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.

ISBN
978-92-9267-251-5
Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: WIDER Working Paper ; No. 2022/117

Classification
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
agricultural risk
COVID-19 pandemic
farm households
welfare
Africa

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Iddrisu, Abdul Malik
Karakara, Alhassan Abdul-Wakeel
Osabuohien, Evans
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
(where)
Helsinki
(when)
2022

DOI
doi:10.35188/UNU-WIDER/2022/251-5
Handle
Last update
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

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