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Improved storage mitigates vulnerability to food-supply shocks in smallholder agriculture during the COVID-19 pandemic

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2021
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Huss, M., Brander, M., Kassie, M., Ehlert, U., & Bernauer, T. (2021). Improved storage mitigates vulnerability to food-supply shocks in smallholder agriculture during the COVID-19 pandemic. Global Food Security, 28, 100468. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2020.100468

Abstract

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Abstract

Millions of smallholder farmers in low-income countries are highly vulnerable to food-supply shocks, and reducing this vulnerability remains challenging in view of climatic changes. Restrictions to limit the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic produced a severe supply-side shock in rural areas of Sub-Saharan Africa, including through frictions in agricultural markets. We use a large-scale field experiment to examine the effects of improved on-farm storage on household food security during COVID-19 restrictions. Based on text message surve

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  • Huss, M
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  • Brander, M
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  • Kassie, M
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  • Ehlert, Ulrike
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  • Bernauer, T
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28

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100468

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Food Science, Ecology, Safety Research, Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality

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English

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2021-03-01

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2020-12-10

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2211-9124

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Hybrid

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53 since deposited on 2020-12-10
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79 since deposited on 2020-12-10
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Huss, M., Brander, M., Kassie, M., Ehlert, U., & Bernauer, T. (2021). Improved storage mitigates vulnerability to food-supply shocks in smallholder agriculture during the COVID-19 pandemic. Global Food Security, 28, 100468. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2020.100468

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