Covid-19 and food insecurity

By: Marie-France Chatin Follow

The crisis in the crisis. Food insecurity reached more than 135 million people in 55 countries and territories at the end of 2019. Main factors: conflicts, climate change and economic turbulence.

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The Covid-19 crisis will affect a number of countries, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, whose farmers may not have access to the necessary seeds. Travel restrictions are a real obstacle to humanitarian aid. The Covid-19 comes at the worst time.

Guests:
- Sébastien Abis , director of Club DEMETER, an associative ecosystem that brings together 66 companies from the agriculture and agri-food industries. Associate researcher at IRIS. Co-director of DEMETER, an annual prospective analysis work on world food security and sustainable development published by Iris éditions .
- Dominique Burgeon , Director of Emergencies and Resilience at the FAO .   

→ read the report in English

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