Famine Is The Next Threat From Ebola In Africa, As Farmers Flee Their Fields And Food Runs Short, UN Warns -- Daily Mail/AP
* More than 750,000 people are in need of food aid in West Africa
* That will increase to 1.3million in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea
* The Ebola outbreak is causing farmers to flee their fields and prices up
* Families are reducing meals as they become increasingly desperate for food
Ebola could cause a major food crisis in Africa if it continues unchecked, and millions of people in the worst-hit countries are already running short as farms are abandoned and trade interrupted, a UN organisation warns.
The outbreak of the deadly virus in West Africa is piling more pressure on supplies that are already badly stretched.
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Update #1: Ebola escalation could trigger major food crisis -- AP
Update #2: Ebola could trigger food crisis -- iol News
My Comment: I concur with this assessment .... with Ebola spreading and running rampant throughout these West African communities .... farmers are not going to take the risk to work in the fields and to bring their produce to market. And for aid agencies .... they and their workers will have to make the hard decisions on what risks will they take when they are distributing aid.