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QU Dongyu

The author is the Director-General of Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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Building back better on food and agriculture

Published On: September 11, 2020 11:45 AM NPT By: QU Dongyu

As the impacts of COVID-19 take their toll on human health and well-being around the world, the imperative of producing and ensuring access to healthy food for each and every one of us must not be overlooked. The food systems that must give daily sustenance to all humans on this planet are under threat by the pandemic. If we want to avoid what could be the worst food crisis in modern history, we need robust and strategic international cooperation at an extraordinary scale.