Johan Swinnen, Director of the International Food Policy Research Institute: Take powerful measures to deal with the global increase in poverty and hunger (Sohu.com) 

Sohu.com reported on reported on the Beijing launch of IFPRI’s 2020 Global Food Policy Report. Director General Johan Swinnen was quoted in the article. He stated that as the COVID-19 epidemic and its economic impact sweep across the world’s poorest regions, more people will fall into poverty and food crises. In a new scenario analysis, without intervention, by the end of 2020, more than 140 million people worldwide will fall into extreme poverty (as measured by the US$1.90 poverty line), a 20% increase from the current level. This in turn will exacerbate the food crisis. Therefore, the global health crisis may lead to a major food crisis-unless measures are taken to vigorously provide emergency economic relief. Republished in China Economic News, 10JQKA.com, EastDay.com (China), as well as more than a dozen other major media outlets.