Food price volatility and household food security: Evidence from Nigeria

Amolegbe, Khadijat Busola; Upton, Joanna; Bageant, Elizabeth; Blom, Sylvia

doi:10.1016/j.foodpol.2021.102061

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“…These gaps in all aspects of the food chain-from the farm to the table-have amplified food safety issues in Nigeria. By the same token, other issues have contributed to poor food safety practices in Nigeria, including the rising population, the disparity in incomes, the extended food supply chains, the constantly evolving demographics, the dearth of education, the food consumption patterns, little or lack of food safety regulation, and other factors that are endemic in places with low levels of economic development [18][19][20]. Unfortunately, most households with low socioeconomic status mainly eat staples that are produced by the informal sector, exposing them to monotonous diets, which further compound issues around food safety culture.…”

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Improving Food Safety Culture in Nigeria: A Review of Practical Issues

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Ekwebelem

Eze

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Foods

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As a developing nation and the most populous nation in Africa, Nigeria has enormous challenges connected with food safety culture. To produce and provide safe, secure and nutritious food, consumers and food businesses must abide by a set of shared values known as food safety culture. In Nigeria, food safety culture is a complex subject due to Nigeria’s heterogeneous and diverse nature, as demonstrated by its over 250 ethnic groups. As Nigeria becomes more urbanized and incomes continue to fluctuate at robust rates, few Nigerians are conscious of food safety issues. In addition, oversight from government regulators around food safety require improvement. Public engagement in food safety issues has not witnessed a promising trajectory in recent years. In this article, we provide a review of the food safety culture in Nigeria and its role and influence on various cases of food safety issues in Nigeria. Of interest to this paper are studies exploring consumer and food handler perceptions and behavior regarding food safety. In addition, keen attention is devoted to areas that are in need of additional research to help address practical and on-the-ground challenges associated with Nigeria’s food safety practices. This article suggests that improving food safety culture in Nigeria requires both applying the best management and communication approaches in different regions and understanding the local food safety practices.

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Improving Food Safety Culture in Nigeria: A Review of Practical Issues

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Ekwebelem

Eze

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Foods

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“…This can be explained by the fact that COVID-19 increased the returns in egg and feed wheat markets, thus reducing the uncertainties of the said markets in the long run. With the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the supply chains (Chang et al, 2020;Ivanov and Dolgui, 2020) as well as the increased demand for food of animal origin for their immunoenhancing properties against COVID-19 ( Uddin et al, 2020) significantly triggered the rise in food prices (Lusk et al, 2021;Amolegbe et al, 2021). For example, agri-food prices in many African countries and India have increased by over 15% compared to the pre-COVID-19 period (Hernandez et al, 2020).…”

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“…Sudden swings in meat prices, particularly the emergence of a significant gap between livestock and wholesale meat prices, have been associated with the COVID-19-related economic lockdown (Lusk et al, 2021). In respect of food security, increases in staple food prices have damaged both diet diversity and the share of food expenses in the consumption expenditures (Amolegbe et al, 2021). During this epidemic, volatilities in food prices have affected both farmers' incomes and consumers' purchasing power in underdeveloped and developing countries, where producers lost product sovereignty and led to food insecurity in consumers (Barrett, 2020;De Sousa, 2020).…”

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The Long-Term Volatility Spillovers Between Egg and Feed Wheat Prices During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Turkey

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Türk Tarım Ve Doğa Bilimleri Dergisi

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Having spread all over the world and become effective in a very short period, COVID-19 has brought about negative effects on food supply and demand by breaking all supply chains. This study aims to determine the long-term volatility spillovers between egg and feed wheat markets in Turkey by using an exchange rate and COVID-19 as exogenous variables as well as to investigate whether these spillovers are asymmetric. The daily market data between 2010:01 and 2022:03 and the Asymmetric BEKK-GARCH (1, 1) model were used for the study . We determined that the conditional variances of egg and feed wheat return series are positively affected by both their shocks in the short run and their uncertainties in the long run. The conditional variances of egg and feed wheat return series were observed to have been positively affected by the uncertainties arising from the exchange rate in the long run, while they were negatively affected by the volatility caused by COVID-19. The depreciation of the Turkish Lira caused a reciprocating increase in the price levels of imported products, such as oil and derivatives, and of feed products which constitute a very important part of egg production costs. The increase in egg production costs, in return, consistently triggered egg prices upwards (with positive returns), causing an increase in uncertainty in the long run. This research provides a perspective for developing policy recommendations for food security if global food supply chains are broken due to any pandemic or a similar crisis (such as the Russia-Ukraine war).

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“…Over the last 20 years, fuel (petrol) prices have been on the upward trend in the country, increasing from N22 ($0.05) in 2000 to N165 ($0.60) in 2022. Persistent increases in the price of food items in the country have had negative consequences for food security (Ajibade et al, 2020;Amolegbe et al, 2021).…”

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Trends in climate, socioeconomic indices and food security in Nigeria: Current realities and challenges ahead

Oderinde

Akano

Adesina

et al. 2022

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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Food security in Nigeria is presently in dire strait owing to several factors, such as skyrocketing energy prices, climate change, and terrorism. This study is aimed at revealing the role of the aforementioned factors in shaping food affordability and availability in the country. The study used descriptive statistics and coefficients of variation and determination to ascertain the change in the trend in these factors and their correlates to food security over time. From the results of our research team, we inferred that temperature increases, political instability, rising food prices and erratic energy supply have had distressing consequences in the areas of affordability, availability and stability of food supplies. We conclude that a rapidly growing population such as Nigeria's would need crucial interventions in increasing food production, mitigating the impacts of climate change, and buffering energy supplies. Ultimately, Nigeria needs to overhaul the important components of her food systems and the respective linkages between these components in order to ensure food security for the entire population.

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Food price volatility and household food security: Evidence from Nigeria

Cited by 57 publications

References 34 publications

Improving Food Safety Culture in Nigeria: A Review of Practical Issues

Improving Food Safety Culture in Nigeria: A Review of Practical Issues

The Long-Term Volatility Spillovers Between Egg and Feed Wheat Prices During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Turkey

Trends in climate, socioeconomic indices and food security in Nigeria: Current realities and challenges ahead

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