Africa: $10bn Needed to Avert COVID-19 Hunger Crisis, Researchers Say (All Africa) 

All Africa published a press release stating an additional US$10 billion is urgently needed to prevent millions more people becoming food insecure as a result of COVID-19, according to a new report by the IFPRI, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) and Cornell University, as part of the Ceres2030: Sustainable Solutions to End Hunger project. Senior Research Fellow David Laborde and co-Director of the Ceres2030 project said: “Even before COVID-19, global efforts to end hunger were falling far short of what was needed. The number of hungry people had been rising for five years in a row according to FAO. The pandemic has exacerbated an already-dire situation: governments need to act quickly to prevent disaster and put the building blocks in place for a more secure future.” One News Page (UK).