Before the coronavirus struck, at least 20 million people were estimated to be in danger of acute food insecurity. He said people in the rich world should not see food shortages arising from the coronavirus crisis as a problem for other people. If food shortages begin to bite, the impacts will reverberate across the globe. “For the time being we are not seeing food prices rise internationally, but we are seeing food prices rise in local food markets,” he said. Last week several major multinational food companies including Unilever, Nestlé and PepsiCo warned that the coronavirus crisis could double the number of people at risk of hunger around the world.

Source: The Guardian April 16, 2020 10:51 UTC