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 Volume 9, Issue 6 (June 2022), Pages: 9-15

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 Original Research Paper

 Comparative analysis of the sustainable dimensions of food security with COVID-19 and climate change: A case study

 Author(s): Christiana O. Igberi 1, Louis O. Omenyi 2, *, Emeka P. Osuji 1, Patricia N. Egwu 3, Sikiru Ibrahim-Olesin 1

 Affiliation(s):

 1Department of Agriculture, Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Nigeria
 2Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Nigeria
 3Department of Agricultural Economics, Management and Extension, Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, Nigeria

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 * Corresponding Author. 

  Corresponding author's ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8628-0298

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 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2022.06.002

 Abstract:

This study examined the comparative analysis of the sustainable dimension of food security with COVID-19 and climate change in the Ebonyi State of Nigeria. It is aimed at developing a scientific response to the basic dimensions of food security in this era of COVID-19. This study employed purposive and random sampling techniques to select 180 respondents from the area using a structured questionnaire. ANOVA technique was used to validate the quantitative statistics of the results. Results showed that the COVID-19 era caused more harm to agricultural production leading to a drastic reduction in agricultural yields, food supply chain, and agricultural inputs and materials in the area. There was a forceful drop in availability, affordability, accessibility, stability, and utility of agricultural inputs and materials in the area as compared to the period prior to the pandemic which showed significant increases in agricultural yields and the food supply chain. The perception of respondents to climate change was recorded as a major threat affecting food security in the area. Government subsidization of agricultural inputs and materials, as well as the adoption of proven climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies, were overtly recommended. 

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 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords: Comparative analysis, Sustainability, Food security, Food supply chain, Climate change, COVID-19

 Article History: Received 17 December 2021, Received in revised form 24 March 2022, Accepted 24 March 2022

 Acknowledgment 

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 Conflict of interest: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

 Citation:

 Igberi CO, Omenyi LO, and Osuji EP et al. (2022). Comparative analysis of the sustainable dimensions of food security with COVID-19 and climate change: A case study. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 9(6): 9-15

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