Question

What opportunities are there post Covid -19 to redevelop food systems?

Answer 1

Answer:

By 2050, the world will need to feed more than nine billion people, requiring nearly 70 percent more food than we consume today.1 Moreover, an expanding global middle class will demand more meat and other protein-rich foods, while extreme weather could slash yields in important agricultural regions. At the same time, prices of wheat, rice, and a number of other basic food commodities have been rising for a decade (Exhibit 1). Volatile food prices have repeatedly led to instability—and as the exhibit shows, the volatility continues to increase.

Answer 2

Explanation:

• The media’s core message on the coronavirus is that even if we behave, coronavirus will change life.

• as we know it for years to come: massive job loss, disease, and yes death, rivaling the Spanish Flu, which killed 50 to 100 million people.

• Perhaps a perspective from someone with little to gain from sensationalism nor from political blaming might replace some of the fear with realistic hope.

• There are at least three reasons for realistic hope that the coronavirus problem will be satisfactorily addressed than is feared: