Food Consumption and Food Security during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Addis Ababa.

ABSTRACT: International humanitarian organizations have expressed substantial concern about the potential for increases in food insecurity resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. We use a unique panel survey of a representative sample households in Addis Ababa to study both food security and food consumption during the pandemic. In contrast to some other countries in the region, Ethiopia never went into a full lockdown severely restricting movement. Despite subjective income measures suggesting a large proportion of households have been exposed to job loss or reduced incomes, we find that relative to a survey conducted in August and September of 2019, food consumption and household dietary diversity are largely unchanged or slightly increased by August 2020. We find some changes in the composition of

SUBMITTER: Hirvonen K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8013419 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature