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Ejeromedoghene O, Tesi JN, Uyanga VA, Adebayo AO, Nwosisi MC, Tesi GO, Akinyeye RO. Food security and safety concerns in animal production and public health issues in Africa: A perspective of COVID-19 pandemic era. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2020; 15:100600. [PMID: 33015275 PMCID: PMC7523516 DOI: 10.1016/j.jemep.2020.100600] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2020] [Accepted: 09/10/2020] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
Abstract
The impact of COVID-19 on food security can best be understood from the downturn on agricultural and other related economic activities which were almost brought to a total halt during the pandemic. The restriction of movement/lockdown policy instituted by various governments heavily affected local and national food production as farmers could not go to their farmlands. More so, there was price gouging on raw food items as local farmers were reducing cultivation and harvest because of their safety. The lockdown also affected the transportation of food products from farms and local companies to the market and across inter-state/province borders. Additionally, many human infections traceable to disease outbreak from animal origin suggest a great risk of exposure to infectious agents by live animal farmers. In combating this menace, local food production needs to be encouraged more, while measures should be put in place to facilitate farmer's participation in government regulations on enforcing biosecurity, health standards, disease monitoring, and surveillance practices.
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Affiliation(s)
- O Ejeromedoghene
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Jiangning District, Nanjing, 211189 Jiangsu Province, PR China.,Department of Chemistry, College of Physical Sciences, Federal University of Agriculture, PMB 2240, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria
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- Department of Environmental Management and Toxicology, Federal University of Petroleum Resources, PMB 1221 Effurun, Delta State, Nigeria
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control, Department of Animal Science, College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, No. 61, Daizong Street, Tai'an City, 271018 Shandong Province, China
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Physical Sciences, Federal University of Agriculture, PMB 2240, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria
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- Department of Environmental Management and Toxicology, Federal University of Petroleum Resources, PMB 1221 Effurun, Delta State, Nigeria
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Africa, Toru-Orua, Nigeria
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- Department of Industrial Chemistry, Ekiti State University, P.M.B. 5363, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria
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