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‘We would rather die from Covid-19 than from hunger’ - Exploring lockdown stringencies in five African countries
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Birner, Regina (author)
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Blaschke, Nikola (author)
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Bosch, Christine (author)
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- Daum, Thomas, 1990 (author)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för globala studier, humanekologi,School of Global Studies, Human Ecology
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Graf, Sarah (author)
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Güttler, Denise (author)
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Heni, Jakob (author)
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Kariuki, Juliet (author)
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Katusiime, Roseline (author)
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Seidel, Anna (author)
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Senon, Zinsou Narcisse (author)
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Woode, George (author)
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- Elsevier BV, 2021
- 2021
- English.
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In: Global Food Security. - : Elsevier BV. - 2211-9124. ; 31
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- Facing COVID-19, African countries were confronted with a dilemma: enacting strict lockdowns to “flatten the curve” could potentially have large effects on food security. Given this catch-22 situation, there was widespread concern that Africa would suffer most from the pandemic. Yet, emerging evidence in early 2021 showed that COVID-19 morbidity remained low, while “biblical famines” have been avoided so far. This paper explores how five African countries maneuvered around the potentially large trade-offs between public health and food security when designing their policy responses to COVID-19 based on a content analysis of 1188 newspaper articles. The findings show that food security concerns played an important role in the public policy debate and influenced the stringency of lockdowns, especially in more democratic countries.
Subject headings
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Ekonomi och näringsliv (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Economics and Business (hsv//eng)
- LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER -- Lantbruksvetenskap, skogsbruk och fiske (hsv//swe)
- AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES -- Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (hsv//eng)
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Social och ekonomisk geografi (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Social and Economic Geography (hsv//eng)
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Statsvetenskap (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Political Science (hsv//eng)
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Hälsovetenskap (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Health Sciences (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- Africa
- COVID-19
- Food security
- Lockdown
- Policy discourse
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- ref (subject category)
- art (subject category)
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Birner, Regina
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Blaschke, Nikola
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Bosch, Christine
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Daum, Thomas, 19 ...
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Graf, Sarah
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Güttler, Denise
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Heni, Jakob
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Kariuki, Juliet
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Katusiime, Rosel ...
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Seidel, Anna
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Senon, Zinsou Na ...
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Woode, George
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- About the subject
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- SOCIAL SCIENCES
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SOCIAL SCIENCES
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and Economics and Bu ...
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- AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES
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AGRICULTURAL SCI ...
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and Agriculture Fore ...
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- SOCIAL SCIENCES
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SOCIAL SCIENCES
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and Social and Econo ...
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- SOCIAL SCIENCES
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SOCIAL SCIENCES
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and Political Scienc ...
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- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES
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and Health Sciences
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Global Food Secu ...
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University of Gothenburg