Food insecurity grows by a third due to pandemic

Some 1.2 billion people do not get enough to eat to sustain a healthy and active lifestyle in 76 countries monitored by the USDA for food insecurity. The increase of 291 million people, or 32 percent, was caused by the pandemic. “The economies of the countries … sharply contracted in 2020 due to the widespread… » Read More

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