Socioeconomic shocks, social protection and household food security amidst COVID-19 pandemic in Africa?s largest economy
Africa has been known to experience series of problems among which are poverty, food insecurity, lack of access to energy, lack of infrastructure among others. These problems were exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has had a severe impact on the socioeconomic status of households in Africa....
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my.uniten.dspace-371172025-03-03T15:47:40Z Socioeconomic shocks, social protection and household food security amidst COVID-19 pandemic in Africa?s largest economy Osabohien R.A. Jaaffar A.H. Ibrahim J. Usman O. Igharo A.E. Oyekanmi A.A. 57201922189 58897806500 58846396400 57205186926 57212406444 57194067040 COVID-19 Food Security Humans Nigeria Pandemics Poverty Public Policy Shock adult Article artificial neural network catering service coronavirus disease 2019 economic aspect female food availability food security health care cost health disparity household human male pandemic population growth poverty psychological well-being public health shock social network social status socioeconomics sustainable development goal World Bank coronavirus disease 2019 food security Nigeria pandemic public policy Africa has been known to experience series of problems among which are poverty, food insecurity, lack of access to energy, lack of infrastructure among others. These problems were exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has had a severe impact on the socioeconomic status of households in Africa. This paper examines the relationship between socioeconomic shocks, social protection, and household food security during the pandemic in Nigeria, the Africa?s largest economy. Using the World Bank?s COVID-19 national longitudinal baseline phone survey (2020) for the analysis and applied the multinomial logit regression, the study finds that socioeconomic shocks resulting from the pandemic have led to an increased level of food insecurity. Social protection programmes have played a crucial role in mitigating the impact of these shocks on households. However, the study also highlights the need for more targeted and effective social protection policies to ensure that vulnerable households are adequately protected from the adverse effects of the pandemic. The findings of this study have important implications for policymakers and stakeholders in Africa?s largest economy, as they seek to address the challenges posed by the pandemic and promote household food security for the actualisation the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) of food and nutrition security (SDG2). The study, therefore, recommends that efforts be made to preserve food supply chains by mitigating the pandemic?s effect on food systems, increasing food production, and looking forward beyond the pandemic by building resilient food systems with the use of social protection interventions. ? 2024 Osabohien et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Final 2025-03-03T07:47:39Z 2025-03-03T07:47:39Z 2024 Article 10.1371/journal.pone.0293563 2-s2.0-85183241607 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85183241607&doi=10.1371%2fjournal.pone.0293563&partnerID=40&md5=d4a335d467c142cb72e20d7e81e31e22 https://irepository.uniten.edu.my/handle/123456789/37117 19 1-Jan e0293563 All Open Access; Gold Open Access Public Library of Science Scopus |
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Africa has been known to experience series of problems among which are poverty, food insecurity, lack of access to energy, lack of infrastructure among others. These problems were exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has had a severe impact on the socioeconomic status of households in Africa. This paper examines the relationship between socioeconomic shocks, social protection, and household food security during the pandemic in Nigeria, the Africa?s largest economy. Using the World Bank?s COVID-19 national longitudinal baseline phone survey (2020) for the analysis and applied the multinomial logit regression, the study finds that socioeconomic shocks resulting from the pandemic have led to an increased level of food insecurity. Social protection programmes have played a crucial role in mitigating the impact of these shocks on households. However, the study also highlights the need for more targeted and effective social protection policies to ensure that vulnerable households are adequately protected from the adverse effects of the pandemic. The findings of this study have important implications for policymakers and stakeholders in Africa?s largest economy, as they seek to address the challenges posed by the pandemic and promote household food security for the actualisation the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) of food and nutrition security (SDG2). The study, therefore, recommends that efforts be made to preserve food supply chains by mitigating the pandemic?s effect on food systems, increasing food production, and looking forward beyond the pandemic by building resilient food systems with the use of social protection interventions. ? 2024 Osabohien et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
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