With the world still counting the social and economic costs of the Covid-19 pandemic, amid a fresh “
code red” on the climate crisis, food may not seem like the most pressing threat to humanity.
’A hungry man is not a free man. He cannot focus on anything else but securing his next meal.’ So proclaimed the late Kofi Annan.
Food systems involve all the stages that lead up to the point when we consume food, including the way it is produced, transported, and sold. Launching a
policy brief on food security in June, UN chief António Guterres warned of an “impending food emergency”, unless immediate action is taken.