Food wastage amid the pandemic

COVID-19 lockdowns across the world have unleashed a range of unintended consequences, sparking a global economic crisis that has magnified fault lines in society, particularly in developing nations already burdened by high levels of poverty and income disparity. Millions of people’s livelihoods have been disrupted, leaving many unable to feed themselves or their families, at the same time, disruptions to the increasingly global food value chain have exacerbated problems with food security. Today on the #CovidReport we speak to Deidre Adams to not only tell us more about Food Forward SA but also look at how this pandemic has heightened food waste.