The pandemic spike in hunger, the largest in at least 20 years, is dealing another setback to a fight that the world was once winning. After years of gains, efforts against food insecurity began running into headwinds in the mid-2010s amid economic stagnation, global conflicts, and climate-change-driven droughts and floods. Worsening inequality, as poorer people and nations lose years of gains in the battle against hunger and poverty, is likely to be one of the lasting legacies of the pandemic. Why don’t the rich help during this global crisis ?
