‘COVID-19/Food Insecurity Syndemic’: Navigating the Realities of Food Security Imperatives of Sustainable Development Goals in Africa

Ezirigwe Jane (), Ojike Chinelo, Amechi Emeka and Adewopo Adebambo
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Ezirigwe Jane: Department of Research, Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, NIALS Complex, UNILAG, Lagos, Nigeria; and Doctoral Scholar, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Ojike Chinelo: Department of Commercial Law, Olaniwun Ajayi LP, Abuja, FCT, Nigeria
Amechi Emeka: Department of Commercial and Industrial Law, University of Port Harcourt, Choba, Rivers State, Nigeria
Adewopo Adebambo: Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria

The Law and Development Review, 2021, vol. 14, issue 1, 129-162

Abstract: The current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is impacting on food systems and has exposed the poor state of food security and lack of food system infrastructures. Consequently, sub-Saharan Africa countries face the compounded risk of COVID-19 and hunger. The syndemic will pose serious challenges for achieving food security imperatives of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. This article discusses the dynamics of food security imperatives brought about by COVID-19 pandemic. It examines the mitigating efforts of sub-Saharan African governments in addressing COVID-19 and how this effort impacts the attainment of SDGs One, Two, Three and 12. It finds that while the pandemic provides an opportunity for governments to strengthen their commitments, it raises questions on the ambitious global efforts to deliver SDGs by 2030. It recommends that African governments need to maximize intra-African trade with investments in agricultural biotechnological infrastructure in order to close the gap between the targets and the realities, in the efforts towards achieving the SDGs.

Keywords: COVID-19; food insecurity; Sustainable Development Goals; developing countries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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