Efforts to curtail the COVID-19 pandemic have sent shockwaves across the globe. The immediate measures to preserve human life and bring the health crisis under control have been wholly necessary, but as restrictions on “normal” modern life remain in place for months to come, disruptions to food systems will inevitably become more acute.  For the world’s most vulnerable, this is not good news. The number of hungry people, already at 800 million, could double as part of the wider fallout from the pandemic.

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