scholarly journals Frontline Extension Professionals & COVID-19: Supporting Household Food Security & Building Resilience

2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-23
Author(s):  
Mary Rodriguez
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
Household Food Security ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Community Capitals ◽  
Community Capitals Framework ◽  
Household Food ◽  
The World ◽  
The Face

The world was not prepared for the COVID-19 pandemic. It has tremendously impacted health and food systems around the world and the depth and breadth of its long-term effects are yet to be seen. The rates of those that will be in poverty and food insecure are significantly higher than the predictions pre-COVID. People are coping in any way that they can, at times in ways that will have lasting impacts on their households and communities. A community’s ability to absorb, adapt, and transform in the face of crisis can significantly impact how it is able to survive and thrive during those challenging times. A frontline extension professional can equitably build assets and thus capitals, ultimately increasing household and community resilience. Keywords: COVID-19; food security; resilience; coping; Community Capitals Framework

Comparative assessment of maize, finger millet and sorghum for household food security in the face of increasing climatic risk

2014 ◽  
Vol 55 ◽  
pp. 29-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Rurinda ◽  
P. Mapfumo ◽  
M.T. van Wijk ◽  
F. Mtambanengwe ◽  
M.C. Rufino ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Finger Millet ◽  
Comparative Assessment ◽  
Household Food Security ◽  
Climatic Risk ◽  
Household Food ◽  
The Face

scholarly journals Do floods affect food security? A before-and-after comparative study of flood-affected households’ food security status in South-Eastern Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 47 (47) ◽  
pp. 115-131
Author(s):  
Thecla Iheoma Akukwe ◽  
Alice Atieno Oluoko-Odingo ◽  
George Okoye Krhoda
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Household Food Security ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
Household Food ◽  
Food Security Status ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Food Insecure Households

AbstractA comparative study of pre- and post-flood households’ food security statuses in South-Eastern Nigeria was performed to answer the question “Do floods affect food security?” Data were generated via a survey of 400 households in eight communities using stratified and random sampling methods. Households’ food security statuses were assessed using the Household Food Security Survey Module (HFSSM) and computed using a Rasch analysis, where households were divided into four categories, namely: food secure, food insecure without hunger, moderately food insecure with hunger and severely food insecure with hunger. The results show that flooding affects food security negatively by increasing the number of food insecure households to 92.8%, and the regression coefficient of −0.798 indicates a very strong negative effect of flooding on household food security. An odds ratio of 2.221 implies that households that have experienced flooding are 2.221 times more probable to be food insecure than households that have not. The implication of the findings is that flooding is capable of turning communities into food insecurity hotspots that would need long-term assistance to cope, and flooding is capable of hampering the achievement of Goal 2 of the SDGs.

scholarly journals Household food security in the face of climate change in the Hindu-Kush Himalayan region

Food Security ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 921-937 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abid Hussain ◽  
Golam Rasul ◽  
Bidhubhusan Mahapatra ◽  
Sabarnee Tuladhar
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Food Security ◽  
Himalayan Region ◽  
Household Food Security ◽  
Household Food ◽  
Hindu Kush ◽  
The Face

SNAP-Ed Improves Long-Term Household Food Security Despite Participation in SNAP or WIC at Recruitment

2016 ◽  
Vol 48 (7) ◽  
pp. S100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca Rivera ◽  
H.A. Eicher-Miller ◽  
M.K. Maulding ◽  
A.R. Abbott ◽  
Q. Wang
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Household Food Security ◽  
Household Food

scholarly journals The Compounded Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic and Desert Locust Outbreak on Food Security and Food Supply Chain

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 1063
Author(s):  
Zhitao Xu ◽  
Adel Elomri ◽  
Abdelfatteh El Omri ◽  
Laoucine Kerbache ◽  
Hui Liu
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Food Security ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
Food Sector ◽  
Food Supply Chain ◽  
The Face ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
Global Food

The COVID-19 pandemic and locust swarm outbreaks pose a significant threat to global food systems, causing severe disruptions in both local and international food supplies from farm to fork. The main objective of this study is to understand and identify the disruptions during the crises and create a map of how resilience can be established to recover and sustain the food supply chain (FSC) functions as well as food security. The detrimental impacts of the compound crises on the FSC are explored and the effects of the affected areas are estimated under optimistic and pessimistic scenarios. As a response to the disruption caused by the crisis in FSCs, reactive and proactive solutions are proposed to develop resilience at the food sector level. In the short term, the reactive solutions, consisting of smoothing the food demand, supply and delivery, and food production and processing, can be borrowed. In the long term, the proactive solutions can be conducted by developing multi-level short intertwined FSCs. Our comprehensive investigation of the resilience elements in diverse operations and potential strategies should contribute to the improvement of FSC resilience in the face of ongoing and growing threats.

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