February 09, 2021

With COVID-19 Blamed For Surge In Food Prices, Can Trade Facilitation Efforts Help?-Devex

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted agricultural output and supply chains globally, exacerbating food price increases at a time when economic contraction and rising unemployment have also hit family incomes in low- and middle-income countries. While this threatens to push the 2030 SDGs on food security further out of reach, trade facilitation efforts such as the African Continental Free Trade Area, or AfCFTA, could help. Devex, 02/09/2021