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The Influence of Food Environments on Food Security Resilience during the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Examination of Urban and Rural Difference in Kenya

Hunger and food insecurity has worsened due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The types of food environments (e.g., natural/built) that people can access may improve household resilience to food-system shocks. This paper examines (1) urban and rural differences in the perceived influence of the COVID-19 pan...

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Autores principales: Merchant, Emily V., Fatima, Tasneem, Fatima, Alisa, Maiyo, Norah, Mutuku, Vincent, Keino, Susan, Simon, James E., Hoffman, Daniel J., Downs, Shauna M.
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9322483/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35889896
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu14142939
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author Merchant, Emily V.
Fatima, Tasneem
Fatima, Alisa
Maiyo, Norah
Mutuku, Vincent
Keino, Susan
Simon, James E.
Hoffman, Daniel J.
Downs, Shauna M.
author_facet Merchant, Emily V.
Fatima, Tasneem
Fatima, Alisa
Maiyo, Norah
Mutuku, Vincent
Keino, Susan
Simon, James E.
Hoffman, Daniel J.
Downs, Shauna M.
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description Hunger and food insecurity has worsened due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The types of food environments (e.g., natural/built) that people can access may improve household resilience to food-system shocks. This paper examines (1) urban and rural differences in the perceived influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on agricultural, livelihoods, food environment attributes, diets; and (2) whether access to different food environments was associated with food security. A two-part telephonic survey (COVID-19 Surveillance Community Action Network Food Systems Tool and Household Food Insecurity Access Scale) was conducted in Western Kenya (n = 173) and an informal settlement in Nairobi (n = 144) in January/February 2021. Limitations on the acquisition of farm inputs and movement restrictions had an adverse impact on agriculture and food sales. Urban residents reported a more significant impact on livelihoods (97% vs. 87%, p < 0.001), with day laborers being the most impacted. Rural respondents reported access to significantly more food environments and lower food insecurity. Multiple linear regression analysis revealed that younger respondents, ≤1 income source, had more difficulty acquiring food, decreased access to cultivated environments, and increased access to informal markets were predictors for higher food insecurity. These data indicate that access to specific types of food environments may improve household resilience.
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spelling pubmed-93224832022-07-27 The Influence of Food Environments on Food Security Resilience during the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Examination of Urban and Rural Difference in Kenya Merchant, Emily V. Fatima, Tasneem Fatima, Alisa Maiyo, Norah Mutuku, Vincent Keino, Susan Simon, James E. Hoffman, Daniel J. Downs, Shauna M. Nutrients Article Hunger and food insecurity has worsened due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The types of food environments (e.g., natural/built) that people can access may improve household resilience to food-system shocks. This paper examines (1) urban and rural differences in the perceived influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on agricultural, livelihoods, food environment attributes, diets; and (2) whether access to different food environments was associated with food security. A two-part telephonic survey (COVID-19 Surveillance Community Action Network Food Systems Tool and Household Food Insecurity Access Scale) was conducted in Western Kenya (n = 173) and an informal settlement in Nairobi (n = 144) in January/February 2021. Limitations on the acquisition of farm inputs and movement restrictions had an adverse impact on agriculture and food sales. Urban residents reported a more significant impact on livelihoods (97% vs. 87%, p < 0.001), with day laborers being the most impacted. Rural respondents reported access to significantly more food environments and lower food insecurity. Multiple linear regression analysis revealed that younger respondents, ≤1 income source, had more difficulty acquiring food, decreased access to cultivated environments, and increased access to informal markets were predictors for higher food insecurity. These data indicate that access to specific types of food environments may improve household resilience. MDPI 2022-07-18 /pmc/articles/PMC9322483/ /pubmed/35889896 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu14142939 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Merchant, Emily V.
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Maiyo, Norah
Mutuku, Vincent
Keino, Susan
Simon, James E.
Hoffman, Daniel J.
Downs, Shauna M.
The Influence of Food Environments on Food Security Resilience during the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Examination of Urban and Rural Difference in Kenya
title The Influence of Food Environments on Food Security Resilience during the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Examination of Urban and Rural Difference in Kenya
title_full The Influence of Food Environments on Food Security Resilience during the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Examination of Urban and Rural Difference in Kenya
title_fullStr The Influence of Food Environments on Food Security Resilience during the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Examination of Urban and Rural Difference in Kenya
title_full_unstemmed The Influence of Food Environments on Food Security Resilience during the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Examination of Urban and Rural Difference in Kenya
title_short The Influence of Food Environments on Food Security Resilience during the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Examination of Urban and Rural Difference in Kenya
title_sort influence of food environments on food security resilience during the covid-19 pandemic: an examination of urban and rural difference in kenya
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9322483/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35889896
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu14142939
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