Shani Reddy, Macverick Citizen, 12 October 2020
The Covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated the hunger crisis, not only in South Africa, but globally. This week several organisations commemorate World Food Day, while other groups focus on education, decolonising prisons, and vaccine trials.
On Friday, 16 October, we observe World Food Day. This day provides an occasion to highlight the plight of hungry and undernourished people in the world, something which has been globally exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic. World Food Day is calling for global solidarity to help all populations, and especially the most vulnerable, to recover from the crisis, and to make food systems more fair, resilient, and robust.
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The South African Pork Producers’ Organisation (SAPPO) coordinates industry interventions and collaboratively manages risks in the value chain to enable the sustainability and profitability of pork producers in South Africa.
