In a statement titled ‘Keeping global food chains alive is crucial amid COVID-19 crisis’, QU Dongyu said coherent response is needed globally to prevent the outbreak of Coronavirus from triggering food crisis. “A globally coordinated and coherent response is needed to prevent this public health crisis from triggering a food crisis in which people cannot find or afford food. “For now, COVID-19 has not entailed any strain on food security, despite anecdotal reports of crowded supermarket sieges. Also, the President of Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), Dr Agnes Kalibata, has cautioned that the outbreak of COVID-19 shouldn’t lead to a food crisis in Africa. She said as efforts were being made to slow the spread of the disease, there is a need to make efforts to ensure people have food, else, the food crisis is imminent.

Source: Nigerian Tribune August 24, 2020 13:52 UTC