A global food crisis is well underway and, according to World Food Program chief David Beasley, it will be “beyond anything we’ve seen in our lifetime.”
The situation is all the more alarming for countries that have traditionally depended on imports of key staple foods to meet their needs. This goes for the Middle East and North Africa, where food accounts for 13% of the region’s total imports, compared to 9% in the European Union, 8% in Latin America and 7% in North America.
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