Improved storage mitigates vulnerability to food-supply shocks in smallholder agriculture during the COVID-19 pandemic

Huss, Matthias; Brander, Michael; Kassie, Menale; Ehlert, Ulrike; Bernauer, Thomas

doi:10.1016/j.gfs.2020.100468

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“…Within the HM system, there was intense competition at the interface between cropland and forests which, taking into account disruption of habitat for wildlife, is a potential source of future zoonoses (Kress et al, 2020;di Marco et al, 2020). The recovery from the pandemic is an opportunity for wider promotion and uptake of proven innovations to boost livelihoods while enhancing natural resources, such as systems agronomy to reduce the yield gaps and further diversify, onfarm grain storage to reduce losses in the market chains (Huss et al, 2021), digital marketing (World Bank, 2021), community forestry and agroforestry, and institutional innovations for payment for ecosystem services including carbon drawdown.…”

Section: Considerations For Recovery In Each Farming and Food Systemmentioning

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Response and resilience of Asian agrifood systems to COVID-19: An assessment across twenty-five countries and four regional farming and food systems

Dixon

Weerahewa

Hellin

et al. 2021

Agricultural Systems

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This regional synthesis addresses a major gap in knowledge about the effects of COVID-19 on agriculture and food across Asia • Key informants from 20 Asian countries assessed early direct and indirect effects on each of four major regional farming and food systems • The analysis showed Asian farming and food systems were moderately resilient to the pandemic, especially the hill mixed system • System resilience, food and labour markets, and farm and food chain economic benefits are key priorities for recovery policies and programmes • This study highlights COVID-19 effects and informs recovery policies and precautionary strategies against future pandemics in Asia and globally

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Section: Considerations For Recovery In Each Farming and Food Systemmentioning

confidence: 99%

Response and resilience of Asian agrifood systems to COVID-19: An assessment across twenty-five countries and four regional farming and food systems

Dixon

Weerahewa

Hellin

et al. 2021

Agricultural Systems

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“…By cutting the connections between farmers and food markets, COVID-19 shocked the food supply chain and reduced food accessibility. Shocks to the food supply chain by the pandemic can be double in developing and low-income countries [50][51][52] and endanger the lives of millions of people and smallholders [53]. COVID-19 affects the total food demand and supply system in Iran by creating imbalance due to the following factors: (i) reduction of household demand due to an unwillingness to use the services sector for Pakravan-Charvadeh et al [44] demonstrated that Iranian families decreased consumption of some groups of foods during the pandemic outbreak due to new financial problems; therefore, COVID-19 can negatively impact food security by decreasing people's income [45].…”

Section: Covid-19 Food System and Supply Chainmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…By cutting the connections between farmers and food markets, COVID-19 shocked the food supply chain and reduced food accessibility. Shocks to the food supply chain by the pandemic can be double in developing and low-income countries [50][51][52] and endanger the lives of millions of people and smallholders [53]. COVID-19 affects the total food demand and supply system in Iran by creating imbalance due to the following factors: (i) reduction of household demand due to an unwillingness to use the services sector for preventing the COVID-19 outbreak, (ii) reduction of consumer demand due to declining incomes for households who lost their jobs in lockdown restriction, (iii) reduction of household demand for durable goods and increase of money-savings, and (iv) reduction of exports due to border closure.…”

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Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Food Security and Agriculture in Iran: A Survey

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The consequences of COVID-19 on the economy and agriculture have raised many concerns about global food security, especially in developing countries. Given that food security is a critical component that is affected by global crises, beside the limited studies carried out on the macro-impacts of COVID-19 on food security in Iran, this paper is an attempt to address the dynamic impacts of COVID-19 on food security along with economic and environmental challenges in Iran. For this purpose, a survey was conducted with the hypothesis that COVID-19 has not affected food security in Iran. To address this fundamental hypothesis, we applied the systematic review method to obtain the evidence. Various evidences, including indices and statistics, were collected from national databases, scientific reports, field observations, and interviews. Preliminary results revealed that COVID-19 exerts its effects on the economy, agriculture, and food security of Iran through six major mechanisms, corresponding to a 30% decrease in the purchasing power parity in 2020 beside a significant increase in food prices compared to 2019. On the other hand, the expanding environmental constraints in Iran reduce the capacity of the agricultural sector to play a crucial role in the economy and ensure food security, and in this regard, COVID-19 forces the national programs and budget to combat rising ecological limitations. Accordingly, our study rejects the hypothesis that COVID-19 has not affected food security in Iran.

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“…To achieve this, a bibliometric analysis 39 40,41,42 No data were recorded for South Africa within the confines of the keyword combinations searched. While this provides a clear rationale for this review within the context of South Africa, one may also argue that the emerging status of COVID-19 as a research endeavour may explain the dearth in literature for Africa, and South Africa in particular.…”

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South Africa’s multiple vulnerabilities, food security and livelihood options in the COVID-19 new order: An annotation

Patrick

Khalema

Abiolu

et al. 2021

The Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa

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The advent of the COVID-19 pandemic and its crippling effects exacerbate many people’s vulnerability to food security across the world, including Africa. This article offers an explorative discourse on the implication of COVID-19 pandemic for South Africa’s food and livelihood security in the face of climate change. Using a scoping desktop review method, the article aims to provoke research and policy action and discourse on the subject matter. The article explores pre-and post-COVID-19 vulnerabilities in South Africa. It acknowledges the impact of climate change on food security and the situation of food security in South Africa pre-and post-COVID-19 pandemic. It then provides policy recommendations and expected outcomes to reconfigure the agricultural sector in the new sociopolitical and economic order necessitated by the pandemic. The article argues that reducing the stress posed by COVID-19 will require collaborative efforts and systemic thinking by stakeholders across all quarters. This will proffer workable solutions to mitigate the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on the food and livelihood options of rural dwellers in South Africa and their interconnectedness with the impact of climate change.

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Improved storage mitigates vulnerability to food-supply shocks in smallholder agriculture during the COVID-19 pandemic

Cited by 51 publications

References 30 publications

Response and resilience of Asian agrifood systems to COVID-19: An assessment across twenty-five countries and four regional farming and food systems

Response and resilience of Asian agrifood systems to COVID-19: An assessment across twenty-five countries and four regional farming and food systems

Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Food Security and Agriculture in Iran: A Survey

South Africa’s multiple vulnerabilities, food security and livelihood options in the COVID-19 new order: An annotation

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