COVID-19 was said to be an "equalizer," affecting poor and rich countries alike. Certainly, the infection did not spare high-profile figures like U.K.'s Prince Charles and Prime Minister Boris Johnston, U.S. Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky and Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, even as it affected the poor and members of minorities.
But the same may not be true for the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, which experts predict will cause large swaths of poor nations to face hunger and starvation. Unlike the advanced food sales and distribution systems in rich countries, poor countries have unorganized systems that are heavily reliant on labor and have been deeply disrupted by COVID-19.
The economic and social disruptions caused by COVID-19 on the backdrop of harmful agricultural practices and resulting environmental destruction threaten to cause devastating world hunger, especially in poorer nations.5 Though the toll of the COVID-19 pandemic on human health will end as treatments are identified and the pandemic peaks, world hunger may be a long-lasting and grim outgrowth....<<<Read The Full Article Here>>>...
