This was disclosed in a report published Friday by the World Economic Forum (WEF) titled, What's needed to protect food security in Africa during COVID-19.
Vulnerable system
The IFAD president said the COVID-19 pandemic has shown us that our current food production, processing, and distribution systems are vulnerable.
He said in West and Central Africa, the lean season is coming, with 21 million people to face critical food shortages in July and August.
Before now, the 2019 Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC) showed that over 135 million people in 55 countries and territories are faced with acute food insecurity, and this requires urgent action,
The report showed that about 108 million people in 48 countries in 2016, 124 million people in 51 countries in 2017 and 113 million people in 53 countries in 2018, suffered acute food insecurity.
War-torn Yemen, Africa's fourth most populous country, DR Congo, and Afghanistan topped the report's list, each respectively having 15.9, 15.6 and 11.3 million people faced with food crises or worse.
