African swine fever is killing our food, but here's why we must not panic

Whatever you hear about African swine fever and armyworm, we're still a long way from global shortages of crops and livestock

African swine fever, a livestock disease likened to Ebola, is cutting a swath through China’s 440 million-strong pig herd, and could lead to as many as 200 million being culled. Hot on its heels is the fall armyworm, a crop pest that could spread across the whole of the country’s 130 million hectare crop belt within a year, eating up supplies of corn and sugar cane. Over in the U.S., the wettest 12 months on record have left farmers unable to plant corn and soybean crops. Is the specter of hunger about to return to the world?

Calm down.

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