Sunday, 6 September 2020

Countries must offset the soaring costs of healthy foods

There is ample food for everyone—it is just that not everyone can afford it
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Countries must offset the soaring costs of healthy foods
 
There is ample food for everyone—but not everyone can afford it. Countries must offset the soaring costs of healthy foods, says Máximo Torero, chief economist of the Food and Agriculture Organisation.
 
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