Ethiopian farmers use a team of horses to thresh grain. Aid agencies have warned that rising input prices could force Africa’s smallholder farmers to reduce plantings of staple grains, worsening a food crisis in a region where millions have already been plunged into extreme poverty by COVID-19, armed conflicts and climate shocks.

First published in the June 23, 2022, 9:11 a.m. edition

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