COVID-19 highlights need to boost resilience of Africa’s rural poor
The current COVID-19 pandemic and efforts to contain it are significantly impacting countries around the world, regardless of their level of income or economic development. Apart from the novel coronavirus’ tragic toll in terms of human health and lives lost, government-imposed rules and restriction...
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| description | The current COVID-19 pandemic and efforts to contain it are significantly impacting countries around the world, regardless of their level of income or economic development. Apart from the novel coronavirus’ tragic toll in terms of human health and lives lost, government-imposed rules and restrictions on movement and assembly have upended work and livelihood activities for billions of people, causing serious strain on budgets and household resources, seriously impacting people’s ability to care for and nourish themselves and their families. These negative effects can be immediate and often catastrophic for people who have few resources to fall back on in hard times — such as Africa’s estimated 33 million smallholder farming families. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1432012024-10-25T08:04:16Z COVID-19 highlights need to boost resilience of Africa’s rural poor Baral, Arun Das, Aparna Rustrick, Bill health covid-19 farmers maize capacity development smallholders drought resistance nutrition trace elements rural areas resilience The current COVID-19 pandemic and efforts to contain it are significantly impacting countries around the world, regardless of their level of income or economic development. Apart from the novel coronavirus’ tragic toll in terms of human health and lives lost, government-imposed rules and restrictions on movement and assembly have upended work and livelihood activities for billions of people, causing serious strain on budgets and household resources, seriously impacting people’s ability to care for and nourish themselves and their families. These negative effects can be immediate and often catastrophic for people who have few resources to fall back on in hard times — such as Africa’s estimated 33 million smallholder farming families. 2020-05-04 2024-05-22T12:12:30Z 2024-05-22T12:12:30Z Opinion Piece https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143201 en Open Access Baral, Arun; Das, Aparna; and Rustrick, Bill. 2020. COVID-19 highlights need to boost resilience of Africa’s rural poor. Devex. First published online on May 4, 2020. https://www.devex.com/news/opinion-covid-19-highlights-need-to-boost-resilience-of-africa-s-rural-poor-97122 |
| spellingShingle | health covid-19 farmers maize capacity development smallholders drought resistance nutrition trace elements rural areas resilience Baral, Arun Das, Aparna Rustrick, Bill COVID-19 highlights need to boost resilience of Africa’s rural poor |
| title | COVID-19 highlights need to boost resilience of Africa’s rural poor |
| title_full | COVID-19 highlights need to boost resilience of Africa’s rural poor |
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| title_short | COVID-19 highlights need to boost resilience of Africa’s rural poor |
| title_sort | covid 19 highlights need to boost resilience of africa s rural poor |
| topic | health covid-19 farmers maize capacity development smallholders drought resistance nutrition trace elements rural areas resilience |
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