Research brief: Analysis of policy responses to seed, fertilizer, food and fuel shocks in three African Regional Economic Communities

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen_US
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationAfrican Union Commissionen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Potato Centeren_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden_US
cg.contributor.initiativeNational Policies and Strategiesen_US
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen_US
cg.creator.identifierJoyce Maru: 0000-0003-2217-1065en_US
cg.creator.identifierSirak Bahta: 0000-0002-5728-2489en_US
cg.creator.identifierDolapo Enahoro: 0000-0002-4927-5617en_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2024.141.009en_US
cg.isijournalISI Journalen_US
cg.issn2152-0801en_US
cg.journalJournal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Developmenten_US
cg.subject.cipSEED SYSTEMSen_US
cg.subject.cipFOOD SECURITYen_US
cg.subject.cipFOOD SYSTEMSen_US
cg.subject.sdgSDG 2 - Zero hungeren_US
cg.subject.sdgSDG 12 - Responsible consumption and productionen_US
cg.subject.sdgSDG 17 - Partnerships for the goalsen_US
dc.contributor.authorLokosang, L.B.en_US
dc.contributor.authorKirui, L.K.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMaru, J.en_US
dc.contributor.authorKarugia, Joseph T.en_US
dc.contributor.authorBahta, Sirak T.en_US
dc.contributor.authorEnahoro, Dolapo K.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-21T20:59:55Zen_US
dc.date.available2024-11-21T20:59:55Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/162571en_US
dc.titleResearch brief: Analysis of policy responses to seed, fertilizer, food and fuel shocks in three African Regional Economic Communitiesen_US
dcterms.abstractThe COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war had severe implications for global food security and nutrition. It was feared that food systems would be impacted negatively, especially food, seed, fertilizer, and fuel quantities required for agricultural production. The study aimed to ascertain the extent to which calls to action by AU policy organs, as well as recommendations by experts, to mitigate possible effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, were implemented at the national level across three of the five regional economic communities and whether they yielded any tangible impacts. The study conducted a desk review of literature and key informant interviews in 18 African countries. We found a wide range of varia-tions in terms of country responses to the pan-demic. Countries in the East African Community focused more on expanding targeted social protec-tion programs, Economic Community of West African States countries focused more on support-ing smallholder farmers and digital agriculture, and the Southern African Development Community focused on budgetary stimulus packages. We found a lack of coherence in responding to the crisis within each region to improve the supply and dis-tribution of food, seed, fertilizer, and fuel; thus, necessitating an immediate and aggressive imple-mentation of strategies aligned with continental and regional policy resolutions and recommenda-tions.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.audienceAcademicsen_US
dcterms.audienceCGIARen_US
dcterms.audienceDevelopment Practitionersen_US
dcterms.audienceDonorsen_US
dcterms.audienceExtensionen_US
dcterms.audienceFarmersen_US
dcterms.audienceGeneral Publicen_US
dcterms.audienceNGOsen_US
dcterms.audiencePolicy Makersen_US
dcterms.audienceScientistsen_US
dcterms.available2024-11-20en_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationLokosang, L.B.; Kirui, L.K.; Maru, J.M.; Karugia, J., Bahta, S.; Enahoro, D. 2024. Research brief: Analysis of policy responses to seed, fertilizer, food and fuel shocks in three African Regional Economic Communities. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2024.141.009en_US
dcterms.issued2024-11-20en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0en_US
dcterms.subjectseeden_US
dcterms.subjectfertilizersen_US
dcterms.subjectfoodsen_US
dcterms.subjectfuelsen_US
dcterms.subjectcovid-19en_US
dcterms.subjectpandemicsen_US
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen_US

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