Governments and international institutions are becoming increasingly worried about the growing constraints on access to food around the world as coronavirus disrupts economies and leaves workers without income for sustenance.
While global stocks of staples including grains and pulses are deemed to be sufficient, supply chains are coming under pressure and workers in developing countries with little in the way of a financial cushion are losing out on earnings.
Agriculture ministers from the G20 group of major developed and developing economies held a virtual meeting on Tuesday to discuss the risk of uprisings caused by hunger and discontent, which experts warn could also drive a fresh wave of mass migration towards wealthier countries.