COVID-19 in rural Africa: Food access disruptions, food insecurity and coping strategies in Kenya, Namibia, and Tanzania

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.donorUniversity of Bonnen
cg.contributor.donorDeutsche Forschungsgemeinschaften
cg.contributor.donorProjekt DEALen
cg.coverage.countryKenyaen
cg.coverage.countryNamibiaen
cg.coverage.countryTanzaniaen
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2KEen
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2NAen
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2TZen
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Africaen
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africaen
cg.coverage.regionSub-Saharan Africaen
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen
cg.creator.identifierMartin Paul Jr Tabe-Ojong: 0000-0002-6546-9921en
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1111/agec.12709en
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Developing Local Extension Capacity (DLEC)en
cg.identifier.publicationRankAen
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn0169-5150en
cg.issue5en
cg.journalAgricultural Economicsen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.volume53en
dc.contributor.authorTabe-Ojong, Martin Paul Jr.en
dc.contributor.authorGebrekidan, Bisrat Haileen
dc.contributor.authorNshakira-Rukundo, Emmanuelen
dc.contributor.authorBörner, Janen
dc.contributor.authorHeckelei, Thomasen
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-12T13:37:21Zen
dc.date.available2024-04-12T13:37:21Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/141135
dc.titleCOVID-19 in rural Africa: Food access disruptions, food insecurity and coping strategies in Kenya, Namibia, and Tanzaniaen
dcterms.abstractThis study assesses the extent of COVID-19-related food insecurity in Kenya, Tanzania, and Namibia. Using the Household Food Insecurity Access Scale, we measure food insecurity in various dimensions and document several food access disruptions associated with the COVID-19 pandemic between April and July 2020. Furthermore, we assess the association of COVID-19 countermeasures with the adoption of various strategies in line with the coping strategies index. We rely on a unique phone survey that followed households who participated in an earlier field-based survey. First, through Ordinary Least-Squares and Probit regressions, we show a strong and statistically significant association between COVID-19 countermeasures and food access disruptions and food insecurity in each of the three countries. We then use a multivariate probit regression model to understand the use of the various coping strategies, including reducing food intake, increasing food search, and relying more on less nutritious foods. We provide evidence on the complementarities and trade-offs in using these coping strategies. COVID-19 and related lockdown measures coincided with a deleterious increase in food insecurity in rural Africa.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen
dcterms.bibliographicCitationTabe-Ojong, Martin Paul Jr.; Gebrekidan, Bisrat Haile; Nshakira-Rukundo, Emmanuel; Börner, Jan; and Heckelei, Thomas. COVID-19 in rural Africa: Food access disruptions, food insecurity and coping strategies in Kenya, Namibia, and Tanzania. Agricultural Economics 53(5): 719-738. https://doi.org/10.1111/agec.12709en
dcterms.extentpp. 719-738en
dcterms.issued2022-09-21en
dcterms.languageenen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0en
dcterms.publisherInternational Association of Agricultural Economistsen
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll5/id/8207en
dcterms.subjectcovid-19en
dcterms.subjecthouseholdsen
dcterms.subjectfood accessen
dcterms.subjectfood securityen
dcterms.subjectrural areasen
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen

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