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World Food Program (WFP) report

April 13 , 2020 1595 days 831 0
  • The WFP released its new report “COVID-19: Potential impact on the world's poorest people: A WFP analysis of the economic and food security implications of the pandemic".
  • It said that the rapidly-spreading coronavirus pandemic is so far having little impact on the global food supply chain. 
  • But that could be changed into the worse soon - if anxiety-driven panic by major food importers takes hold.
  • WFP is the food-assistance branch of the United Nations and the world's largest humanitarian organization addressing hunger and promoting food security.
  • Its headquarters is in Rome.
  • It is a member of the United Nations Development Group.

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