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Food crisis: "It's a kind of misalignment of planets"

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In 2021, 193 million people in 53 countries were in a situation of acute food insecurity (illustration).

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By: Florent Guignard Follow

Faced with food insecurity caused in particular by the war in Ukraine, the World Bank yesterday announced aid of 30 billion dollars over fifteen months for the most vulnerable countries.

Interview with geographer and economist Sylvie Brunel

professor at Paris-Sorbonne and specialist in development issues.

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Sylvie Brunel is the author of

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