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Samuel Benin

Samuel Benin is the Acting Director for Africa in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit. He conducts research on national strategies and public investment for accelerating food systems transformation in Africa and provides analytical support to the African Union’s CAADP Biennial Review.

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Rising Hunger: Facing a Food-Insecure World (Council on Foreign Relations) 

September 23, 2020


Council on Foreign Relations published an article describing how global food insecurity has surged amid the coronavirus pandemic, threatening to worsen humanitarian crises and spur further mass migration. The article looked at various regions throughout the world and what challenges they might face. Even if economies recover in 2021, experts say severe food insecurity will persist, pressing governments, multilateral organizations, and aid groups to rethink the world’s food systems. This could expand the number of short-term interventions that provide more immediate relief from food insecurity during the pandemic, as well as lead to long-term reforms that address persistent drivers of hunger and streamline global supply chains. “In a way, it will help,” says Director General Johan Swinnen. “There’s a lot of talk now about building back better.” 

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