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World Food Program Chief Carl Skau on the Perfect Storm Driving Up Global Food Prices
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Episode World Food Program Chief Carl Skau on the Perfect Storm Driving Up Global Food Prices
With humanitarian needs surging and resources increasingly scarce, how does the World Food Programme decide where to cut assistance?
Our guest today is Carl Skau, acting executive director of the World Food Programme. We begin by discussing how renewed fighting between the United States and Iran—and the resulting closure of the Strait of Hormuz and a key Red Sea transit corridor—is driving up food prices and worsening food insecurity around the world.
Carl Skau also responds to Israeli criticism of a recent food-security report on Gaza, explains the operational challenges facing the WFP in Afghanistan and Sudan, and discusses why, on top of everything else, the organization is bracing for the possible arrival of a powerful El Niño.
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