Arbeitspapier
Agricultural risks, the COVID-19 pandemic, and farm household welfare and diversification strategies in Africa
Agricultural activities in many African countries are bedevilled by a range of risk factors. Using micro-level household datasets from a range of countries in Africa, we examine the drivers of agricultural risks, while exploring the role of context as well as the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on household welfare, with a focus on farm households relative to their non-farm counterparts. We demonstrate that the probability of experiencing risks related to agriculture is significantly influenced by a range of individual- and farm-level/contextual factors, with these effects showing considerable variations across contexts and countries in Africa. We also find that farm households witnessed important reductions in their incomes during the COVID-19 period in Uganda. The study contributes to the design of evidence-based approaches to reducing farmers' vulnerabilities to agricultural risks and pandemic-related shocks.
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978-92-9267-251-5
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: WIDER Working Paper ; No. 2022/117
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Wirtschaft
General Welfare; Well-Being
Economywide Country Studies: Africa
Land Ownership and Tenure; Land Reform; Land Use; Irrigation; Agriculture and Environment
Land Use Patterns
- Subject
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agricultural risk
COVID-19 pandemic
farm households
welfare
Africa
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Iddrisu, Abdul Malik
Karakara, Alhassan Abdul-Wakeel
Osabuohien, Evans
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Veröffentlichung
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The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
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Helsinki
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2022
- DOI
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doi:10.35188/UNU-WIDER/2022/251-5
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- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Iddrisu, Abdul Malik
- Karakara, Alhassan Abdul-Wakeel
- Osabuohien, Evans
- The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
Time of origin
- 2022