Libya Faces Potential Food Crisis Unless Stocks Are Replenished Soon, UN Warns

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–28 April 2011 – Unless a major effort is undertaken to replenish food stocks in Libya the country is at risk of a major food crisis within the next two months, a senior United Nations official warned today.

Daly Belgasami of the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said that the disruption of port activities, coupled with the lack of fuel and hard currency, is making it difficult for the country to import…