In this video, Bill Moseley, professor of geography, discusses the recent COVID-19 pandemic in relation to food security in both North America and Africa. Moseley is a member of the high level panel of experts (HLPE), a scientific advisory board to the UN Committee on World Food Security, that released an emergency brief about this subject and the implications of COVID-19 for global food security.
Read the full HLPE briefing on the food security impacts of COVID-19 as well as Moseley’s recent opinion article on the food security implications of COVID-19 in Africa .
How will we sustainably feed 9 billion people in 2050? Bill Moseley took part in our Big Questions series. Watch the video
April 3 2020
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