scholarly journals Impact of COVID-19 on Food Systems and Rural Livelihoods in Ghana - Round 1 Report

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louis Hodey ◽  
Fred Dzanku
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Oil Palm ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
Rural Livelihoods ◽  
Household Survey ◽  
Western Region ◽  
Key Informant ◽  
The Western Region ◽  
June July

Given the ravaging effects of the COVID-19 pandemic worldwide, this study seeks to estimate its likely impact on food systems and livelihoods in south-western Ghana. Our sample consisted of 110 female and male respondents drawn randomly from an APRA household survey of oil palm producers in the Mpohor and Ahanta West Districts in the Western region, as well as a set of five key informant interviews. Data collection for this study will be carried out over three rounds. This report presents insights obtained from the first round conducted during June/July 2020.

scholarly journals Impact of COVID-19 on Food Systems and Rural Livelihoods in Ghana - Round 2 Report

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louis Hodey ◽  
Fred Dzanku
Keyword(s):  
Oil Palm ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
Rural Livelihoods ◽  
Western Region ◽  
Household Level ◽  
Key Informant ◽  
The Western Region

This study seeks to assess the continuing impact of COVID-19 on food systems and livelihoods in south-western Ghana and provides insights obtained from household-level and key informant data in the second of three surveys conducted during October/November 2020. This second round (R2) survey involved 107 households of oil palm farmers (86 male-headed and 21 female-headed) and 5 key local informants in the Mpohor and Ahanta West Districts of the Western Region.

scholarly journals Impact of COVID-19 on Food Systems and Rural Livelihoods in Malawi – Round 1 Report

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mirriam Matita ◽  
Masautso Chimombo
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Random Sample ◽  
Central Region ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
Rural Livelihoods ◽  
Household Survey ◽  
Key Informant ◽  
Household Heads ◽  
June July

Given the ravaging effects of the COVID-19 pandemic worldwide, this study seeks to estimate its likely impact on food systems and livelihoods in Malawi. This briefing note is based on our stratified random sample of 114 household heads (32 female and 82 male) drawn from an APRA household survey of groundnut producers in Mchinji and Ntchisi districts, Central Region, as well as seven key informant interviews from those areas. The APRA COVID-19 data collection will be carried out over three rounds. This report presents insights obtained from the first round of research conducted during June/July 2020.

scholarly journals Impact of COVID-19 on Food Systems and Rural Livelihoods in Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adebayo B. Aromolaran ◽  
Milu Muyanga
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
Rural Livelihoods ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Early Assessment ◽  
Nutrition Security ◽  
Rural Nigeria ◽  
Food And Nutrition ◽  
Key Informant

This report presents an early assessment of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on agricultural commercialisation, food and nutrition security, labour and employment, and poverty and well-being in rural Nigeria. Data was collected from a stratified random sample of 110 respondent households drawn from five Local Government Areas (LGAs) in Ogun (Ijebu East, Obafemi Owode, and Imeko Afon) and Kaduna (Chikun and Soba) States. At the time of the survey, these LGAs had reported a small number of COVID-19 cases. The survey data is complemented by insights from five in-depth key informant interviews conducted in the LGAs. The APRA COVID-19 data collection will be carried out over three rounds. This report presents insights obtained from the first round implemented during mid-July 2020.

scholarly journals Impact of COVID-19 on Food Systems and Rural Livelihoods in Malawi – Round 2 Report

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mirriam Matita ◽  
Masautso Chimombo
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Random Sample ◽  
Central Region ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
Rural Livelihoods ◽  
Household Survey ◽  
Key Informants

COVID-19 continues to impact households and economies worldwide. For this reason, in June 2020 APRA started assessing its likely effects on food systems and livelihoods in Malawi. This report presents insights from the second round (R2) of data collection in October 2020. Data was collected from a stratified random sample of 111 households (59 female and 52 male respondents) drawn from an APRA household survey of groundnut producers in Mchinji and Ntchisi districts, Central Region, as well as from eight key informants. One additional round of research is planned for the first half of 2021.

scholarly journals Occurrence of juvenile Dermacentor reticulatus ticks in three regions in Poland: the final evidence of the conquest

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dorota Dwużnik-Szarek ◽  
Ewa Julia Mierzejewska ◽  
Anna Bajer
Keyword(s):  
Ixodes Ricinus ◽  
Tick Species ◽  
Dermacentor Reticulatus ◽  
Tick Population ◽  
Western Region ◽  
Eastern Region ◽  
Haemaphysalis Concinna ◽  
Fallow Lands ◽  
The Western Region ◽  
June July

Abstract Background Two populations of Dermacentor reticulatus ticks (Western and Eastern) in Poland are among the most dynamic tick populations in Central Europe. Expansion and settlement of ticks in new localizations depend on the presence of suitable hosts, for both adult and juvenile ticks. Methods The current study was planned to complement our previous studies on questing adult ticks and was focused on a collection of juvenile D. reticulatus ticks from rodents from three regions in Poland, defined by the presence/absence of adult ticks (regions of the Western and Eastern tick population and the gap area between them) to confirm the existence of stable populations. Rodent trapping was conducted in open habitats (fallow lands, wasteland and submerged meadows) in 2016–2018 in June, July and/or August to encompass seasonal peaks of larvae and nymph activity. Results Altogether, three tick species were collected, 2866 D. reticulatus, 2141 Ixodes ricinus and 427 Haemaphysalis concinna. Dermacentor reticulatus was the most common (72.3%) and abundant (mean 17.94 ± 2.62 ticks/rodent) tick species on rodents from the Eastern region; in the Western region infestation of rodents was only 6.8%. Ixodes ricinus was found in all three regions and was the only tick species collected from rodents from the gap area. Haemaphysalis concinna was noted only in the Western region. The highest infestation of juvenile D. reticulatus was recorded on voles (Myodes and Microtus spp.), infestation of I. ricinus was the highest on Apodemus mice, and the majority of H. concinna ticks were collected from root voles Alexandromys oeconomus. Conclusions Our study confirmed a stable population of D. reticulatus in Eastern and Central Poland and a lower prevalence and mean abundance of this tick species among rodents from the Western region. A lack of juvenile D. reticulatus on rodents in Niewiadów confirmed the existence of the gap area, free of D. reticulatus ticks. Graphical abstract

scholarly journals Impact of COVID-19 on Food Systems and Rural Livelihoods in Fogera Plain, Ethiopia – Round 1 Report

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dawit Alemu ◽  
Abebaw Assaye
Keyword(s):  
Food Systems ◽  
Rural Livelihoods ◽  
Household Survey ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Early Assessment ◽  
Plain Area ◽  
Rural Ethiopia ◽  
Rice Farmers ◽  
Nutrition Security ◽  
Food And Nutrition

This report presents an early assessment of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on agricultural commercialisation, food and nutrition security, labour and employment, and poverty and well-being in rural Ethiopia. Data was collected from a stratified random sample of 107 households (23 female- and 84 male-headed). Respondents were drawn from a subset of households interviewed in a 2018 APRA survey of smallholder rice farmers in five kebeles (villages) in the Fogera Plain area of Amhara Region. The COVID-19 household survey data is complemented by data from 23 key informant interviews conducted in the kebeles. The data collection for this COVID-19 study will be carried out over three rounds. This report presents insights obtained from the first round conducted during late June/early July 2020.

scholarly journals Financing Small Scale Oil Palm Producers in the Western Region of Ghana-Ahanta West District

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 272
Author(s):  
Martha Coleman ◽  
Daniel Odei Okyere
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Oil Palm ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Western Region ◽  
Medium Scale ◽  
Personal Savings ◽  
The Western Region

<p class="ber"><span lang="EN-GB">Business finance has been a major problem facing most businesses, both the small and large companies as well as the medium ones. Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) are no exceptions of the problems faced by businesses. These enterprises are mostly managed by low income earners. Some of these enterprises cannot grow into large companies because of lack of funds. The objectives of the study are to identify the various forms of funds available to SMEs in the oil palm producing sector of the Ahanta West District of the Western Region of Ghana, find out the funds that have been actually accessed by oil palm producers in the Ahanta West District, and identify some other means of financing the oil palm production. The study revealed that majority of oil palm producers in the Ahanta West District finance their operation with personal savings and have not accessed any loan from the banks.<strong></strong></span></p>

scholarly journals Rapid Assessment of the Impact of Covid-19 on Food Systems and Rural Livelihoods in Sub-Saharan Africa – Synthesis Report 2

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Carreras ◽  
Amrita Saha ◽  
John Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Food Systems ◽  
Rapid Assessment ◽  
Policy Research ◽  
Rural Livelihoods ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Data Collection And Analysis ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Synthesis Report ◽  
June July ◽  
The Impact

This report presents a summary of findings emerging from the second round of a three-wave rapid assessment led by the Agricultural Policy Research in Africa (APRA) Programme of the Future Agricultures Consortium (FAC) in October-November 2020 to examine how COVID-19 is affecting food systems and rural livelihoods in eight countries – Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. It builds on a set of phone-based household surveys and key informant interviews conducted in those countries in June-July 2020, which served as the baseline for this research.1 APRA will continue to monitor the situation as the response to the pandemic unfolds through the third round of data collection and analysis planned for the first quarter of 2021.

scholarly journals A Multi-Phase Assessment of the Effects of COVID-19 on Food Systems and Rural Livelihoods in Ghana

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louis Hodey ◽  
Fred Dzanku
Keyword(s):  
Food Systems ◽  
Policy Research ◽  
Rural Livelihoods ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Commercial Activities ◽  
Potential Impact ◽  
Socio Economic Impact ◽  
June July ◽  
Multi Phase ◽  
The Impact

The COVID-19 crisis has disrupted food systems in Ghana since its emergence in the country in March 2020. According to the United Nations World Food Programme, the socio-economic impact of the pandemic caused by the imposition of restrictions on social and commercial activities appears to be more devastating than the actual virus in many countries. This study is part of the Agricultural Policy Research in Africa programme’s assessment of the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on food systems and livelihoods in Ghana and seven other African countries – Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Conducted between June–July 2020 and February–March 2021, the study seeks to estimate the potential impact of COVID-19 on food systems and livelihoods in south-western Ghana.

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