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Review
. 2020 Dec:2:100014.
doi: 10.1016/j.crsust.2020.100014. Epub 2020 Oct 12.

Deciphering the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on food security, agriculture, and livelihoods: A review of the evidence from developing countries

Endashaw Workie  1 , Joby Mackolil  2 , Joan Nyika  3 , Sendhil Ramadas  4
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Deciphering the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on food security, agriculture, and livelihoods: A review of the evidence from developing countries

Endashaw Workie et al. Curr Res Environ Sustain. 2020 Dec.

Abstract

With COVID-19 now spreading in developing countries, massive consequences on health and livelihoods are feared. Food security is the most important and crucial aspect of sustainable development. The agricultural sector forms the backbone of the economy and provides livelihood to a large section in developing countries. Therefore, the disruption in food security and the agricultural sector will have far-reaching impacts on these countries. Owing to the importance of these sectors, this paper performs a comprehensive assessment of the effect of COVID-19 on food security and agriculture. The research suggests coping and mitigation mechanisms that can be adopted to sustain livelihoods.

Keywords: Agriculture; COVID-19; Developing countries; Food security; Mitigation mechanisms; SDGs.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors report no competing interests in this manuscript.

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Comparison of the overall supply exposure of developing nations to developed nations (Schmidhuber et al., 2020).
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Comparison of the overall demand exposure of developing nations to developed nations (Schmidhuber et al., 2020).
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