quantify the overall and differential impacts of COVID-19 on household food security, labor market participation and local food … exposed to higher COVID-19 cases or mobility lockdowns experience a significant increase in measures of food insecurity … and increases food prices. We find that impacts differ by economic activities and households. For instance, lockdown …

This paper evaluates the household food security situation in Kenya in terms of access to food. We apply a quadratic … between 34% and 131% across food groups. This suggests that rising relative food costs have led to deterioration of the food … reside in rural areas. To improve food security, targeted income support could be a more effective policy than price support …

This study examined the interplay of COVID-19 and Idiosyncratic Food Dearth Risk Resilience in Nigeria; focusing on Oyo … were used to determine level of household resilience for food security in the study area. Likert scale was used to examine … the idiosyncratic coping strategies adopted by the respondents against food dearth related risks during the COVID-19 …

resources per capita by testing for potential thresholds in water resources. Data are from the Food and Agriculture Organization … solidarity of grain exporters with water-scarce countries is required to guarantee their food security, while water …-scarce countries need to overcome their skepticism of foreign dominance through food imports. …

This paper explores the impact of the South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) agreement on food security by using a gravity … affect the four dimensions of food security, availability, access, stability and utility. While coordination between SAFTA … members has provided some positive food security attainment, institutional uncertainty and conflicts have prevented the full …

framework thereby ensuring food security in Nigeria. It employs the ARDL (Autoregressive Distributed Lag) with data from the … Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) statistical bulletin, Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), World Development Indicators (WDI …), and World Governance Indicators (WDI). Food security is used as the dependent variable proxied by the number of the people …

Understanding specialization patterns of countries in food production can provide relevant insights for the evaluation … and design of policies seeking to achieve food security and sustainability, which are key to reach several Sustainable … of food products and food producing countries. We use methods from complex systems analysis to rank countries according …

expenditures on food remained at pre-outbreak levels after preventive measures were implemented. We do not find evidence that … together and despite their affected livelihoods, households managed to keep food consumption at par, but this came at the cost …

Aim: Food security is a multi-dimensional issue and is concerned with aspects such as availability, access and … utilisation. It would require major interventions that will transform the current patterns and practices of food production …, distribution and consumption. Food security can be attained by increasing the level of agricultural productivity and efficiency and …

This study complements the extant literature by assessing the role of governance dynamics in food security in Ghana for … dynamics. The study finds that the engaged governance dynamics improve food security in Ghana. Policy implications are …