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Special report on the debt and food crisis

Breaking the Cycle of Unsustainable Food Systems, Hunger and Debt: A Special Report

This report from IPES-Food finds that 60% of low-income countries and 30% of middle-income countries are in or are at risk of debt distress, with 21 countries facing both debt distress and food insecurity. The report identifies four ways in which food systems are contributing to pressure on public finances: dependencies on imports and the dollar; extractive financial flows; boom-bust commodity cycles; and climate change. It calls for policymakers to provide debt relief as well as support for food system reform.

Read the full report, Breaking the Cycle of Unsustainable Food Systems, Hunger and Debt: A Special Report, here. See also the TABLE explainer What is food security?

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