COVID-19 has exposed the frailty of global food systems and underlined the need for their transformation, but the onus is not just on making them far more resilient and able to withstand shocks such as those brought by the coronavirus pandemic, they must also ensure that they pass muster in terms of health and sustainability, heard the recent international forum 'Building Forward Better with Aquatic Foods', hosted by WorldFish.Asserting that aquatic foods must be part of this new food landscape, Gareth Johnstone, Director General of WorldFish, informed the event that the pandemic's epicentre had shifted from the developed to developing nations and that alongside the economic crisis triggered by COVID-ig. the number of undernourished people looks set to increase by at least 14 million to over 80 million people, while another 70 million will be driven into extreme poverty.
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