Ebola hampers food imports by West Africa; food security under threat
All the three countries in the region are heavily dependent on food imports, and labour shortage may hurt local food production as well The Dollar Business Bureau | @TheDollarBiz The outbreak of the Ebola virus disease (EVD) in West Africa (Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone) may lead to a food crisis soon due to disruption in intra-trade and cereal imports by the three countries. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), the deadly EVD spreads through human-to-human transmission and is difficult to control. The chances of survival is a bleak 10-47% and there are concerns that it may have spread to several other countries across the world. To prevent a further outbreak, the WHO and the governments of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone have ...
