Gendered impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the food systems in the Philippines

cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of the Philippinesen
cg.coverage.countryPhilippines
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2PH
cg.coverage.regionSouth-eastern Asia
cg.coverage.regionAsia
cg.howPublishedGrey Literatureen
cg.subject.impactAreaGender equality, youth and social inclusion
cg.subject.impactPlatformGender
cg.subject.sdgSDG 5 - Gender equalityen
dc.contributor.authorRomo, Glory Dee A.en
dc.contributor.authorSarmiento, Jon Marx P.en
dc.contributor.authorWahing, Geralizaen
dc.contributor.authorDurano, Francis Levien
dc.contributor.authorTraje, Adonisen
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-04T12:46:28Zen
dc.date.available2024-01-04T12:46:28Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/136943
dc.titleGendered impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the food systems in the Philippinesen
dcterms.abstractAll sectors have been introduced to vulnerabilities resulting in lower food availability and accessibility during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aimed to determine the vulnerability drivers of food systems in the Philippines during the COVID-19 crisis and how the actors were able to adapt to this crisis through a modified resilience causal pathway. Data were gathered from 353 participants (181 farmers, 29 traders/wholesalers/retailers, 61 processors, and 82 who are involved in logistics) nationwide. Of this total number of participants, 143 were male; 207 were female; and three were Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Intersex (LGBTI). The findings show that food systems were highly disrupted due to the COVID-19 crisis. Gendered vulnerabilities in the food system were reflected in the following issues: (i) supply and quality issues, caused by increase in prices of material inputs, increase in operational costs, limited transportation, and decrease in human resource availability causing businesses to suspend operations; (ii) income and profit issues such as loss of jobs, decrease in food demand, and additional expenses for COVID-19 safety and prevention; (iii) financial issues such as the use of family/business savings and increase in formal and informal debt; (iv) biological and environmental issues of health concerns, and fear of getting and being exposed to COVID-19 virus; (v) management issues like adjustments made to adapt to the new normal; and (vi) policy and regulatory issues such as difficulty in purchasing and distributing food products due to travel restrictions, working guidelines, and travel requirements. Consequently, various actions were taken by the stakeholders to adapt to these vulnerabilities.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.bibliographicCitationRomo, Glory Dee A.; Sarmiento, Jon Marx P.; Wahing, Geraliza; Durano, Francis Levi; Traje, Adonis. 2023. Gendered impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the food systems in the Philippines. Presentation. Presented at the CGIAR GENDER Conference 'From Research to Impact: Towards just and resilient agri-food systems', New Delhi, India, 9-12 October 2023. University of the Philippinesen
dcterms.issued2023-10-09
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseOther
dcterms.publisherUniversity of the Philippinesen
dcterms.subjectgenderen
dcterms.subjectagricultureen
dcterms.subjectresearchen
dcterms.subjectcovid-19en
dcterms.typePresentation

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