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Global Hunger and Health Crises Exposed by the Coronavirus Pandemic

In his recent opinion editorial published in The Telegraph, CGIAR System Organization’s Executive Director, Elwyn Grainger-Jones, explains that the coronavirus pandemic has exposed a global hunger crisis as well as a health emergency.

date:  28/04/2020

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Hunger impacts more than 820 million people, and it is being exacerbated by the current health crisis. COVID-19 threatens to disrupt food supply chains worldwide over the coming year, the impacts of which can be even more profound, especially in low-income countries.

Full text available here: https://www.cgiar.org/news-events/news/global-hunger-and-health-crises-exposed-by-the-coronavirus-pandemic/