A “Hunger Catastrophe” in the Making

Legal Planet: Environmental Law and Policy 2022-05-18

Summary:

Grain shipments at Port of Novorossiysk. Photo credit: Wikimedia CommonsThe global food system is in crisis for the third time in fifteen years. Food prices are hitting all-time highs, pushing hundreds of millions of people deeper into poverty and food insecurity and threatening political stability in regions around the world.  The World Food Programme has called the current situation a “hunger catastrophe,” noting that …

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agriculture

Authors:

William Boyd

Date tagged:

05/18/2022, 20:00

Date published:

05/18/2022, 10:41