The Food Security Crisis: The Next Great Pandemic? (Murcia Economia)

Murcia Economia (Spain) published an opinion piece on the possibility of a food crisis. The crisis could arise despite plenty of food for an agri-food market with a demand broken by rising unemployment, by protectionism in advanced economies and by the collapse of supply chains. Head of the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) Program at IFPRI, Eugenio Diaz-Bonilla said, “LAC plays a central role worldwide in terms of food security (it is the main net food exporting region) and environmental sustainability (it is a great sink for coal with its forests, essential in cycles global oxygen and water, and the main biodiversity reserve). Therefore, the actions taken in the region with regard to these two issues affect not only its member countries, but worldwide.”