What’s needed to protect food security in Africa during COVID-19

May 29, 2020

Kenyan farmer Mwende Kimanzi tries to chase away individual locusts that remained after a swarm descended on her crops in the region of Kyuso, Kenya, February 18, 2020. Picture taken February 18, 2020. Image: REUTERS/Baz Ratner

Gilbert Fossoun Houngbo

Director-General, International Labour Organization (ILO)

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