"The fast spreading global epidemic has brought huge uncertainty on international agriculture trade and markets," said Yu Kangzhen.
"If the epidemic continues to spread and escalate, the impact on international food trade and production will definitely worsen, and might trigger a new round of food crisis," Yu told a video conference discussing China’s agriculture outlook.
He said the pandemic and measures some countries took to secure domestic supplies have inhibited normal trade and supplies, and caused some major price fluctuations.
The coronavirus pandemic, which started in the central Chinese city of Wuhan late last year, has infected 2.3 million people and killed 159,000 people worldwide.
