GRAIN blockades and the Russia-Ukraine conflict made worldwide food insecurity one of the most urgent issues on the agenda at this year's World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos. This crisis cannot be resolved overnight: with climate change threatening agricultural yields, the need for a more sustainable and resilient global food system should be on every investor's menu.
Speaking at the WEF's annual meeting in the Swiss resort town in May, David Beasley, executive director of the World Food Programme (WFP), had a dire warning for the global food supply. As a result of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, he predicted massive food processing problems in the next 10 to 12 months, leading to hunger, starvation...
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