Food Consumption and Coping Strategies of Urban-Households in Nigeria During the COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown

Iheme, Gideon; Jagun, Alli O.; Egechizuorom, Ifeoma M.; Ogbonna, Obinna C.; Edafioghor, Linda Obianuju; Adeleke, Folasade A.; Asouzu, Nwabumma C.; Mebude, Abdulafeez S.; Enuka, Hannah C.; Kupoluyi, Oluwadamilare E.; Onyekwere, Cynthia C.; Olah, Linda E.

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“…14 Similar declines in food security in 2020 resulted from supply chain disruptions caused by COVID-19 lockdowns and poor harvests. 19,20 Moreover, 25% of households in a Kenyan informal urban settlement switched away from LPG to polluting cooking fuels that could be bought in smaller amounts (e.g. wood) due to income reductions during COVID-19 lockdowns.…”

Section: Vulnerability In Urban Sub-saharan Africamentioning

confidence: 99%

Declining use of clean cooking fuels & food security in 2022: Downstream impact of the Russian-Ukrainian war in a Kenyan informal urban settlement

Shupler,

Mwitari,

O’Keefe

et al. 2023

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Energy market turmoil due to the Russian-Ukrainian war increased global fuel/food prices. While risks to energy and food security have been suggested, little research has documented impacts for the most vulnerable. During September-October 2022, surveys were administered to 701 households using pay-as-you-go liquefied petroleum gas (PAYG LPG) for clean cooking in an informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya. Paired t-tests compared PAYG LPG consumption/payment behaviors before (July-October 2021) and during a >15% inflationary food price period (July-October 2022). Three-quarters (74%; n=520) of all households and 94% of food insecure households (n=393; 54% of sample) changed their dietary behavior (changed foods cooked, skipped more meals, and/or reduced PAYG LPG consumption) in 2022. Between July-October 2021 and 2022, PAYG LPG prices increased by 16% (214 Kenyan Shilling (KSh)/kg ($1.53USD/kg) to 249 KSh/kg ($1.78USD/kg) and households reduced their monthly PAYG LPG expenditure by 79% (856 KSh ($6.07USD) to 184 KSh ($1.31USD)). Although 97% of participants continued using PAYG LPG in July-October 2022, average consumption declined by two-thirds (0.82 to 0.27 kg/capita/month; difference(paired-t):-0.28 95%CI:[-0.36,-0.21]). Higher food and LPG prices in 2022 led to substantial declines in food security and LPG consumption in an informal urban settlement, highlighting increased obstacles to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.

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Section: Vulnerability In Urban Sub-saharan Africamentioning

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Declining use of clean cooking fuels & food security in 2022: Downstream impact of the Russian-Ukrainian war in a Kenyan informal urban settlement

Shupler,

Mwitari,

O’Keefe

et al. 2023

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“…This result is in line with a study in Yogyakarta which stated that households with a monthly income of < IDR 1,000,000.00 increased from 6.6% to 13.1% since the COVID-19 pandemic 39 . In Nigeria, there were 47.9% of respondents who experienced a decrease in income and 8.4% of respondents who did not have any income during COVID-19 pandemic 41 .…”

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Dominant Factor of Household Food Security During COVID-19 Pandemic in Depok City in 2020 (Analysis of Secondary Data 2020)

Hidayah

Fikawati

2021

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Background: Food security is a condition when everybody has adequate physical and economical access to get nutritious and safe food to lead healthy and active life. COVID-19 pandemic can cause food security disruptions. This is because several people have lost their jobs and income so that they are no longer able to meet their food needs. Objectives: This study aimed to determine the dominant factor related to food security during COVID-19 pandemic in Depok City in 2020.Methods: This quantitative research used cross-sectional study. The data used was secondary data from the research entitled Situation of Family Food Security and Coping Mechanisms in COVID-19 Pandemic Situation in Urban and Semi-Urban Areas. The total of samples for this secondary study were 259 households who had pregnant mother, breastfeeding mother, infant or toddler. Sampling process from the primary research was carried out by purposive sampling. Researchers disseminated research information through social media and posyandu cadres and then conducted screening. Respondents who met the screening requirements would be sent an electronic mail or Whatsapp containing a research questionnaire. Data was analyzed using McNemar test, chi-square test and multiple logistic regression test.Results: This study indicated that 61.8% of households in Depok City experienced food insecurity. The results of the bivariate analysis showed that household income during pandemic, husband’s and wife’s education, the number of high educated people in household significantly related to household food security during COVID-19 pandemic. The dominant factor of household food security during the COVID-19 pandemic in Depok City in 2020 was wife’s education (OR=3.978) after being controlled by the wife’s occupation during pandemic, household income during pandemic, and husband’s education.Conclusions: Households with low educated wife were at risk to be food insecure 4 times higher than households with high educated wives.

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“…Decreased income signi cantly affected household food insecurity and the implementation of FCS. The COVID-19 pandemic had caused reduced income for both household head and spouse, thereby causing households to reduce spending on food and thus affect the quality and/or quantity of food consumed [31].…”

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Different food coping strategies in urban and semi-urban areas during Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic

Fikawati

Syafiq

Notarianti

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Background: Consumption-related behavior implemented as an effort to maintain household food security is referred to as a food coping strategy (FCS). This study aims to describe the selection of FCS by families in urban and semi-urban areas in Indonesia. Method: This research is a cross-sectional study with a total sample of 517 people who live in urban (Jakarta) and semi-urban (Depok) areas. The research data was taken from primary research data that had been collected online and purposively through Posyandu cadres who had access to family/community. Data analysis used the chi-square test and multiple logistic regression. Results: More households in urban areas apply food security coping strategies (69%) compared to semi-urban areas (59.8%) In semi-urban areas, changes occur gradually from the lightest to the heaviest. Meanwhile, in urban areas, there were more severe strategies chosen, namely switching to other staple foods (78.7%), reducing eating in adults (75.3%), and reducing the frequency of eating (71.9% which is higher than reducing food portions (70, 2%). Results of multivariate analysis showed that the level of household food security (AOR = 12.182; 95% CI = 7.636 – 19.434) and spouse's education (AOR = 2.184; 95% CI = 1.091 – 4.375) were significantly related to the application of household FCS after being controlled by spouse's employment status, the number of working household members, household head’s education and household head’s income. Conclusion: The low level of household food security during the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people's jobs and income have caused households to adapt by implementing several types of FCS.

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Food Consumption and Coping Strategies of Urban-Households in Nigeria During the COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown

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Declining use of clean cooking fuels & food security in 2022: Downstream impact of the Russian-Ukrainian war in a Kenyan informal urban settlement

Declining use of clean cooking fuels & food security in 2022: Downstream impact of the Russian-Ukrainian war in a Kenyan informal urban settlement

Dominant Factor of Household Food Security During COVID-19 Pandemic in Depok City in 2020 (Analysis of Secondary Data 2020)

Different food coping strategies in urban and semi-urban areas during Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic

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