265 million people could face hunger crisis Peerless’, an expert on World Food Program warns

The world is facing a food crisis “unprecedented” because of COVID-pandemic caused 19 jobs and significant disruptions in food supply chains, two heavy loss, the World Food Program of the United Nations warns the chief economist. “If you have these heavy losses, or if you have large lockdowns, means that these people become vulnerable,” said Arif Husain TIME. may go hungry in April estimated 265 million people in 2020, almost double the figures in 2019, according to the WFP projection. Like millions, lose or around the world for their jobs see their incomes cut, must be made more difficult for themselves the food, says Husain. At the same time, the blocking measures and trade restrictions make it difficult to transport food from where to where it is needed is produced, ranging in food in the area of ​​waste. The refugees and people in conflict areas such as Yemen, Syria and Burkina Faso and life already in hand-to-mouth, before the onset crown, are particularly vulnerable. Need humanitarian assistance or support from the government that would previously have been necessary, says Husain. The pandemic also affects countries that rely on tourism and remittances. The economies in which a large part of the population in informal employment as well as those with large service or manufacturing sectors is probably hard hit, as well as his. The world is currently no shortage of food, but the global food supply is in danger of running out if farmers are unable to plant in time or get fertilizers and other inputs in the coming months. “That’s why we need to treat agriculture as a key sector such as health care workers,” says Husain. Farmers in countries like India and the Philippines fight the losses they suffer recover, imposed a strict lockdowns. Several countries, including Russia, exports of basic food products at different points in the limited pandemic, but Husain warns of trade barriers and calls on countries to cooperate on trade policy, when it comes to food. “We must ensure that countries do not use artificial barriers such as export bans and import subsidies, because if they do, especially in this environment where the purchasing power is severely depressed, they create artificial [Price] walks. They create panic buying, “says Husain. “Your neighbor Starving is never a good policy.”