Administrative Publication No. (AP-087) 33 pp
by Felix Baquedano, Yacob Abrehe Zereyesus, Cheryl Christensen, and Constanza Valdes
Updated analysis estimates that in 2020, there will be 921 million food-insecure people, an increase of 160 million from the pre-pandemic estimate, and almost double the pre-COVID-19 estimate published in the ERS August 2020 International Food Security Assessment, 2020-2030.
For more information, see COVID-19 Economic Implications for Agriculture, Food, and Rural America.
Keywords: Food security, food insecurity, food prices, income, food demand, COVID-19, Coronavirus, calories, nutritional target, Sub-Saharan Africa, North Africa, Asia, Latin America, Caribbean
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