Policy impacts in dynamic relation to food, income, learning and security: COVID-19 lockdowns in a Nigerian Agrarian Community

Grace Oluwakemi Awosanmi, Ayodeji Fisayo Afolayan, Mia Perry (), George Olusola Ajibade and Sunday Adesola Ajayi
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Grace Oluwakemi Awosanmi: Obafemi Awolowo University, African Institute for Science Policy and Innovation
Ayodeji Fisayo Afolayan: First Technical University, Institute for Sustainable Development
Mia Perry: University of Glasgow, School of Education
George Olusola Ajibade: Obafemi Awolowo University, Department of Linguistics
Sunday Adesola Ajayi: First Technical University, Institute for Sustainable Development

Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, 2025, vol. 27, issue 12, No 90, 30799-30816

Abstract: Abstract Whose Crisis? The Global COVID-19 pandemic from the perspective of communities in Africa is an international research project that aims to investigate and represent the diverse experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic from those marginalized by mainstream media and policy influence. This article focuses on the multidimensional effects of the generalized lockdown policy in an agrarian community in Nigeria. The project engaged participatory and culturally responsive adaptations of qualitative methods including participatory engagement and individual and group discussions with purposively selected community members. This relational research practice is supported by a Systems Thinking approach to data analysis. In particular, a Causal Loop Diagram (CLD) is used to analyse and visually present the relationships between various elements (variables) of the research context (the system). This study reveals the interrelated effects of the COVID-19 prompted generalised lockdown policies on livelihoods, education, health, and security in rural Nigeria. Although the lockdown policy was intended to curtail the impact of COVID-19, it had severe unintended consequences, exposing weaknesses in the social support system and threatening the foundations of the agrarian community of this study. This article culminates in recommendations for participatory and culturally responsive approaches to future policy formulation.

Keywords: Covid 19 pandemic; Participatory research; Lockdown policy; Livelihoods; Education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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