"The closures and the fever of food purchases are fearing the outbreak of the Corona pandemic," a senior economist at the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and agricultural analysts told Reuters. In global food inflation, despite an abundant supply of basic grains and oilseeds in the main exporting countries.
The world's richest countries have poured unprecedented aid into the global economy with increased cases of coronavirus infection across Europe and the United States, and the number of deaths in Italy has exceeded that of mainland China Where the virus originated.
"All you need to create a crisis is for large importers, such as mills or governments, to go out to panic," said Abdel-Reda Abbasian, chief economist at FAO.
He added: It is not an issue of supply as much as a change in behavior related to food security ... What if bulk buyers think they may not be able to get shipments of wheat or rice? In May or June? This is what could lead to a global food supply crisis.
< From Singapore to the United States, consumers around the world have lined up in major markets in the past weeks to stock items like rice, hand sanitizer, paper towels and various other disinfectants. < / p>
Logistical factors will likely turn into a major global issue, but the important thing now is to provide food at the right time and place and avoid a major global food crisis,
