Remittances and Food Security in African Countries

Mabrouk, Fatma; Mekni, Mohamed Mehdi

doi:10.1111/1467-8268.12334

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“…This is consistent with a broader neglect of the connections between international and internal migration and food security [26][27][28]. More recently, several studies have demonstrated that there is a positive macro-level relationship between food security and the volume of remittances received [29][30][31][32].…”

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Migration, Rural–Urban Connectivity, and Food Remittances in Kenya

2021

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This paper draws on data from a representative city-wide household food security survey of Nairobi conducted in 2017 to examine the importance of food remitting to households in contemporary Nairobi. The first section of the paper provides an overview of the urbanization and rapid growth of Nairobi, which has led to growing socio-economic inequality, precarious livelihoods for the majority, and growing food insecurity, as context for the more detailed empirical analysis of food security and food remittances that follows. It is followed by a description of the survey methodology and sections analyzing the differences between migrant and non-migrant households in Nairobi. Attention then turns to the phenomenon of food remitting, showing that over 50% of surveyed households in the city had received food remittances in the previous year. The paper then uses multivariate logistic regression to identify the relationship between Nairobi household characteristics and the probability of receiving food remittances from rural areas. The findings suggest that there are exceptions to the standard migration and poverty-driven explanatory model of the drivers of rural–urban food remitting and that greater attention should be paid to other motivations for maintaining rural–urban connectivity in Africa.

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Migration, Rural–Urban Connectivity, and Food Remittances in Kenya

2021

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“…i.e., a situation in which “all people, at all times, are free from hunger” (WFP, 2012, p. 170). This multidimensional definition is hinged on four pillars, namely: availability or the adequacy of food supply; food accessibility or affordability; the stability of supply without shortages or seasonal fluctuations; and utilization (Applanaidu et al, 2014; Mabrouk & Mekni, 2018; Nsiah & Fayissa, 2019).…”

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Household food security and the COVID‐19 pandemic in Nigeria

Ibukun

Adebayo

2021

African Development Review

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Pivotal to human development and the sustainable development goals is food security, which remains of substantial concern globally and in Nigeria, particularly during the COVID‐19 pandemic despite various palliatives and intervention initiatives launched to improve household welfare. This study examined the food security status of households during the pandemic and investigated its determinants using the COVID‐19 National Longitudinal Phone Survey (COVID‐19 NLPS). In analysing the data, descriptive statistics, bivariate as well as multivariate analysis were employed. Findings from the descriptive statistics showed that only 12% of the households were food secure, 5% were mildly food insecure, 24.5% were moderately food insecure and over half of the households (58.5%) experienced severe food insecurity. The result from the ordered probit regression identified socioeconomic variables (education, income and wealth status) as the main determinants of food security during the pandemic. This study indicates that over two‐thirds of households were threatened by food insecurity in Nigeria. The finding indicates the gross inadequacy of government palliative support and distribution. Thus, regarding policy implication, interventions and palliatives should be well planned and consistent with household size and needs.

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“…La problématique des déterminants de l'insécurité alimentaire et de la variation des revenus a fait l'objet de plusieurs recherches dans la littérature (Conceição et al, 2011; Etana & Tolossa, 2017; Mabrouk & Mekni, 2018; Olabiyi, 2020). Ainsi, elle indique que les chocs dans le secteur sanitaire ont généralement un impact négatif et significatif sur les activités économiques, du moins à court terme (Woldemichael & Gurmu, 2018).…”

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Effets de la COVID‐19 sur la variation du revenu et la sécurité alimentaire des ménages au Togo

Dandonougbo

Tossou

Atake

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African Development Review

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Résumé L'objectif de ce papier est d'analyser les effets de la COVID‐19 sur la variation des revenus, la modification de la consommation alimentaire et les stratégies d'adaptations des ménages au Togo. Pour se faire, les modèles probit et logit multinomiale ont été utilisés en se basant sur des données collectées auprès de 1405 ménages dans 44 districts des 6 régions sanitaires. Les résultats révèlent que les ménages dans lesquels le chef a perdu son emploi sont plus exposés à une baisse de revenu et donc à une réduction de leur consommation alimentaire pendant la pandémie. Toutefois, les transferts monétaires octroyés aux personnes vulnérables ont un effet positif, mais non significatif sur le changement de leur revenu. Par ailleurs, les ménages bénéficiaires de prestations sociales au sein desquels le chef a un niveau d'éducation supérieur, sont plus susceptibles de supporter les effets de la pandémie. Ainsi, pour les ménages ayant ressenti un effet modéré ou sévère de la crise, la probabilité est élevée qu'ils diminuent leur consommation alimentaire. A cet effet, il serait intéressant d'étendre les prestations sociales aux acteurs du secteur informel et d'accélérer la mise en place du registre social unique pour un meilleur ciblage des ménages vulnérables.

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Remittances and Food Security in African Countries

Cited by 43 publications

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Migration, Rural–Urban Connectivity, and Food Remittances in Kenya

Migration, Rural–Urban Connectivity, and Food Remittances in Kenya

Household food security and the COVID‐19 pandemic in Nigeria

Effets de la COVID‐19 sur la variation du revenu et la sécurité alimentaire des ménages au Togo

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