German development minister advocates for food security pact

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German Development Minister Svenja Schulze is advocating for a global food security pact in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Schulze wants to encourage the creation of an alliance for global food security at the spring meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington. “Our goal must be to save millions of people from starvation,” Schulze said in remarks published Wednesday by newspapers of the Funke media group. “I will work in Washington to ensure that we coordinate our efforts to combat the food crisis more closely – among donors, but also with i…