COVID-19 income and price shocks effect on household food access in Malawi. (5th May 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Sassi, Maria; Trital, Gopal
• Is Part Of: European review of agricultural economics. Volume 50:Number 1(2023)
• Page Start: 151
• Page End: 172
• Publication Date: 2022-05-05
• Subjects: household access to food -- COVID-19 -- income shock -- food price shock -- extended ordinal probit model -- Malawi; Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- Periodicals; Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- Europe -- Periodicals; 338.109405
• DOI: 10.1093/erae/jbac008
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0165-1587

Abstract

Abstract: The paper contributes to the scarce literature on the negative effect of coronavirus 2019-induced income and food price shocks on household economic access to food, focusing on Malawi during the first two pandemic waves and using a country representative sample. We find that household income reduction, as explained by income source shocks and health mitigation measures, has a wave-specific and persistent effect on ordinal categories of food security perception. Our evidence supports the implementation and monthly scaling-up of nutrition-sensitive social protection programmes and health measures at the household level to address these adverse effects.