Sub-Saharan Africa food security conditions could improve in 2021
Published Apr 27, 2021
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When the Covid-19 pandemic hit, sub-Saharan Africa faced a potential rise in food insecurity, which was underpinned by the anticipated slowdown in economic activity, loss of income, and a ban on grain exports by major exporting countries such as India, Russia, Cambodia, and Vietnam had introduced.
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Sub-Saharan Africa is a net importer of food, with the World Bank having estimated that an additional 26 million people would fall into extreme poverty (defined as those living under US$1.90 per day in 2011 PPP) in 2020. By mid-2020, the concern about trade restrictions had waned as the G20 discouraged global grain-exporting countries from banning exports. Domestic evaluation of supplies by exporting countries provided comfort for sufficient food supplies in the world market. The slowdown in economic activity played out as expected, with sub-Saharan Africa's economy contracting by 1,9% in 2020, according to estimates by the IMF. Also, there were widespread job losses in the sub-Saharan Africa region, which resulted in a rise in food insecurity as initially feared at the start of the pandemic, especially in Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, Ethiopia, Uganda, and Malawi. Various governments' response to the rising food insecurity during the pandemic has primarily been through ...
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