Food consumption and food security during the COVID-19 pandemic in Addis Ababa
International humanitarian organizations have expressed substantial concern about the potential for increases in food insecurity resulting from the COVID‐19 pandemic. We use a unique panel survey of a representative sample households in Addis Ababa to study both food security and food consumption du...
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| author | Hirvonen, Kalle de Brauw, Alan Abate, Gashaw T. |
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| description | International humanitarian organizations have expressed substantial concern about the potential for increases in food insecurity resulting from the COVID‐19 pandemic. We use a unique panel survey of a representative sample households in Addis Ababa to study both food security and food consumption during the pandemic. In contrast to some other countries in the region, Ethiopia never went into a full lockdown severely restricting movement. Despite subjective income measures suggesting a large proportion of households have been exposed to job loss or reduced incomes, we find that relative to a survey conducted in August and September of 2019, food consumption and household dietary diversity are largely unchanged or slightly increased by August 2020. We find some changes in the composition of food consumption, but they are not related to shocks found in previous phone surveys conducted with the same households. The results therefore suggest the types of subjective questions about income typically being asked in COVID‐19 phone surveys may not appropriately reflect the magnitude of such shocks. They also imply, at least indirectly, that in the aggregate food value chains have been resilient to the shock associated with the pandemic. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1423212025-02-24T06:48:19Z Food consumption and food security during the COVID-19 pandemic in Addis Ababa Hirvonen, Kalle de Brauw, Alan Abate, Gashaw T. nutrition security surveys covid-19 households nutrition food security food consumption pandemics resilience International humanitarian organizations have expressed substantial concern about the potential for increases in food insecurity resulting from the COVID‐19 pandemic. We use a unique panel survey of a representative sample households in Addis Ababa to study both food security and food consumption during the pandemic. In contrast to some other countries in the region, Ethiopia never went into a full lockdown severely restricting movement. Despite subjective income measures suggesting a large proportion of households have been exposed to job loss or reduced incomes, we find that relative to a survey conducted in August and September of 2019, food consumption and household dietary diversity are largely unchanged or slightly increased by August 2020. We find some changes in the composition of food consumption, but they are not related to shocks found in previous phone surveys conducted with the same households. The results therefore suggest the types of subjective questions about income typically being asked in COVID‐19 phone surveys may not appropriately reflect the magnitude of such shocks. They also imply, at least indirectly, that in the aggregate food value chains have been resilient to the shock associated with the pandemic. 2021-05-01 2024-05-22T12:10:19Z 2024-05-22T12:10:19Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142321 en https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133654 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134018 https://odi.org/en/publications/the-impact-of-covid-19-in-ethiopia-policy-brief/ Open Access Agricultural and Applied Economics Association Hirvonen, Kalle; de Brauw, Alan; and Abate, Gashaw Tadesse. 2021. Food consumption and food security during the COVID‐19 pandemic in Addis Ababa. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 103(3): 772-789. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajae.12206 |
| spellingShingle | nutrition security surveys covid-19 households nutrition food security food consumption pandemics resilience Hirvonen, Kalle de Brauw, Alan Abate, Gashaw T. Food consumption and food security during the COVID-19 pandemic in Addis Ababa |
| title | Food consumption and food security during the COVID-19 pandemic in Addis Ababa |
| title_full | Food consumption and food security during the COVID-19 pandemic in Addis Ababa |
| title_fullStr | Food consumption and food security during the COVID-19 pandemic in Addis Ababa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Food consumption and food security during the COVID-19 pandemic in Addis Ababa |
| title_short | Food consumption and food security during the COVID-19 pandemic in Addis Ababa |
| title_sort | food consumption and food security during the covid 19 pandemic in addis ababa |
| topic | nutrition security surveys covid-19 households nutrition food security food consumption pandemics resilience |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142321 |
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