Averting a global food security crisis precipated by the COVID-19 epidemic will require monitoring food prices, ensuring global and local food chains function properly, innovating ways to keep sales

Experts still don't know why so few coronavirus cases have been reported in Africa, despite the continent’s large population and China being its top trading partner

While there are no known cases yet of coronavirus in refugee camps, the disease may hit these communities hard, warns Muhammad H. Zaman of Boston University — and it's urgent to mitigate risk.

The novel coronavirus pneumonia (Covid-19) outbreak that began in Wuhan, in Hubei province, China has quickly spread to at least 75 other countries, causing more than 3,000 deaths.

If it happens, a global economic slowdown would hit the poor in developing countries particularly hard.

Economists slashed growth forecasts, and officials rushed to put a floor under the impending damage.

Less than 20 percent of people living in low-income countries have access to social protections of any kind, and even fewer have access to food-based safety nets.

Avoiding protectionism, monitoring prices and supporting the vulnerable through social safety nets can limit the impact of the outbreak

Looking to past viruses as well as China’s handling of COVID-19 might help guide future responses in public policy and programming.

Environment News -As an island nation which imports more than 90 per cent of its food, Singapore has been well aware of its vulnerability to global food supply shocks.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

South Africa declares “state of disaster” after virus is found to spread locally and cases rise to 61

Roadblocks across Venezuela snarled the transportation of goods on Tuesday and businesses in the capital Caracas reported that food deliveries failed to arrive, in signs that a national coronavirus...

COVID-19 has turned one end of the food industry — stores and restaurants — on its head. At the other end, food production hums along as usual, but that could change if workers catch the virus.

The increasing spread of COVID-19 has dominated global attention. Governments and media are focusing attention on the domestic impacts of the virus and the medical and political responses. With over...

North American flour mills and bakeries are rushing to boost production as the spread of the new coronavirus leads to stockpiling of staples like bread and pasta.

The government is preparing isolation centres near the border with Egypt where more than 100 cases have been reported.

Prices for basic food staples are rising in Africa, as shoppers stock on essentials and sellers seek profits amid the coronavirus scare. Across the continent, people are calling for governments to...

It’s not just grocery shoppers who are hoarding pantry staples. Some governments are moving to secure domestic food supplies during the conoravirus pandemic.

By Naveen Thukral SINGAPORE, March 26 (Reuters) - Global food security concerns are mounting with around a fifth of the world's population already under lockdown to fight the widening coronavirus...

Exclusive: Protectionist policies and shortage of workers could see problems start within weeks

Dariush Mozaffarian, Dan Glickman and Simin Nikbin Meydani write that social distancing, hand-washing and quarantine can flatten the curve, but there are at least three important ways diet can help...

Trade is allowing production to move from areas of surplus to areas of shortage, avoiding the drastic shortages and food insecurity associated with reliance only on local production.

Commodity prices are soaring as precautions against coronavirus (Covid-19) impact on daily life in Sudan. The Federal Government has directed state governors to act immediately to facilitate the...

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, export controls on medical supplies like face shields and surgical gowns are slowing the global response to the growing threat.

Difficulties moving grain within countries and across borders, coupled with frenzied buying, could exacerbate the impact of the pandemic on the global food market.