Source: SOUTHERN FARM NETWORK, 7/22/20

A new analysis identifies 27 countries that are on the front line of impending COVID-19-driven food crises, as the pandemic’s effects aggravate pre-existing drivers of hunger. In a bid to counter these trends, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization released a revised appeal for $428.5 million under the UN system’s Global Humanitarian Response Plan for COVID-19. The funds address the mounting needs in the food and agriculture sector.

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