The Economist The world’s food system has survived covid-19, but things could still go awry

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From: The Economist today - Friday May 08, 2020 09:14 pm
The biggest problem lies not in bottlenecks, but in the reduction or loss of income for almost a billion people
   
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The world’s food system has so far weathered the challenge of covid-19

But things could still go awry
 
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