![]() Decreased access to farm inputs and agro-services.Increase in cost of purchased farm inputs, tillage services, land rentals and casual labour.Our findings from the first two rounds of survey show that, compared with pre-COVID 19 period, most rural farm households in Nigeria experienced the following during the COVID 19 period: The third wave data collection is planned for mid-February 2021. This blog presents some insights obtained from the first and second round surveys implemented in July and October 2020. The survey data was complemented by insights from seven in-depth key informant interviews conducted in the LGAs. At the time of the start of the first-round survey, these LGAs had reported a small number of COVID-19 cases. The study involves three rounds of data collection and analysis from a random sample of 109 rural farming households drawn from five Local Government Areas (LGAs) in Ogun (Ijebu East, Obafemi Owode, and Imeko Afon) and Kaduna (Chikun and Soba) States. This interprets to a respective 89% and 32% increase in confirmed infection and death cases in the 2 months between the start of December 2020 and end of January 2021. Currently, a more serious second wave seems to have emerged with 127,024 confirmed cases and 1,547 deaths recorded by the end of January 2021. By the end of June, 25,694 infections and 590 deaths related to COVID-19 had been recorded, rising to 58,848 infections and 1,112 deaths by the end of September 2020.īy late November 2020, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) was reporting a cumulative total of 67,412 cases, 1,173 deaths, and 3,184 active cases. These lockdowns lasted for 3 months before a gradual relaxation began on 1 July, 2020. In order to mitigate an impending health crisis, the Nigerian government commenced a series of COVID-19 lockdowns across states in Nigeria on 30 March, 2020. The first case of COVID-19 in Nigeria was reported on February 27, 2020. These concerns are compounded by the fragile state of the continent’s health and food systems. Since the outbreak of COVID-19 in Africa, there have been serious concerns about the impact of the pandemic on agri-food systems – given that most of the population depends directly or indirectly on agriculture for their livelihoods. Read the full APRA synthesis report on the Rapid Assessment of the Impact of COVID-19 on Food Systems and Rural Livelihoods in Sub-Saharan Africa, here. Read more on the Impact of COVID-19 on Food Systems and Rural Livelihoods in Nigeria in the Round One and Round Two APRA country reports. This follows on from a blog posted in September, 2020 on the same subject. This blog presents a snapshot of the efforts of Agricultural Policy Research in Africa (APRA) to help stakeholders to track the initial impacts of the COVID 19 pandemic on agricultural commercialisation, food and nutrition security, labour and employment, and poverty and well-being in rural Nigeria. Posted on Februby FAC ICE Team - APRA blog, FAC blog The unintended consequences of COVID-19 lockdowns in Nigeria (2) ![]()
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