51. Food insecurity and perceived effects of COVID-19 on livelihoods in rural Sri Lanka
- Author
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Singh, Nishmeet; Scott, Samuel; Kumar, Neha; Ramani, Gayathri V.; Marshall, Quinn; Sinclair, Kate; Kalupahana, Saman; Fernando, Malika; Silva, Renuka; Perera, Amila; Jayatissa, Renuka; Olney, Deanna K., https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0358-4964 Singh, Nishmeet; http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5564-0510 Scott, Samuel; http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7982-3277 Kumar, Neha; http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2420-8565 Olney, Deanna; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8936-1421 Ramani, Gayathri, Singh, Nishmeet; Scott, Samuel; Kumar, Neha; Ramani, Gayathri V.; Marshall, Quinn; Sinclair, Kate; Kalupahana, Saman; Fernando, Malika; Silva, Renuka; Perera, Amila; Jayatissa, Renuka; Olney, Deanna K., and https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0358-4964 Singh, Nishmeet; http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5564-0510 Scott, Samuel; http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7982-3277 Kumar, Neha; http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2420-8565 Olney, Deanna; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8936-1421 Ramani, Gayathri
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- Coronavirus; coronavirus disease; Coronavirinae; COVID-19; food security; rural areas; livelihoods
- Abstract
Non-PR, IFPRI1; CRP2; CRP4; R5N Operational Research; 2 Promoting Healthy Diets and Nutrition for all; DCA, PHND; A4NH; PIM, CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM); CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH), Little is known about how the COVID-19 pandemic (C19) has affected food security and farmers' livelihoods in Sri Lanka, a country which has experienced multiple C19 waves with an increasing caseload over time. We examined food insecurity experience, perceived effects of C19 on health and livelihoods, and coping mechanisms employed among rural farming households at two timepoints during the pandemic.
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- 2021