{"id":26214,"date":"2020-04-17T07:52:46","date_gmt":"2020-04-16T22:22:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aumanufacturing.com.au\/?p=26214"},"modified":"2021-01-14T13:29:31","modified_gmt":"2021-01-14T02:59:31","slug":"dont-panic-australia-has-truly-excellent-food-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aumanufacturing.com.au\/dont-panic-australia-has-truly-excellent-food-security","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t panic: Australia has truly excellent food security"},"content":{"rendered":"
By Steve Hatfield-Dodds<\/a>, Executive Director, Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES)<\/a> and Peter Gooday<\/a>, Acting Executive Director Agriculture, Water, Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES)<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n COVID-19 has taken Australia and the world by surprise. Coming after severe droughts in eastern Australia, concerns have been raised about Australian food security.<\/p>\n The concerns are understandable, but they are misplaced.<\/p> Despite temporary shortages of some food items in supermarkets caused by an unexpected surge in demand, Australia does not have a food security problem.<\/p>\n An Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences study<\/a> released today outlines why Australia is one of the most food-secure countries in the world.<\/p>\n Uncertainties around the impacts of COVID-19 have triggered a rapid increase in purchasing by consumers seeking to stockpile a range of items, resulting in disruption to stocks of some basic food items.<\/p> This disruption is temporary and not an indication of food shortages.<\/p>\nSupermarket shelves reflect a surge in demand<\/h2>\n