COVID-19 lockdowns threaten Africa’s vital informal urban food trade
As COVID-19 begins its spread across Africa, concerns are growing about how the pandemic will affect the region’s already fragile food systems, especially in densely packed cities. Much of the region’s urban population works in the informal sector — many in wet markets and as street vendors — and de...
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| description | As COVID-19 begins its spread across Africa, concerns are growing about how the pandemic will affect the region’s already fragile food systems, especially in densely packed cities. Much of the region’s urban population works in the informal sector — many in wet markets and as street vendors — and depends on it for food, so lockdowns and other social distancing measures could pose major problems both for consumers and workers. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1431462025-11-06T03:57:10Z COVID-19 lockdowns threaten Africa’s vital informal urban food trade Resnick, Danielle income covid-19 urban areas social protection trade disease prevention hygiene food security poverty social safety nets As COVID-19 begins its spread across Africa, concerns are growing about how the pandemic will affect the region’s already fragile food systems, especially in densely packed cities. Much of the region’s urban population works in the informal sector — many in wet markets and as street vendors — and depends on it for food, so lockdowns and other social distancing measures could pose major problems both for consumers and workers. 2020-05-01 2024-05-22T12:12:12Z 2024-05-22T12:12:12Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143146 en https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133762 https://www.ifpri.org/blog/covid-19-lockdowns-threaten-africas-vital-informal-urban-food-trade Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Resnick, Danielle. 2020. COVID-19 lockdowns threaten Africa’s vital informal urban food trade. In COVID-19 and global food security, eds. Johan Swinnen and John McDermott. Part Four: Food trade, Chapter 16, Pp. 73-74. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133762_16. |
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| title | COVID-19 lockdowns threaten Africa’s vital informal urban food trade |
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| title_short | COVID-19 lockdowns threaten Africa’s vital informal urban food trade |
| title_sort | covid 19 lockdowns threaten africa s vital informal urban food trade |
| topic | income covid-19 urban areas social protection trade disease prevention hygiene food security poverty social safety nets |
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