scholarly journals A Multi-Phase Assessment of the Effects of COVID-19 on Food Systems and Rural Livelihoods in Ethiopia: The Case of Fogera Plain

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dawit Alemu ◽  
Abebaw Assaye
Keyword(s):  
Food Systems ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Rural Livelihoods ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Prevention Measures ◽  
Trade Restrictions ◽  
Rural Ethiopia ◽  
Nutrition Security ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Multi Phase

The COVID-19 pandemic has not only led to the loss of human life and resulted in an unprecedented challenge to public health, but has also seriously affected food systems and work opportunities. As a global pandemic, COVID-19 has impacted food systems and livelihoods as a result of both economic and health challenges that emanate from domestic public policy measures, and also actions taken by other countries, mainly in the form of trade restrictions. Following the confirmation of the first COVID-19 case in Ethiopia on 13 March 2020, and concerns about the sharp increase in cases, the federal government declared a state of emergency on 8 April 2020 which lasted for five months. This paper presents the assessment of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and its prevention measures on agricultural commercialisation, food and nutrition security, labour and employment, as well as poverty and well-being in rural Ethiopia.

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 Impact of COVID-19 on Food Systems and Rural Livelihoods in Fogera Plain, Ethiopia - Round 2 Report 

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

This report presents an assessment of the changes in effects of COVID-19 on agricultural commercialisation, food and nutrition security, labour and employment, and poverty and well-being in rural Ethiopia by comparing the results of a baseline household survey (R1) in late June 2020 with a follow-up survey (R2) in late October 2020. Data was collected from a stratified random sample of 106 smallholder rice farmer households (24 female and 82 male-headed) in five kebeles (villages) in the Fogera Plain area of Amhara Region. Data was also collected through 25 key informant interviews conducted in the kebeles.

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

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adebayo B. Aromolaran ◽  
Milu Muyanga ◽  
Fadlullah O. Issa ◽  
Oladele Oladeji
Keyword(s):  
Food Systems ◽  
Rapid Assessment ◽  
Rural Livelihoods ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Nutrition Security ◽  
First Case ◽  
Food And Nutrition ◽  
Multi Phase ◽  
Death Cases

The first case of COVID-19 in Nigeria was reported on 27 February 2020. By 30 March 2020, Nigeria had recorded 131 confirmed cases and two deaths. To mitigate the impending health crisis, the Nigerian Government quickly commenced a series of COVID-19 lockdowns across states in Nigeria on 30 March 2020. These lockdowns lasted for three months before a gradual relaxation began on 1 July 2021. However, infection and death cases in the country increased substantially during the months of substantial relaxation of restrictions between October 2020 and March 2021. This paper presents the results of the rapid assessment study in Nigeria between July 2020 and February 2021, which sought to document and understand the differential impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on agricultural commercialisation, food and nutrition security, employment, poverty, and well-being in rural households.

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 Nigeria – Round 2 Report

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adebayo Aromolaran ◽  
Milu Muyanga
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
Rural Livelihoods ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Nutrition Security ◽  
The Third ◽  
Ogun State ◽  
Rural Nigeria ◽  
Food And Nutrition ◽  
Key Informant

This study provides insights from a second survey assessing COVID-19 impacts on agricultural commercialisation, food and nutrition security, labour and employment, and well-being in rural Nigeria. Data for round 2 (R2) were collected between September and October 2020, from 109 households that were interviewed in mid-July (R1). Households were drawn from a stratified random sample from three Local Government Areas in Ogun State and two in Kaduna State. This survey data is complemented by insights from seven in-depth key informant interviews. This analysis compares COVID-19 effects in the second quarter and the third quarter of 2020, which corresponds to the first and second 3-month periods after Nigeria’s countrywide lockdown was put in place.

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

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vine Mutyasira
Keyword(s):  
Food Systems ◽  
Smallholder Farmers ◽  
Rapid Assessment ◽  
Policy Research ◽  
Rural Livelihoods ◽  
Mitigation Strategies ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Response Measures ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Multi Phase

The COVID-19 pandemic has continued to affect agri-food systems around the world and lay bare its fragility, worsening the welfare of millions of smallholder farmers whose livelihoods are anchored on agricultural activities. For the vast majority of sub-Saharan Africa, COVID-19 has coincided with a number of other macroeconomic shocks, which have also exacerbated the impacts of the pandemic on food security, nutrition and general livelihoods, as well curtailed policy responses and mitigation strategies. In Zimbabwe, the COVID-19 pandemic struck at a time the country was experiencing a worsening economic and humanitarian situation. This study focused more on community and household dynamics and response measures to cope with the pandemic. This paper presents a summary of findings emerging from a series of rapid assessment studies undertaken by the Agricultural Policy Research in Africa (APRA) Programme in Mvurwi and Concession areas of Mazowe District in Zimbabwe to examine how COVID-19 is affecting food systems and rural livelihoods in our research communities.

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

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gideon Boniface ◽  
Christopher Magomba
Keyword(s):  
Infection Rate ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
Prime Minister ◽  
Economic Impacts ◽  
Rural Livelihoods ◽  
Trade Barriers ◽  
First Case ◽  
The Government ◽  
Multi Phase ◽  
Second Wave

Since the outbreak of COVID-19 at the end of 2019, the pandemic has brought both social and economic impacts to global communities, although to varying degrees. Since the onset of the pandemic, different regions have responded in various ways by taking different measures to fight the pandemic and its effects. In Tanzania, the first case was recorded on 16 March 2020 and, to contain the spread of the virus, on 17 March 2020, the Prime Minister announced measures including the closure of all education institutions, the suspension of public gatherings and international passenger flights, and mandatory quarantine for individuals entering Tanzania. However, in June 2020, the government announced the easing of the restrictions after observing a significant decrease in the COVID-19 infection rate and, despite a subsequent ‘second wave’ of the virus, the government declined to re-institute movement restrictions. This decision led to the implementation of non-tariff trade barriers which were imposed on cargo carrying grain and other exports to neighbouring countries, especially Kenya. The situation became so bad that diplomatic intervention had to be sought. In order to understand the resulting socio-economic impacts of the COVID-19 crisis in Tanzania, data were collected in three waves during mid-July2020, October 2020 and February 2021. This paper presents a synthesis of the results of these three survey rounds.

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

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Olwande ◽  
Miltone Ayieko ◽  
John Mukundi ◽  
Nicholas Odhiambo
Keyword(s):  
Food Systems ◽  
Food System ◽  
Smallholder Farmers ◽  
Rapid Assessment ◽  
Rural Livelihoods ◽  
Economic Effects ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
First Case ◽  
Multi Phase ◽  
The Impact

Kenya confirmed its first case of COVID-19 on 12 March 2020. Like many governments across the world, the Kenyan government implemented various measures aimed at slowing down local spread of the virus and cushioning the population against the negative economic effects of the pandemic and the associated policy restrictions. International organisations and researchers postulated that the measures would negatively affect economic activities and livelihoods, with undesirable implications for poverty and food insecurity. Particularly vulnerable would be populations in developing countries such as Kenya, where many people depend on food systems for their livelihoods, and the majority of those are smallholder farmers who often have low economic power. The objective of this rapid assessment was to investigate the impact of COVID-19 on the food system and the sub-set of the population largely dependent on agriculture in Kenya to inform actions that can assure protection of rural livelihoods and continued access to adequate and affordable food of acceptable quality to the population. This report presents results of that rapid assessment.

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.

Impact of COVID-19 pandemic and the diagnosis of the virus in the human body

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bingi Manorama Devi ◽  
Sandeep Vemuri ◽  
A. Chandrashekhar ◽  
Sushama C. ◽  
Praful Vijay Nandankar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Human Body ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Prevention Measures ◽  
Health Food ◽  
Serological Tests ◽  
Public Places ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The People

Purpose The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a huge loss of human life worldwide and presents an unprecedented challenge to public health, food systems and the world of work. Tens of millions of people are at risk of falling into extreme poverty due to loss of their carriers. Mainly, the people who work in public places are impacted due to this decease. The frontline warriors such as doctors, health workers, sweepers and policemen showed their effort to reduce the spreading of the virus. In this paper gives the detailed view of how the corona virus evaluated and how it spread from one person to another person and how we prevent this virus. The purpose of the paper, detailed about the diagnosis of the virus in the human body. There are some tests associated to know the presence of virus in our body; these are nose test, chest scan and CT scan of lungs. Design/methodology/approach Molecular analysis methods such as antibody or enzyme tests are used to assess whether the infection is present. The most common lancing techniques include using a cotton swab is in the back of the neck. Then hands over the sample to the doctor for examination. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is performed on the sample. This test screens for viral DNA. A CO19 PCR test can detect unique SARS-2 gene products. If one of these genes is ignored, it will return as an invalid result This test is useful only for patients who are already suffering from COVID-19. You cannot know if anyone has the infection, and they cannot say for sure whether they ever did. Serological tests are particularly useful for detecting cases of infection with mild or no symptom. Findings In this paper, the different tests provided to diagnosis the virus and the prevention measures to be taken to prevent the virus from spreading from one person to another are explained. Originality/value This work presents the original contribution and information of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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