COVID-19 study in rural areas of Guatemala: Long-term impacts on food security and nutrition in the Western Highlands
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Guatemalan farmers have endured multiple challenges brough about by national and local restrictions to movement as well as disruptions in agricultural value chains. Similarly, farmers have been exposed to several external shocks such as ETA and IOTA trop...
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2022
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| author | Hernandez, Manuel A. Ceballos, Francisco Paz, Cynthia Berrospi, Maria Lucia |
| author_browse | Berrospi, Maria Lucia Ceballos, Francisco Hernandez, Manuel A. Paz, Cynthia |
| author_facet | Hernandez, Manuel A. Ceballos, Francisco Paz, Cynthia Berrospi, Maria Lucia |
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| description | Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Guatemalan farmers have endured multiple challenges brough about by national and local restrictions to movement as well as disruptions in agricultural value chains. Similarly, farmers have been exposed to several external shocks such as ETA and IOTA tropical storms that hit the country in late 2020 and the recent conflict in East Europe and price crisis. This study examines the long-term effects of the COVID-19 environment on the food security and nutrition of rural households in the Western Highlands of Guatemala. The analysis is based on information from a panel of 1,262 smallholder households in the departments of Huehuetenango, Quiche, and San Marcos, collected during four survey rounds during November-December 2019 (face-to-face), May-June 2020 (by phone), May-June 2021 (by phone), and May-June 2022 (by phone). The study places special emphasis on evaluating changes in agricultural and non-agricultural income sources —including remittances—, and changes in dietary diversity —including consumption of animal-sourced foods (ASF) and fruits and vegetables (F&V)— at the household level, as well as among women between 15 and 49 years and children between 6 and 23 months. The results show some improvements in 2022 in income, food security and household dietary patterns in relation to previous years, but the levels are still lower than those reported before the pandemic (in 2019). The study also explores the effect of recent changes in the availability and prices of agricultural inputs faced by the smallholders as a result of the war between Ukraine and Russia, among other factors. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1412302025-11-06T04:47:24Z COVID-19 study in rural areas of Guatemala: Long-term impacts on food security and nutrition in the Western Highlands Estudio sobre el COVID-19 en el área rural de Guatemala: Efectos de largo plazo sobre la seguridad alimentaria y nutricional de los hogares en el Altiplano Occidental Hernandez, Manuel A. Ceballos, Francisco Paz, Cynthia Berrospi, Maria Lucia income hurricane surges animal source foods farmers income transfers vegetables farm inputs smallholders fruits children surveying survey methods diet remuneration agricultural value chains shock covid-19 war households tropical oceanography nutrition protein content hurricanes farms food security oceanography armed conflicts dietary diversity women Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Guatemalan farmers have endured multiple challenges brough about by national and local restrictions to movement as well as disruptions in agricultural value chains. Similarly, farmers have been exposed to several external shocks such as ETA and IOTA tropical storms that hit the country in late 2020 and the recent conflict in East Europe and price crisis. This study examines the long-term effects of the COVID-19 environment on the food security and nutrition of rural households in the Western Highlands of Guatemala. The analysis is based on information from a panel of 1,262 smallholder households in the departments of Huehuetenango, Quiche, and San Marcos, collected during four survey rounds during November-December 2019 (face-to-face), May-June 2020 (by phone), May-June 2021 (by phone), and May-June 2022 (by phone). The study places special emphasis on evaluating changes in agricultural and non-agricultural income sources —including remittances—, and changes in dietary diversity —including consumption of animal-sourced foods (ASF) and fruits and vegetables (F&V)— at the household level, as well as among women between 15 and 49 years and children between 6 and 23 months. The results show some improvements in 2022 in income, food security and household dietary patterns in relation to previous years, but the levels are still lower than those reported before the pandemic (in 2019). The study also explores the effect of recent changes in the availability and prices of agricultural inputs faced by the smallholders as a result of the war between Ukraine and Russia, among other factors. 2022-12-20 2024-04-12T13:37:30Z 2024-04-12T13:37:30Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141230 en es Open Access application/pdf application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Hernandez, Manuel A.; Ceballos, Francisco; Paz, Cynthia; and Berrospi, Maria Lucia. 2022. COVID-19 study in rural areas of Guatemala: Long-term impacts on food security and nutrition in the Western Highlands. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.136484. |
| spellingShingle | income hurricane surges animal source foods farmers income transfers vegetables farm inputs smallholders fruits children surveying survey methods diet remuneration agricultural value chains shock covid-19 war households tropical oceanography nutrition protein content hurricanes farms food security oceanography armed conflicts dietary diversity women Hernandez, Manuel A. Ceballos, Francisco Paz, Cynthia Berrospi, Maria Lucia COVID-19 study in rural areas of Guatemala: Long-term impacts on food security and nutrition in the Western Highlands |
| title | COVID-19 study in rural areas of Guatemala: Long-term impacts on food security and nutrition in the Western Highlands |
| title_full | COVID-19 study in rural areas of Guatemala: Long-term impacts on food security and nutrition in the Western Highlands |
| title_fullStr | COVID-19 study in rural areas of Guatemala: Long-term impacts on food security and nutrition in the Western Highlands |
| title_full_unstemmed | COVID-19 study in rural areas of Guatemala: Long-term impacts on food security and nutrition in the Western Highlands |
| title_short | COVID-19 study in rural areas of Guatemala: Long-term impacts on food security and nutrition in the Western Highlands |
| title_sort | covid 19 study in rural areas of guatemala long term impacts on food security and nutrition in the western highlands |
| topic | income hurricane surges animal source foods farmers income transfers vegetables farm inputs smallholders fruits children surveying survey methods diet remuneration agricultural value chains shock covid-19 war households tropical oceanography nutrition protein content hurricanes farms food security oceanography armed conflicts dietary diversity women |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141230 |
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