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Immediate impacts of COVID-19 pandemic on bean value chain in selected countries in sub-Saharan Africa

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Title Immediate impacts of COVID-19 pandemic on bean value chain in selected countries in sub-Saharan Africa
 
Creator Nchanji, Eileen Bogweh
Lutomia, Cosmas Kweyu
Chirwa, Rowland
Templer, Noel
Rubyogo, Jean-Claude
Onyango, Patricia
 
Subject covid-19
beans
agriculture
value chains
food systems
food security
farm inputs
food consumption
subsidies
cadenas de valor
sistemas alimentarios
seguridad alimentaria
 
Description Africa's agriculture and food systems were already grappling with challenges such as climate change and weather variability, pests and disease, and regional conflicts. With rising new cases of COVID 19 propelling various African governments to enforce strict restrictions of varying degrees to curb the spread. Thus, the pandemic posed unprecedented shocks on agriculture and food supply chains in Sub Saharan Africa. In this study, we use survey data collected from nine countries in Central, Eastern, and Southern, Africa to understand the immediate impact of COVID-19 on production, distribution, and consumption of common beans, and possible food security implications. Descriptive analysis of data collected from bean farmers, aggregators, processors, bean regional coordinators, and mechanization dealers reveal that COVID-19 and government restrictions had impacted the availability and cost of farm inputs and labour, distribution, and consumption of beans in Eastern and Southern Africa. The immediate impacts were dire in Southern Africa with Central Africa slightly impacted. The production and distribution challenges negatively impacted on frequency and patterns of food consumption in households in Africa. Thus, the pandemic poses a greater risk to food security and poverty in the region. Governments could play a significant role in supporting the needs of smallholder farmers, traders and other actors through provision of subsidized agricultural inputs.
 
Date 2020
2021-01-06T18:10:23Z
2021-01-06T18:10:23Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Nchanji, E.B.; Lutomia, C.K.; Chirwa, R; Templer, N.; Rubyogo, J.C.; Onyango, P. (2020) Immediate impacts of COVID-19 pandemic on bean value chain in selected countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Agricultural Systems, Online first paper (18 December 2020). ISSN: 0308-521X.
0308-521X
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/110731
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2020.103034
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Format application/pdf
 
Publisher Elsevier
 
Source Agricultural Systems