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Achiro E, Okidi L, Echodu R, Alarakol SP, Nassanga P, Ongeng D. Status of food safety knowledge, attitude, and practices of caregivers of children in northern Uganda. Food Sci Nutr 2023; 11:5472-5491. [PMID: 37701219 PMCID: PMC10494620 DOI: 10.1002/fsn3.3504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2021] [Revised: 05/04/2023] [Accepted: 05/31/2023] [Indexed: 09/14/2023] Open
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The safety of homemade weaning foods in low- and middle-income countries is of great concern as rural households have limited access to standardized commercial weaning foods. In the Acholi subregion of Uganda, complementary foods are locally produced. However, there is limited information on the Food safety knowledge (FSK), food safety attitude (FSA), and food hygiene practices (FHP) of the caregivers. This study examined food safety knowledge, attitude, and practices of the caregivers of children 6-23 months of age in Amuru and Nwoya districts, Northern Uganda, between March 2019 and June 2019. A cross-sectional study was conducted involving 180 caregivers. Data were collected using semi-structured questionnaires and focus group discussions and analyzed using descriptive statistics, multivariate binary logistic regression, and thematic content analysis. Caregivers had sufficient FSK (74.1%) and positive FSA (68.1%). However, only 17.6% of them adhered to FHP. Frequency of food safety training (p = .041) and households with children who suffered from foodborne illness (p = .001) significantly predicted FSK. Conversely, both FSK and FSA were significantly predicted by gender roles in decision-making on household income (p = .006) and households with older children (p = .041). A significant positive correlation was observed between FSK and FSA (r = .406, p = .000). However, major barriers to adherence to FHP were inadequate sanitation facilities and caregiver's workload. The overall nontranslation of sufficient FSK and positive FSA into proper FHP calls for future intervention to harness the sociodemographic factors that influence FSK and FSA and address the barriers to FHP among caregivers.
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- Eunice Achiro
- Department of Food Science and Postharvest Technology, Faculty of Agriculture and EnvironmentGulu UniversityGuluUganda
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- Department of Food Science and Postharvest Technology, Faculty of Agriculture and EnvironmentGulu UniversityGuluUganda
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of ScienceGulu UniversityGuluUganda
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Faculty of MedicineGulu UniversityGuluUganda
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- Department of Food Science and Postharvest Technology, Faculty of Agriculture and EnvironmentGulu UniversityGuluUganda
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- Department of Food Science and Postharvest Technology, Faculty of Agriculture and EnvironmentGulu UniversityGuluUganda
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Ding J, Qiao P, Wang J, Huang H. Impact of food safety supervision efficiency on preventing and controlling mass public crisis. Front Public Health 2022; 10:1052273. [PMID: 36544788 PMCID: PMC9760689 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.1052273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2022] [Accepted: 11/14/2022] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Food safety has received unprecedented attention since the COVID-19 outbreak. Exploring food safety regulatory mechanisms in the context of cluster public crises is critical for COVID-19 prevention and control. As a result, using data from a food safety regulation survey in the Bei-jing-Tianjin-Hebei urban cluster, this paper investigates the impact of food safety regulation on the prevention and control of COVID-19. The study found that food safety regulation and cluster public crisis prevention and control have a significant positive relationship, with the ability to integrate regulatory resources acting as a mediator between the two. Second, industry groups argue that the relationship between regulatory efficiency and regulatory resource integration should be moderated in a positive manner. Finally, industry association support positively moderates the mediating role of regulatory re-source integration capacity between food safety regulatory efficiency and cluster public crises, and there is a mediating effect of being moderated. Our findings shed light on the mechanisms underlying the roles of regulatory efficiency, resource integration capacity, and industry association support in food safety, and they serve as a useful benchmark for further improving food safety regulations during the COVID-19 outbreak.
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- Jian Ding
- Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- School of Industrial and Information Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- School of Accounting, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan, China
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- School of Accounting, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan, China
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Exploring the Role of Contiguous Farmland Cultivation and Adoption of No-Tillage Technology in Improving Transferees’ Income Structure: Evidence from China. LAND 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/land11040570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Seasonal alternations of extreme weather such as continuous drought and rare rainstorms significantly influence farmers’ adoption of agricultural technologies. Compared with traditional tillage, no-tillage technology has more advantages to cope with extreme weather. It is hypothesized that the cultivation of contiguous farmland is still minimal in spite of the transference of farmland on a large scale in China, which ultimately halts the adoption of no-tillage technology and influences the income of households. The current study used 793 farmland transferees’ data from Shaanxi, Gansu, and Ningxia provinces of China to explore this phenomenon empirically. By employing the endogenous switching regression model, the study revealed that contiguous farmland significantly promotes the adoption of no-tillage technology and positively influences households’ agricultural and non-agricultural income. Meanwhile, the moderating effect of the stability of farmland rental contracts is explored. Further, it was also found that education level, organizational participation, relationship networks, and information acquisition channels influence the income of transferees who opt for no-tillage technology. The study further revealed that if a transferee who opts for no-tillage technology switches to traditional technology, their agricultural and non-agricultural income will decrease by 0.2893 and 1.6979 ten thousand yuan (RMB), respectively. In contrast, if a transferee who opts for traditional technology then switches to adopt no-tillage technology, their agricultural and non-agricultural income will increase by 0.1919 and 1.3044 ten thousand yuan (RMB), respectively. Conclusively, the current study’s empirical findings offer policymakers possible guidelines to devise strategies and encourage transferees to opt for no-tillage applications to increase their families’ income.
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Sarkar A, Hongyu W, Jony AA, Das JC, Memon WH, Qian L. Evaluation of the determinants of food security within the COVID-19 pandemic circumstances- a particular case of Shaanxi, China. Glob Health Res Policy 2021; 6:45. [PMID: 34847956 PMCID: PMC8632560 DOI: 10.1186/s41256-021-00230-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2021] [Accepted: 06/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Agricultural food production and distribution industries may play a vital role in determining the current conditions of any country's food security and sustainable development goals. This paper examined the determinants of food security within three distinct aspects (effective utilization of food, food availability, and food access) within the COVID-19 epidemic situation. METHODS The qualitative set-up of the study comprised with the identification of drivers by critical analysis of published papers and discussion held with some practitioners. The quantitative data used in this research were collected from a survey covering the agricultural food supply industry in China (Shaanxi Province). The survey was conducted from November to December 2020 and we mainly focus on three aspects of food security (effective utilization of food, food availability, and food access). The core analytical assumptions were made by employing exploratory factor analysis (EFA), confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), and structural equation modeling (SEM). RESULTS After analyzing the data collected from 257 agricultural food productions and distribution personnel along with the hypothesis testing, it found that the determinants of the effective utilization of food were positively related to the determinants of food access (β = 0.291, p = 0.029) and food availability (β = 0.298, p = 0.011), and the determinants of food availability were positively related to the food access determinants (β = 0.128, p = 0.002). The association and variance values between food availability and food access were 0.659 and 0.407; the association and variance values between for effective utilization of food and food availability aspects were 0.465 and 0.298, and between effective utilization of food and economy were 0.508 and 0.475. CONCLUSION The study critically evaluated the interconnection among the crucial determinants within the banner of three dimensions, which will act as a major contribution to existing literature. This research will help the government and industry to develop policies and strategies for the successful implementation of all the associated determinants of food security in terms of the epidemic situation.
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- Apurbo Sarkar
- College of Economics and Management, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, China
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- College of Economics and Management, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, China
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- School of International Education, Xidian University, Xian, 710071, Shaanxi, China
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- College of Economics and Management, Sher e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, 1207, Bangladesh
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, 200 Xiaoling Wei, Nanjing, 210014, China
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- College of Economics and Management, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, China.
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Charlebois S, Music J. SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic and Food Safety Oversight: Implications in Canada and Coping Strategies. Foods 2021; 10:2241. [PMID: 34681290 PMCID: PMC8534857 DOI: 10.3390/foods10102241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2021] [Revised: 09/16/2021] [Accepted: 09/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has created enormous societal disruptions in the Western world, including Canada, with serious implications for food safety. Since the start of the pandemic, many scholars have investigated the issue of food safety through different lenses. In this review, two research thrusts were identified, the epidemiology of the virus and food safety oversight. Both were challenged by the pandemic in Canada and elsewhere. In this paper, we first present how Canada experienced the pandemic. We then present how epidemiology and food safety oversight were affected by the virus and how the spread exposed gaps in Canada's food safety system. We explain how Canada was not adequately prepared to face the food safety challenges posed by SARS-CoV-2. The review ends with an explanation on how risk perceptions will be altered by the pandemic in Canada and how food safety systems will adjust to better anticipate systemic risks in the future.
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS B2X 3T5, Canada;
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Abu Hatab A, Krautscheid L, Boqvist S. COVID-19, Livestock Systems and Food Security in Developing Countries: A Systematic Review of an Emerging Literature. Pathogens 2021; 10:586. [PMID: 34064749 PMCID: PMC8151861 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens10050586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2021] [Revised: 05/05/2021] [Accepted: 05/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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In this paper, we carried out a systematic literature review to document the emerging scientific knowledge about COVID-19 impact on livestock systems and food security in developing countries to identify gaps and possible avenues for future research undertakings. Specifically, we systematically reviewed 68 peer-reviewed articles extracted based on rigorous selection criteria from Scopus, PubMed and ISI Web of Science databases and published between December 2019 and February 2021. Our results reveal that livestock supply chains presented an important 'intermediary' pathway through which the pandemic affected various dimensions of food security in developing countries. Although the research response has been rapid in terms of both quantity and temporal succession, we find a highly suggestive disjunction in studies analyzing the interconnections between COVID-19 pandemic, livestock systems and food security in developing countries. With respect to the livestock supply chain, the bulk of the reviewed evidence focuses on production and consumption, whereas considerably less focus is given to the pandemic's impact on intermediaries within livestock chains, including traders, intermediaries and processors. The analysis of livestock supply chain resilience revolves predominantly around the 'absorbance' and 'recovery' phases of resilience, whereas only a small subset of the literature investigates actions taken by supply chain actors to 'plan' or to 'adapt' livestock systems in order to reduce their vulnerability and enhance their overall resilience. Furthermore, food security has often been narrowly defined, with the majority of articles focusing on 'availability' and 'accessibility' to food due to the pandemic, and other dimensions of food security, including utilization, stability and sustainability, have been widely neglected. Based on our findings, we recommend future research to examine the dynamics of propagation of COVID-19 impact through livestock supply chains in order to develop more targeted interventions that enhance the capacity of developing countries to cope with this and future disruptions and mitigate their food insecurity outcomes. To this end, more holistic, integrated and resilience-based approaches are much recommended to recognize the complex nature of livestock systems in developing countries and to address the multifaceted and widespread effects of COVID-19 on food security channeled through livestock chains.
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- Assem Abu Hatab
- Department of Economics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 750 07 Uppsala, Sweden;
- Department of Economics & Rural Development, Arish University, 455 11 Arish, Egypt
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- Department of Economics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 750 07 Uppsala, Sweden;
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- Department of Biomedical Science and Veterinary Public Health, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 750 07 Uppsala, Sweden;
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Abu Hatab A, Liu Z, Nasser A, Esmat A. Determinants of SARS-CoV-2 Impacts on Small-Scale Commercial Broiler Production Systems in Egypt: Implications for Mitigation Strategies. Animals (Basel) 2021; 11:ani11051354. [PMID: 34068757 PMCID: PMC8151507 DOI: 10.3390/ani11051354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2021] [Revised: 04/30/2021] [Accepted: 05/04/2021] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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As in many other countries, the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, together with subsequent government containment measures, posed significant challenges to small-scale broiler production systems in Egypt. Based on a survey of 205 specialist small-scale commercial broiler farms (SCBFs) consisting of both farm-based and household-based production systems, this study identifies the primary pathways through which COVID-19 has affected SCBFs and investigates the determinants of farm perception of these effects. A polychoric principal component analysis sorted the effects of the pandemic on the SCBFs surveyed into five categories, namely, input availability, production and operational costs, labor and human resources, consumer demand and sales, and farm finances. Next, five ordered logit models were constructed to examine the determinants of the SCBFs' perception of each category of these effects. Generally, the empirical results revealed that COVID-19 affected SCBFs heterogeneously based on their management and production systems and resource endowment. Female-led and household-based SCBFs perceived significantly greater COVID-19 effects. In contrast, individually owned farms and those with membership of poultry producer organizations and larger total asset values perceived fewer effects. In addition, SCBFs operating in both local and provincial markets were less likely to perceive negative effects from the pandemic on their broiler farming activities. Although the adoption of strict and immediate containment measures was essential for controlling the virus and protecting public health, our results indicate that policy responses to COVID-19 must consider the likely effects on small businesses such as SCBFs since disruptions to such socioeconomically important supply chains will intensify human suffering from the pandemic. Overall, our findings provide important implications for the formulation of effective strategies for mitigating the impact of COVID-19 on small-scale broiler production systems in Egypt and enhancing their preparedness and resilience to future pandemics, natural hazard risks, and market shocks.
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- Assem Abu Hatab
- Department of Economics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 750 07 Uppsala, Sweden
- Department of Economics & Rural Development, Arish University, Al-Arish 45516, Egypt
- Correspondence: (A.A.H.); (Z.L.)
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- School of Business, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China
- Correspondence: (A.A.H.); (Z.L.)
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- Department of Agricultural Economics, Al-Azhar University, Assiut 71515, Egypt;
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Coulibaly-Zerbo F, Al-Jawaldeh A, Prinzo ZCW, Adrianopoli M, Al-Falahi ENM, Alahnoumy S, Usman NM, Moqbel FA, Ali LA, Shroh M, Al-Sakkaf EM, Musaed A, Al-Sakkaf M, Dahnan M, Al-Hakimi F, Omer DK, Hael M, Nasreddine L. Maintaining Essential Nutrition Services to Underfive Children in Yemen: A Programmatic Adaptation Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic. CHILDREN (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2021; 8:350. [PMID: 33925020 PMCID: PMC8146830 DOI: 10.3390/children8050350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2021] [Revised: 04/26/2021] [Accepted: 04/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The World Health Organization (WHO) acknowledged that, as health services divert their attention to the COVID-19 pandemic, the delivery of essential nutrition services may be compromised. This impact may be more pronounced in the context of humanitarian crises, such as the one currently unfolding in Yemen. In line with Pillar 9 of the WHO's COVID-19 Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan, this paper reports on the nutrition program adaptations in Yemen to maintain the delivery of essential nutrition services to under-five children. The process of adaptation focused on the services provided within the nutrition surveillance system (NSS), therapeutic feeding centers (TFC), and isolation units (IU). It was conducted in five steps: (1) situation analysis; (2) development of guidance documents; (3) consultation process; (4) capacity-building programs; and (5) incorporation of programmatic adaptation within nutrition services. As of September 2020, NSS, TFC, and IUs services have shifted their standard operating procedures in line with the context-specific adaptations. The process described in this paper may serve as a case-study for other countries that intend to undertake similar adaptations in their nutrition program to contribute to the implementation of the WHO response plan and maintain the delivery of essential nutrition services to children.
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- Ferima Coulibaly-Zerbo
- World Health Organization (WHO), Sana’a 543, Yemen; (F.C.-Z.); (M.A.); (E.N.M.A.-F.); (S.A.); (F.A.M.); (L.A.A.); (M.S.); (E.M.A.-S.); (A.M.); (M.A.-S.); (M.D.); (F.A.-H.); (D.K.O.); (M.H.)
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- Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (EMRO), World Health Organization (WHO), Cairo 7608, Egypt;
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- Department of Nutrition and Food Safety, World Health Organization (WHO), Avenue Appia 20, 1211 Genève 27, Switzerland;
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- World Health Organization (WHO), Sana’a 543, Yemen; (F.C.-Z.); (M.A.); (E.N.M.A.-F.); (S.A.); (F.A.M.); (L.A.A.); (M.S.); (E.M.A.-S.); (A.M.); (M.A.-S.); (M.D.); (F.A.-H.); (D.K.O.); (M.H.)
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- World Health Organization (WHO), Sana’a 543, Yemen; (F.C.-Z.); (M.A.); (E.N.M.A.-F.); (S.A.); (F.A.M.); (L.A.A.); (M.S.); (E.M.A.-S.); (A.M.); (M.A.-S.); (M.D.); (F.A.-H.); (D.K.O.); (M.H.)
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- World Health Organization (WHO), Sana’a 543, Yemen; (F.C.-Z.); (M.A.); (E.N.M.A.-F.); (S.A.); (F.A.M.); (L.A.A.); (M.S.); (E.M.A.-S.); (A.M.); (M.A.-S.); (M.D.); (F.A.-H.); (D.K.O.); (M.H.)
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- Water, Sanitation and Environmental Health Department, World Health Organization (WHO), Sana’a 543, Yemen;
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- World Health Organization (WHO), Sana’a 543, Yemen; (F.C.-Z.); (M.A.); (E.N.M.A.-F.); (S.A.); (F.A.M.); (L.A.A.); (M.S.); (E.M.A.-S.); (A.M.); (M.A.-S.); (M.D.); (F.A.-H.); (D.K.O.); (M.H.)
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- World Health Organization (WHO), Sana’a 543, Yemen; (F.C.-Z.); (M.A.); (E.N.M.A.-F.); (S.A.); (F.A.M.); (L.A.A.); (M.S.); (E.M.A.-S.); (A.M.); (M.A.-S.); (M.D.); (F.A.-H.); (D.K.O.); (M.H.)
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- World Health Organization (WHO), Sana’a 543, Yemen; (F.C.-Z.); (M.A.); (E.N.M.A.-F.); (S.A.); (F.A.M.); (L.A.A.); (M.S.); (E.M.A.-S.); (A.M.); (M.A.-S.); (M.D.); (F.A.-H.); (D.K.O.); (M.H.)
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- World Health Organization (WHO), Sana’a 543, Yemen; (F.C.-Z.); (M.A.); (E.N.M.A.-F.); (S.A.); (F.A.M.); (L.A.A.); (M.S.); (E.M.A.-S.); (A.M.); (M.A.-S.); (M.D.); (F.A.-H.); (D.K.O.); (M.H.)
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- World Health Organization (WHO), Sana’a 543, Yemen; (F.C.-Z.); (M.A.); (E.N.M.A.-F.); (S.A.); (F.A.M.); (L.A.A.); (M.S.); (E.M.A.-S.); (A.M.); (M.A.-S.); (M.D.); (F.A.-H.); (D.K.O.); (M.H.)
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- World Health Organization (WHO), Sana’a 543, Yemen; (F.C.-Z.); (M.A.); (E.N.M.A.-F.); (S.A.); (F.A.M.); (L.A.A.); (M.S.); (E.M.A.-S.); (A.M.); (M.A.-S.); (M.D.); (F.A.-H.); (D.K.O.); (M.H.)
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- World Health Organization (WHO), Sana’a 543, Yemen; (F.C.-Z.); (M.A.); (E.N.M.A.-F.); (S.A.); (F.A.M.); (L.A.A.); (M.S.); (E.M.A.-S.); (A.M.); (M.A.-S.); (M.D.); (F.A.-H.); (D.K.O.); (M.H.)
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- World Health Organization (WHO), Sana’a 543, Yemen; (F.C.-Z.); (M.A.); (E.N.M.A.-F.); (S.A.); (F.A.M.); (L.A.A.); (M.S.); (E.M.A.-S.); (A.M.); (M.A.-S.); (M.D.); (F.A.-H.); (D.K.O.); (M.H.)
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- World Health Organization (WHO), Sana’a 543, Yemen; (F.C.-Z.); (M.A.); (E.N.M.A.-F.); (S.A.); (F.A.M.); (L.A.A.); (M.S.); (E.M.A.-S.); (A.M.); (M.A.-S.); (M.D.); (F.A.-H.); (D.K.O.); (M.H.)
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- World Health Organization (WHO), Sana’a 543, Yemen; (F.C.-Z.); (M.A.); (E.N.M.A.-F.); (S.A.); (F.A.M.); (L.A.A.); (M.S.); (E.M.A.-S.); (A.M.); (M.A.-S.); (M.D.); (F.A.-H.); (D.K.O.); (M.H.)
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- Nutrition and Food Sciences Department, Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut 11-0236, Lebanon
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Agyei SK, Isshaq Z, Frimpong S, Adam AM, Bossman A, Asiamah O. COVID-19 and food prices in sub-Saharan Africa. AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT REVIEW = REVUE AFRICAINE DE DEVELOPPEMENT 2021; 33:S102-S113. [PMID: 34149241 PMCID: PMC8206953 DOI: 10.1111/1467-8268.12525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2020] [Accepted: 03/24/2021] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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This study investigated the impact of the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak on prices of maize, sorghum, imported rice and local rice in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). We estimated dynamic panel data models with controls for macroeconomic setting using general method of moments estimation. The study found that the COVID-19 outbreak led to increases in food prices of the sampled countries. Restrictions on movements or lockdowns in the wake of COVID-19 was associated with an increase in the price of maize only. We also found that exchange rate, inflation and crude oil prices exerted a detrimental effect on food prices. We recommend that governments of SSA countries invest in infrastructure that improves efficiencies in the food supply chain during pandemics. Providing adequate support to industries in the value chain will also improve food availability and food price stability post-COVID-19.
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- Samuel Kwaku Agyei
- Department of Finance, School of BusinessUniversity of Cape CoastCape CoastGhana
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- Department of Finance, School of BusinessUniversity of Cape CoastCape CoastGhana
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- Department of Finance, School of BusinessUniversity of Cape CoastCape CoastGhana
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- Department of Finance, School of BusinessUniversity of Cape CoastCape CoastGhana
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- Department of Finance, School of BusinessUniversity of Cape CoastCape CoastGhana
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- Department of Finance, School of BusinessUniversity of Cape CoastCape CoastGhana
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