COVID-19 and food security in Sub-Saharan Africa: Implications of lockdown during agricultural planting seasons
COVID-19 pandemic movement restrictions as part of the control measures put in place by countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has implications on food security, as movement restrictions coincided with planting periods for most of the staple crops. The measures are affecting important staple crops in...
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| author | Ayanlade, Ayansina Radeny, Maren A.O. |
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| description | COVID-19 pandemic movement restrictions as part of the control measures put in place by countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has implications on food security, as movement restrictions coincided with planting periods for most of the staple crops. The measures are affecting important staple crops in SSA, and are likely to exacerbate food security challenges in many countries. Achieving adequate food supply in SSA requires developing better policies and packages to confronting the challenge of reducing hunger post COVID-19 pandemic. The lessons learned after COVID-19 crisis will be very important for African countries to rethink their strategies and policies for sustainable economic growth, as COVID-19 many have significant impacts on all sectors of their economies. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1095072024-05-01T08:16:40Z COVID-19 and food security in Sub-Saharan Africa: Implications of lockdown during agricultural planting seasons Ayanlade, Ayansina Radeny, Maren A.O. covid-19 food security agriculture planting climate change COVID-19 pandemic movement restrictions as part of the control measures put in place by countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has implications on food security, as movement restrictions coincided with planting periods for most of the staple crops. The measures are affecting important staple crops in SSA, and are likely to exacerbate food security challenges in many countries. Achieving adequate food supply in SSA requires developing better policies and packages to confronting the challenge of reducing hunger post COVID-19 pandemic. The lessons learned after COVID-19 crisis will be very important for African countries to rethink their strategies and policies for sustainable economic growth, as COVID-19 many have significant impacts on all sectors of their economies. 2020-09-14 2020-09-15T17:21:11Z 2020-09-15T17:21:11Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/109507 en Open Access Springer Ayanlade A, Radeny M. 2020. COVID-19 and food security in Sub-Saharan Africa: Implications of lockdown during agricultural planting seasons. Nature Partner Journals Science of Food 4:13. |
| spellingShingle | covid-19 food security agriculture planting climate change Ayanlade, Ayansina Radeny, Maren A.O. COVID-19 and food security in Sub-Saharan Africa: Implications of lockdown during agricultural planting seasons |
| title | COVID-19 and food security in Sub-Saharan Africa: Implications of lockdown during agricultural planting seasons |
| title_full | COVID-19 and food security in Sub-Saharan Africa: Implications of lockdown during agricultural planting seasons |
| title_fullStr | COVID-19 and food security in Sub-Saharan Africa: Implications of lockdown during agricultural planting seasons |
| title_full_unstemmed | COVID-19 and food security in Sub-Saharan Africa: Implications of lockdown during agricultural planting seasons |
| title_short | COVID-19 and food security in Sub-Saharan Africa: Implications of lockdown during agricultural planting seasons |
| title_sort | covid 19 and food security in sub saharan africa implications of lockdown during agricultural planting seasons |
| topic | covid-19 food security agriculture planting climate change |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/109507 |
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