This might exacerbate the crisis already occurring, but it could be partially alleviated if fall and late summer harvests were good.

Indeed, when replicated on a large scale, it exacerbates the crisis.

The pandemic has exacerbated the crisis, with some titles seeing revenues plummet 80 per cent.

The auditors' role in exacerbating this crisis should be scutinised.

He added that prices of staple foods in one of the world's poorest countries were expected to continue to rise before this year's harvest in the autumn, exacerbating the crisis.