The planet under threat of a food crisis

After the health crisis caused by the coronavirus, another "humanitarian disaster" threatens the planet, recently alerted the United Nations. Hunger in the world is likely to explode under the effect of the pandemic and its disastrous economic consequences. Border closures and containment measures disrupt supply chains while massive job losses deprive millions of people of income. The IMF, which was targeting 3.3% global growth before the virus arrived, is now expecting a recession of around 3%.

Populations suffering from acute malnutrition risk doubling, reaching more than 250 million people at the end of the year, worry in a joint report published at the end of April the World Food Program (WFP) and the World Food Organization ( FAO). The situation was already very bad last year with the upsurge of conflicts, climate upheavals, droughts and shocks

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