COVID-19 and food security in Sub-Saharan Africa: implications of lockdown during agricultural planting seasons

Ayanlade, Ayansina; Radeny, Maren A.O.

doi:10.1038/s41538-020-00073-0

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“…The results displayed in Fig. 6 suggests that weakly bean consumption during the pandemic has relatively been affected in Southern Africa compared to the other two regions with the exception of Zambia that had good harvest pre-pandemic ( Ehui, 2020 ), food production in Zimbabwe and Mozambique were adversely affected by climate-induced shocks, putting pressure on food systems ( Akiwumi, 2020 ; Ayanlade and Radeny, 2020 ; Paul, 2020 ). Thus, COVID-19 is exacerbating the already dire food insecurity situations in the sub-region.…”

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“…The pandemic has not only caused an ongoing crisis in the health care sector but has also had immediate and widespread impact on Africa's agriculture and food systems ( Ayanlade and Radeny, 2020 ). Although some countries in SSA have begun easing the restrictions put in place to curb the spread of the virus, the impact on bean production, distribution, and consumption remain in the short-term and long-term.…”

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Immediate impacts of COVID-19 pandemic on bean value chain in selected countries in sub-Saharan Africa

Nchanji

Lutomia

Chirwa³

et al. 2021

Agricultural Systems

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Africa's agriculture and food systems were already grappling with challenges such as climate change and weather variability, pests and disease, and regional conflicts. With rising new cases of COVID 19 propelling various African governments to enforce strict restrictions of varying degrees to curb the spread. Thus, the pandemic posed unprecedented shocks on agriculture and food supply chains in Sub Saharan Africa. In this study, we use survey data collected from nine countries in Central, Eastern, and Southern, Africa to understand the immediate impact of COVID-19 on production, distribution, and consumption of common beans, and possible food security implications. Descriptive analysis of data collected from bean farmers, aggregators, processors, bean regional coordinators, and mechanization dealers reveal that COVID-19 and government restrictions had impacted the availability and cost of farm inputs and labour, distribution, and consumption of beans in Eastern and Southern Africa. The immediate impacts were dire in Southern Africa with Central Africa slightly impacted. The production and distribution challenges negatively impacted on frequency and patterns of food consumption in households in Africa. Thus, the pandemic poses a greater risk to food security and poverty in the region. Governments could play a significant role in supporting the needs of smallholder farmers, traders and other actors through provision of subsidized agricultural inputs.

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Immediate impacts of COVID-19 pandemic on bean value chain in selected countries in sub-Saharan Africa

Nchanji

Lutomia

Chirwa³

et al. 2021

Agricultural Systems

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“…The sustainability of animal production is also affected by a shortage of workers due to the lockdown/curfew and the strong decrease in the purchasing power of the consumer. The result of the impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions, namely, lockdown, restrictions to movement of people and goods and physical distancing, among others, may result in economic collapse, increased unemployment, poverty deterioration and widespread famines, as food security becomes a global concern [ [86] , [87] , [88] , [89] , [90] , [91] , [92] , [93] , [94] , [95] , [96] , [97] , [98] , [99] ].…”

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The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: A syndemic perspective

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The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has affected communities, populations, and countries throughout the world. As the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic developed, the extent to which the disease interacted with already existing endemic, non-communicable and infectious diseases became evident, hence deeply influencing health outcomes. Additionally, a synergistic effect has been demonstrated also with socio-economic, cultural, and contextual determinants of health which seem to contribute to poorer health and accumulating social disadvantages. In this essay, using as a starting point the syndemic theory that translates the cumulative and intertwined factors between different epidemics, we argue that the SARS-CoV-2 is a one health issue of a syndemic nature and that the failure to acknowledge this contributes to weakened policy-making processes and public health responses and ineffective health policies and programs.

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“…For Planet Earth, the Covid-19 pandemic has already caused over 1 million deaths and the impacts are quite varied 12 and it is a priority for action. However, recovery from the pandemic provides an opportunity for nations to work together to do this most effectively while also addressing Global Agenda 2030, the issues of food, nutrition and health, including the safety and integrity of the food supply 13 .…”

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Integrating science to address food and health within Global Agenda 2030

McBean

2021

npj Sci Food

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When recovering from the pandemic, it is important for Planet Earth to address the Global Agenda 2030, including food and water crises, and to bounce forward sustainably. The World Economic Forum’s Global Risk Report and Global Agenda 2030 provide a framework for action and an integrated global science agenda response, involving food and health, is essential. The UN 2021 Summit on Food Systems provides an opportunity for the global science community to come together to address the Summit’s Action Tracks, including building resilience to vulnerabilities, shocks and stresses. There would be major global benefits to have an international scientific network working with the UN to address the mandates of the UN Food Summit and Global Agenda 2030.

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COVID-19 and food security in Sub-Saharan Africa: implications of lockdown during agricultural planting seasons

Cited by 113 publications

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Immediate impacts of COVID-19 pandemic on bean value chain in selected countries in sub-Saharan Africa

Immediate impacts of COVID-19 pandemic on bean value chain in selected countries in sub-Saharan Africa

The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: A syndemic perspective

Integrating science to address food and health within Global Agenda 2030

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