Omvarlden (Sweden) published an article on the risk of food shortages when trade stops due to the COVID-19 health crisis. The article quoted the IFPRI blog, COVID-19: Trade restrictions are worst possible response to safeguard food security by Senior Research Fellows Joseph Glauber, David Laborde, Will Martin, and Division Director Rob Vos, stating there is no shortage of food in the world and there are larger stocks of staple goods such as cereals than we had in 2008. In addition, the harvests may be good, but there is a risk of lack of labor to harvest and then export obstacles can stop exports to consumers all over the world.
Risk of food shortage when the coronavirus stops export (Omvarlden)
April 02, 2020