be carefully assessed in order to establish if there will be disruptions at this level.
• Efforts should be undertaken for inputs and seeds to arrive on time for core agricultural activities.
• Harvested staple and high value crops need to find their way to the downstream links of the supply chain and local and urban markets.
• Focus should be given to collection centers and to resolve logistics and transportation constraints
• Measures must be in place to support processing firms’ especially SMEs.
• Ministries would need to coordinate safety protocols and measures and inform about the severity of the health challenges while trying to maintain operation in food systems.