UN: Acute Food Shortages Worldwide May Double Due to COVID-19

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By Jordan DavidsonApr 21, 2020, 1:31 pm89 pts
A stark new assessment from the UN's World Food Program (WFP) found that the economic implications from the economic downturns due to the coronavirus crisis might raise the number of people facing acute food shortages to 265 million, according to Reuters. That's nearly twice as many as were already suffering…

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