Johannesburg — The Covid-19 crisis is exposing how Southern Africa’s overreliance on high-cost imported seeds and fertilisers, and a lack of state investment in climate resilient farming are deepening food insecurity across the region.
A new policy brief from the Partnership for Social Accountability (PSA) Alliance, led by ActionAid International, shows how a failure of regional policies, compounded by the impacts of the pandemic, is pushing millions more people into poverty and hunger, with women and girls hardest hit.
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