COVID-19 highlights need to boost resilience of Africa’s rural poor

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dc.creatorBaral, Arun
dc.creatorDas, Aparna
dc.creatorRustrick, Bill
dc.date2020-05-04
dc.date2024-05-22T12:12:30Z
dc.date2024-05-22T12:12:30Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:34:25Z
dc.descriptionThe current COVID-19 pandemic and efforts to contain it are significantly impacting countries around the world, regardless of their level of income or economic development. Apart from the novel coronavirus’ tragic toll in terms of human health and lives lost, government-imposed rules and restrictions on movement and assembly have upended work and livelihood activities for billions of people, causing serious strain on budgets and household resources, seriously impacting people’s ability to care for and nourish themselves and their families. These negative effects can be immediate and often catastrophic for people who have few resources to fall back on in hard times — such as Africa’s estimated 33 million smallholder farming families.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/143201
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/108227
dc.languageen
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceBaral, Arun; Das, Aparna; and Rustrick, Bill. 2020. COVID-19 highlights need to boost resilience of Africa’s rural poor. Devex. First published online on May 4, 2020. https://www.devex.com/news/opinion-covid-19-highlights-need-to-boost-resilience-of-africa-s-rural-poor-97122
dc.subjecthealth
dc.subjectcovid-19
dc.subjectfarmers
dc.subjectmaize
dc.subjectcapacity development
dc.subjectsmallholders
dc.subjectdrought resistance
dc.subjectnutrition
dc.subjecttrace elements
dc.subjectrural areas
dc.subjectresilience
dc.titleCOVID-19 highlights need to boost resilience of Africa’s rural poor
dc.typeOpinion Piece

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