Effects of Covid-19 Pandemic on Food Security and Household Livelihoods in Kenya

Ouko, Kevin Okoth

doi:10.15414/raae.2020.23.02.72-80

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“…All these activities and policies created poor food security in the study area. This finding is consistent with the results of other studies [33,[62][63][64] with respect to the status of food security during the COVID-19 pandemic in other countries. International organizations (FAO, WFP, and UN) have also predicted and warned that the COVID-19 crisis is a threat to the livelihoods and food security of vulnerable people.…”

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confidence: 93%

The Impact of Livelihood Assets on the Food Security of Farmers in Southern Iran during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Yazdanpanah¹,

Moghadam

Savari³

et al. 2021

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The impact of COVID-19 on farmers’ livelihoods and food security is a key concern in rural communities. This study investigates the impacts of the livelihood assets on the food security of rural households during the COVID-19 pandemic and determines those factors related to food security. The population of this study includes rural households in Dashtestan county, Bushehr province, in southern Iran. Based on the Krejcie and Morgan sampling table, 293 households were selected using the convenience sampling method. To measure food security, the American standard index and ordinal regression are used to analyze the factors. The results of the food security situation show highly precarious and food insecure situations among the studied rural households. The regression analysis shows that the most important assets affecting the food security of rural households under COVID-19 are financial, psychological, physical, and human assets, respectively. The results can help rural development planners and policymakers to improve both livelihoods and food security in rural communities, not just during the COVID-19 pandemic, but also in its aftermath.

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confidence: 93%

The Impact of Livelihood Assets on the Food Security of Farmers in Southern Iran during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Yazdanpanah¹,

Moghadam

Savari³

et al. 2021

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“…In Kenya, the government implemented a wide range of measures to reduce the spread of the virus that directly affected the transport of food, including the closure of international borders and produce markets, which are critical for food distribution [ 32 ]. According to the survey, 5.3% of the workers reporting being laid off while 4% of the businesses laid off at least one employee since the outbreak.…”

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“…In Ethiopia, just 8% of respondents had received government assistance, primarily free food (47%) or a direct cash transfer (39%) [ 37 ]. In Kenya, to mitigate the negative impact of COVID-19 restrictions, the government provided direct cash transfers to the poorest households through a scheme called GiveDirectly [ 32 ].…”

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Food Insecurity, Safety Nets, and Coping Strategies during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Multi-Country Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa

Dasgupta

Robinson

2021

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The COVID-19 pandemic has affected food security across the world. As governments respond in different ways both with regards to containing the pandemic and addressing food insecurity, in parallel detailed datasets are being collected and analysed. To date, literature addressing food insecurity during the pandemic, using these datasets, has tended to focus on individual countries. By contrast, this paper provides the first detailed multi-country cross-sectional snapshot of the social dimensions of food insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic across nine African countries (Chad, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Nigeria, South Africa, and Uganda). Econometric analysis reveals that female-headed households, the poor, and the less-formally educated, appear to suffer more in terms of food insecurity during this global pandemic. Importantly, our findings show that the negative consequences of the pandemic are disproportionately higher for lower-income households and those who had to borrow to make ends meet rather than relying on savings; impacts are country-specific; and there is considerable spatial heterogeneity within country food insecurity, suggesting that tailored policies will be required. These nine countries employ both food and cash safety nets, with the evidence suggesting that, at least when these data were collected, cash safety nets have been slightly more effective at reducing food insecurity. Our results provide a baseline that can be used by governments to help design and implement tailored policies to address food insecurity. Our findings can also be used as lessons to reshape policies to tackle the heterogeneous impacts of climate change.

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“…Administrative measures have included the closure of produce markets, international borders, and dawn-to-dust curfews. These have been highly disruptive for food delivery (Ouko et al, 2020).…”

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Review on socio-economic impacts of ‘Triple Threats’ of COVID-19, desert locusts, and floods in East Africa: Evidence from Ethiopia

Kassegn

Endris

2021

Cogent Social Sciences

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East Africa region is facing an unprecedented triple socioeconomic threat caused by the combined effects of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the upsurge of desert locusts, and recent severe floods. The socioeconomic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic with the massive economic impacts of desert locust, and flooding resulted in devastating implications on livelihood and food security situation in East Africa. The overall objective of this review is to assess and compile the widespread socioeconomic impacts of the three threats in East Africa evidence from Ethiopia. To achieve this objective, in this review, all relevant information were collected through different search engines of PubMed/PMC/Medline, Web of Science, Google Scholar, Scopus, Google, and Science Direct databases. In addition, local media news, reports relevant to the topic from local and national governments, international organizations, and NGOs were used. The review found that the threats do not just have short-term impacts on socioeconomic conditions of the people in the region in general and in Ethiopia in particular, they exacerbate prevailing food insecurity and undermine livelihoods and development gains that took years to build. Restriction measures introduced by governments to contain the spread of Andualem Kassegn ABOUT THE AUTHORS Andualem Kassegn is a full-time lecturer and researcher in the Department of Agricultural Economics, at Woldia University, Ethiopia. He has an MSc degree in Agricultural Economics from Wollo University and a BA degree in Economics from Mekelle University. Currently, he has been teaching several Agricultural Economics courses. His research areas of interest are lie in researching livelihood and income diversifications, impact evaluations, food security, and poverty matters, etc. Ebrahim Endris is a full-time lecturer and researcher in the Department of Agricultural Economics, at Woldia University, Ethiopia. He has an MSc degree in Agricultural Economics from Haramaya University and BSc degree in Agricultural Economics from the same University. Currently, he has been teaching several Agricultural Economics courses. His research areas of interest are lie in researching market analysis, value chain analysis, food security and poverty, livelihood diversifications, impact evaluations, etc. PUBLIC INTEREST STATEMENT This review article explores the triple impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, desert locusts, and floods in East Africa mainly focus on Ethiopia. The review revealed that these threats are currently devastating the socioeconomic situations of millions of people in East Africa in general and in Ethiopia in particular. This review found that the worst affected groups by the threats were smallholder households, children, youths, women, migrants, informal workers, and microsmall and medium-sized enterprises. Therefore, this review article calls interventions of governments, international organizations, stakeholders, NGOs and provides possible suggestions for researchers to research in the future to reduce the short and ...

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Effects of Covid-19 Pandemic on Food Security and Household Livelihoods in Kenya

Cited by 12 publications

References 9 publications

The Impact of Livelihood Assets on the Food Security of Farmers in Southern Iran during the COVID-19 Pandemic

The Impact of Livelihood Assets on the Food Security of Farmers in Southern Iran during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Food Insecurity, Safety Nets, and Coping Strategies during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Multi-Country Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa

Review on socio-economic impacts of ‘Triple Threats’ of COVID-19, desert locusts, and floods in East Africa: Evidence from Ethiopia

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