Keeping food on the table: Urban food environments in Nairobi under COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has spread rapidly around the world since late 2019. Measures taken to curb infection rates—curfews, border closures, closure of markets, and movement restrictions—have disrupted food systems and affected food environments. There is limited evidence of the effects of the pandem...

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Main Authors: Chege, Christine G. Kiria, Mbugua, Mercy M., Onyango, Kevin, Lundy, Mark M.
Format: Informe técnico
Language:Inglés
Published: Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture 2021
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/114705
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author Chege, Christine G. Kiria
Mbugua, Mercy M.
Onyango, Kevin
Lundy, Mark M.
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Lundy, Mark M.
Mbugua, Mercy M.
Onyango, Kevin
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Onyango, Kevin
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description The COVID-19 pandemic has spread rapidly around the world since late 2019. Measures taken to curb infection rates—curfews, border closures, closure of markets, and movement restrictions—have disrupted food systems and affected food environments. There is limited evidence of the effects of the pandemic on food environments, especially in the informal neighborhoods/slums of urban towns or cities. This study characterizes the food environment (formal and informal outlets) in low- and middle-income urban neighborhoods of Nairobi, Kenya during the current COVID-19 pandemic. It also analyses the social economic effects of government measures, taken to curb the pandemic, on different types of food outlets in these communities.
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spelling CGSpace1147052025-12-08T10:29:22Z Keeping food on the table: Urban food environments in Nairobi under COVID-19 Chege, Christine G. Kiria Mbugua, Mercy M. Onyango, Kevin Lundy, Mark M. covid-19 food systems food safety food prices state intervention sistemas alimentarios inocuidad alimentaria intervención estatal The COVID-19 pandemic has spread rapidly around the world since late 2019. Measures taken to curb infection rates—curfews, border closures, closure of markets, and movement restrictions—have disrupted food systems and affected food environments. There is limited evidence of the effects of the pandemic on food environments, especially in the informal neighborhoods/slums of urban towns or cities. This study characterizes the food environment (formal and informal outlets) in low- and middle-income urban neighborhoods of Nairobi, Kenya during the current COVID-19 pandemic. It also analyses the social economic effects of government measures, taken to curb the pandemic, on different types of food outlets in these communities. 2021-08 2021-08-19T12:19:14Z 2021-08-19T12:19:14Z Report https://hdl.handle.net/10568/114705 en Open Access application/pdf Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture Chege, C.G.K.; Mbugua, M.; Onyango, K.; Lundy, M. (2021) Keeping food on the table: Urban food environments in Nairobi under COVID-19. CIAT Publication No. 514. Nairobi (Kenya): International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT). 30 p.
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food systems
food safety
food prices
state intervention
sistemas alimentarios
inocuidad alimentaria
intervención estatal
Chege, Christine G. Kiria
Mbugua, Mercy M.
Onyango, Kevin
Lundy, Mark M.
Keeping food on the table: Urban food environments in Nairobi under COVID-19
title Keeping food on the table: Urban food environments in Nairobi under COVID-19
title_full Keeping food on the table: Urban food environments in Nairobi under COVID-19
title_fullStr Keeping food on the table: Urban food environments in Nairobi under COVID-19
title_full_unstemmed Keeping food on the table: Urban food environments in Nairobi under COVID-19
title_short Keeping food on the table: Urban food environments in Nairobi under COVID-19
title_sort keeping food on the table urban food environments in nairobi under covid 19
topic covid-19
food systems
food safety
food prices
state intervention
sistemas alimentarios
inocuidad alimentaria
intervención estatal
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/114705
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