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COVID-19 is becoming a world hunger epidemic too: Jim Cornelius of the Canadian Foodgrains Bank. Unemployment, food supply disruptions, likely food production shortfalls a problem in developing countries. Starvation a real concern now. "We& #39;ve already begun to see disruptions."
Asks for countries to not block food exports to needy nations.
"For very, very poor families, this is catastrophic." Nadia Khouri, aid organizer in a Lebanese refugee camp, about how unemployment and poverty cause famine
Makes me think about what I learned about the 1943 Bengal famine: government bureaucrats didn& #39;t understand how famine could exist beside ample stocks of food in storage. If you have no money, you can& #39;t buy food. Famine can have an economic base
"They cannot provide for their families." Lillian Zheke of Zimbabwe about conditions in some parts of southern Africa. COVID-19 has thrown masses of people into poverty
Central America: People leaving the cities can end up burdening rural communities with more mouths to feed, but food sources often disrupted: Cornelius
Do dev countries need to have food rationing in order to stave off starvation? (I asked this Q) A: J Cornelius says it would be very complex to manage. Better idea: keep food supply chains working. Remove constraints. Get money into people& #39;s hands so they can buy food
I really get the sense the general public in developed nations underestimates the danger of food shortages - even here in rich nations - from the COVID-19 lockdown. Food production could slump this summer and borders be closed by populist politicians looking at reelection
