Could Covid-19 Worsen Food Insecurity in Burkina Faso?

This paper analyses the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on households’ food security in Burkina Faso. For this purpose, we have made use of a single country’s computable general equilibrium model and formulated two alternative scenarios (optimistic and pessimistic). While the baseline already shows...

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Published in:European journal of development research 2020-12, Vol.32 (5), p.1379-1401
Main Authors: Zidouemba, Patrice Rélouendé, Kinda, Somlanare Romuald, Ouedraogo, Idrissa Mohamed
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Development and Social Change
Development Economics
Development Policy
Development Studies
Equilibrium
Food consumption
Food prices
Food security
Households
Insecurity
Low income groups
Optimism
Pandemics
Remittances
Rural areas
Rural communities
Rural poverty
Social Sciences
Special Issue
Special Issue Article
Urban areas
Vulnerability
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Summary:This paper analyses the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on households’ food security in Burkina Faso. For this purpose, we have made use of a single country’s computable general equilibrium model and formulated two alternative scenarios (optimistic and pessimistic). While the baseline already shows a worrying food situation, our results suggest that the pandemic of Covid-19 contributes to a worsening of food security. First, the food deficit of poor rural and urban households worsens. Second, even if their food consumption decreases, the urban non-poor households seem to be resilient to the Covid-19 pandemic. The severity of food insecurity is increasing among poor households in rural and urban areas, whereas the non-poor rural households are likely to fall into the category of vulnerable people. Third, the negative impacts on food security can be explained by the combination of several factors such as a rise in food prices, a decrease in households’ incomes and remittances. Finally, the negative impact on food security seems permanent, as the deviation from the baseline persists over 10 years (2020–2030).
ISSN:0957-8811
1743-9728
DOI:10.1057/s41287-020-00324-6