Food security in Malaysia, China: A challenge for the future

THE advent of Covid-19 pandemic saw a growing number of countries experiencing sporadic yet increasingly severe cases of food insecurity, eclipsing years of remarkable achievements in ensuring that people have sufficient food to meet their needs.

Even before the pandemic, hundreds of millions of people were already suffering from chronic and acute hunger arising from fragmented food supply chains and lost earnings. These stem from factors such as conflict, socio-economic circumstances, natural hazards and climate change.