Is COVID-19 causing a global food crisis?

Published: July 10, 2020, 9:32 a.m.

b'How has the pandemic affected the global food supply? That\'s the subject of a recent report by the UN\'s Food and Agriculture Organisation. Their message is that while there have been a few industry issues so far - overripe fruit left unpicked, spoiled batches of milk left undelivered - that\'s only a taste of what\'s to come if there\'s a huge global recession around the corner. Chris Smith and spoke to Maximo Torero - the organisation\'s chief economist - as well as University of Cambridge land economist Shailaja Fennell... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists'