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Ilesanmi FF, Ilesanmi OS, Afolabi AA. The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on food losses in the agricultural value chains in Africa: The Nigerian case study. Public Health Pract (Oxf). 2021;2:100087doi: 10.1016/j.puhip.2021.100087.
Ilesanmi, F. F., Ilesanmi, O. S., & Afolabi, A. A. (2021). The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on food losses in the agricultural value chains in Africa: The Nigerian case study. Public health in practice (Oxford, England), 2100087. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhip.2021.100087
Ilesanmi, Funmilayo F, et al. "The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on food losses in the agricultural value chains in Africa: The Nigerian case study." Public health in practice (Oxford, England) vol. 2 (2021): 100087. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhip.2021.100087
Ilesanmi FF, Ilesanmi OS, Afolabi AA. The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on food losses in the agricultural value chains in Africa: The Nigerian case study. Public Health Pract (Oxf). 2021 Nov;2:100087. doi: 10.1016/j.puhip.2021.100087. Epub 2021 Feb 05. PMID: 33564750; PMCID: PMC7862898.
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Public Health Pract (Oxf). 2021 Nov;2:100087. doi: 10.1016/j.puhip.2021.100087. Epub 2021 Feb 05.

The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on food losses in the agricultural value chains in Africa: The Nigerian case study.

Public health in practice (Oxford, England)

Funmilayo F Ilesanmi, Olayinka S Ilesanmi, Aanuoluwapo A Afolabi

Affiliations

  1. Department of Durable Crop Research, Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute. Ibadan Zonal Office, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria.
  2. Department of Community Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria.
  3. Department of Community Medicine, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria.

PMID: 33564750 PMCID: PMC7862898 DOI: 10.1016/j.puhip.2021.100087

Abstract

The Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has wrecked great havoc in many spheres of life, including the educational, health, economic, and agricultural sectors. To break the transmission chain of SARS-CoV-2, public health safety measures such as social distancing, regular hand hygiene, border closure, restrictions on internal movement, and lockdown were implemented. Some of these measures have however contributed to reduced economic power, shortage of labor for agricultural production, and huge losses in the agricultural sector. To avert the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on food losses in the agricultural value chain in Nigeria, much precedence should be placed on adequate stakeholder engagement. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, logistics for unhindered agricultural trade should be put in place. In addition, policy makers should implement the institutionalization and implementation of social protection system in Nigeria. To address the financial difficulties during the COVID-19 pandemic, provision of loans and grants should be commenced in an organized fashion.

© 2021 Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of The Royal Society for Public Health.

Keywords: Africa; Agricultural value chain; COVID-19; Coronavirus disease; Food losses; Nigeria

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

References

  1. Pan Afr Med J. 2020 Nov 16;37(Suppl 1):37 - PubMed

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