PETALING JAYA: With the disruption of the global food supply chains due to a dearth of workers arising from Covid-19, domestic food prices are at risk of heading north.
Bloomberg recently reported that the pandemic had sparked a labour shortfall for many parts of the economy. But the impact is particularly stark in food and agriculture, which are among the world’s least-automated industries.
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