Entre vulnérabilité et résilience : le vécu de la pandémie de Covid-19 dans deux sociétés oasiennes du Maghreb

Ftouhi, Hind; Saidani, Mohamed; Bossenbroek, Lisa; Hamamouche, Meriem Farah; Kadiri, Zakaria

doi:10.1051/cagri/2021012

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“…Abualhaija and Shammout [111]; Ali and Gad [100]; Al-Saidi and Hussein [95]; Batisha [101]; Ftouhi et al [201]; Rachidi et al [136]; Saidi et al [137]; Saidi et al [138]; Samara et al [192]; Selim and Eltarabily [107]; Sraïri [139] Energy Land Waste Water Economy Abu Hatab et al [98]; Abu Hatab et al [99]; Al Sadig et al [150]; Alalwan et al [195]; Alazaiza et al [140]; Al-Doori et al [109]; Algheshairy et al [73]; Almutairi [161]; Alsuwailem et al [165]; Batisha [101];…”

Section: Environmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Faour-Klingbeil et al [205]; Faour-Klingbeil et al [94]; Fiddian-Qasmiyeh [129]; Ftouhi et al [201]; Gedeon et al [67]; Ghali-Zinoubi [183]; Hammoudi et al [131]; Hanbazaza [172]; Hanbazaza and Wazzan [68]; Hariri et al [173]; Helal et al [88]; Hesham et al [174]; Hoteit et al [81]; Hoteit et al [69]; Hoteit et al [196];…”

Section: Sustainability Dimension * Documents Topics Addressedmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Selim and Eltarabily [107] compile learned lessons for water conservation amidst the COVID-19 lockdown in small-scale farm-ing in the Northeastern Nile Delta (Egypt). Ftouhi et al [201] point out that the pandemic promoted the adoption of agroecological practices in Algerian and Moroccan oases.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Regional Agriculture and Food Systems Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Case of the Near East and North Africa Region

El Bilali,

Ben Hassen

2024

Foods

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The COVID-19 pandemic affected agri-food systems worldwide. However, while the impacts differed from one country/region to another, the scholarly literature seems to focus on developed countries in the Global North. Consequently, this review scrutinizes the literature on the pandemic’s impacts in the Near East and North Africa (NENA) region. A search on the Web of Science in March 2023 generated 334 documents, of which 151 were eligible for inclusion in the systematic review. According to the bibliometric analysis, the most active nations are Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, and Lebanon. In general, the coverage of studies is better in the Gulf region than in the less developed countries of North Africa and those suffering from wars (cf. Libya, Syria, and Yemen). Studies generally focus on crop production and the downstream food chain (cf. distribution and consumption). While the pandemic influenced every pillar of food security, this research concentrates on access and utilization. Meanwhile, the lion’s share of the literature deals with the pandemic’s socio-economic effects, especially those linked to food (in)security and health. The pandemic, which laid bare the agri-food system vulnerabilities, should be seized to foster the transition towards more resilient agri-food systems in the NENA region.

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Section: Environmentmentioning

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Section: Sustainability Dimension * Documents Topics Addressedmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Regional Agriculture and Food Systems Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Case of the Near East and North Africa Region

El Bilali,

Ben Hassen

2024

Foods

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“…The innovation capacities of private actors are thus frequently not visible to the public administration. In a similar way, actors of these regions have been able to cope with hazards, such as the Covid-19 crisis (Ftouhi et al, 2021). However, these resilience capacities are based solely on their own means and their collective or community initiatives.…”

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Making sense of on-going dynamics and innovations in oases and newly irrigated areas of North African arid regions: towards more sustainable development pathways

Kadiri¹,

Benmihoub²,

Farolfi³

et al. 2022

New Medit

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“…Souad, like the other women interviewed, "...felt forgotten". The experiences and plight of female agricultural wageworkers during the pandemic expose the "invisible" crisis that has unfolded in the Moroccan countryside, where the most vulnerable social categories have been hit the hardest (see also Ftouhi et al, 2021). Already in a precarious situation, these women faced new constraints.…”

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The plight of female agricultural wageworkers in Morocco during the COVID-19 pandemic

Bossenbroek

Ftouhi

2021

Cah. Agric.

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While vaccination campaigns against COVID-19 were launched worldwide, a drama has been unfolding in the Moroccan countryside. It has been marked, over the last couple of decades, by rapid agrarian transformation, manifestations of which have included expanding irrigation frontiers and the increasing growth of high-value crops. These dynamics rely strongly on female agricultural wageworkers. Although they earn low wages, their income is crucial and is used to care for loved ones by paying for school fees, rent, electricity, and medicines. These workers, therefore, cannot afford to quit their jobs. However, most female wageworkers in Morocco are employed without a contract or social security cover. While working in an informal environment and living already in a precarious situation, little is known about how the pandemic has affected them. In this article, we seek to supply some of this information by drawing on the authors’ commitment over almost a decade of covering female wage-workers’ experiences in different agricultural regions in Morocco. Additionally, since March 2020, we have conducted 30 phone interviews with female laborers and farmers in the Saiss and in the coastal area of the Gharb and Loukkos. Using the pandemic as a focus, our results illustrate the inherent contradictions upon which Morocco’s agricultural boom has been founded. Although many female laborers are de facto heads of household or contribute in fundamental ways to the household income, they continue to be considered as secondary earners or as housewives, leading to low structural wages. Moreover, these women assume the prime responsibility for all domestic tasks, which are not economically recognized or valued. Consequently, they face new challenges in addition to their already precarious situations. Reduced work opportunities and limited state support have led to financial and psychological hardship which jeopardize their own and their family’s survival.

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Entre vulnérabilité et résilience : le vécu de la pandémie de Covid-19 dans deux sociétés oasiennes du Maghreb

Cited by 7 publications

References 11 publications

Regional Agriculture and Food Systems Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Case of the Near East and North Africa Region

Regional Agriculture and Food Systems Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Case of the Near East and North Africa Region

Making sense of on-going dynamics and innovations in oases and newly irrigated areas of North African arid regions: towards more sustainable development pathways

The plight of female agricultural wageworkers in Morocco during the COVID-19 pandemic

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