A Systematic Literature Review of COVID-19 and Climate Change Impacted Global Food Security: Early Assessment Tazerji Sina Salajegheh1,2,*, Kahalili Mohammad Hossein3, Duarte Phelipe Magalhães4,**, Ahmed Nesar5, Noor Mohd Iqbal Mohd6,7, Tabarraei Hadi8, Elahinia Ali1, Bahrami Mehdi1, Hajipour Pouneh9,***, Montajab Sina9, Shirian Moeen1, Shahrokhabadi Ava10, Jahed Fatemeh10, Kheiri Reyhaneh11, Mojtahedzadeh Seyedeh Mandana12, Fawzy Mohamed13, Shahabinejad Fatemeh14, Jafari Niloofar15, Asgharpour Parisa1, Samaei Setareh1,**** 1Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran 2Young Researchers and Elites club, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran 3Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Shahrekord Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord, Iran 4Postgraduate Program in Animal Bioscience, Federal Rural University of Pernambuco (UFRPE), Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil 5School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, Burwood, VIC 3125, Australia 6Faculty of Business Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) (Pahang), 27600Raub, Pahang, Malaysia 7Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainable Development, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), 40450Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia 8Department of Veterinary Biomedical Science, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, 52 Campus Drive, SaskatoonSK S7N 5B4, Canada 9Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran 10Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kazeroun Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kazeroun, Iran 11Department of Toxicology and Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 12Department of Comparative Bioscience, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran 13Department of Virology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, 41522, Egypt 14Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Kerman Medical School, Kerman, Iran 15Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry Medicine, Hormozgan Medical School, Hormozgan, Iran *(Corresponding author) email ids: sina.salajegheh@gmail.com and sina.salajegheh@srbiau.ac.ir
**duarte.phe@gmail.com
***pouneh.hajipour@vet.uk.ac.ir
****setarehsamaei.id@gmail.com
Online Published on 02 March, 2024. Abstract The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic and climate change are rapidly influencing the global economy, including food security. Food security is now evidently intertwined with both challenges. However, research on the impact of these two factors on food security is still lacking. Therefore, this study reviews the literature, specifically focusing on the effects of climate change and COVID-19 on global food security. The current study incorporates various research designs and a PRISMA-based Review (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses). This review examined five peer-reviewed papers from 2020 to 2021, focusing on the impact of climate change and COVID-19 on global food security. The Science of the Total Environment published the most papers, followed by NPJ Science of Food, Environmental Resource Economics, and Reviews in Fisheries Science Aquaculture. The majority of papers were in the field of environmental sciences and ecology. However, the research has limitations. For example, only WOS (Web of Science) was used as the core source. “PubMed, Google Scholar, and grey literature were excluded from the list of scholarly databases, with only Web of Science (including Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts Humanities Citation Index) and Scopus deemed scholarly. Another restriction was the inclusion of only articles in English. The study concluded that the impact of COVID-19 and climate change on global food security fell under the umbrella of environmental ecology. A comprehensive literature review may examine and explain current trends and accessible research articles for future mitigation measures. Top Keywords Border closure, Extreme weather, Global warming, Greenhouse gas emissions, Home confinement, Lockdown. Top |