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Food insecurity in South Africa: Evidence from NIDS-CRAM wave 5

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  • Servaas van der Berg
  • Leila Patel
  • Grace Bridgman

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This article presents the results of the five waves of the National Income Dynamics Study – Coronavirus Rapid Mobile Survey (NIDS-CRAM) on food security between May 2020 and May 2021. Despite significant investments in social protection, food insecurity and household and child hunger remained stubbornly high. We conclude that given the protracted nature of the pandemic, slow economic recovery, household and child hunger have stabilised at higher levels than before the pandemic. The phasing out of emergency relief coupled with the constrained economic situation, are some of the reasons why levels of food insecurity and hunger are likely to remain high in the near future. Strict lockdown regulations also reduced employment and income from informal economic activities. Social support for vulnerable individuals and households remain an urgent priority. Continuing support targeted at households with children is particularly important given the dire consequences of enduring hunger for stunting, and on children’s long-term development.

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  • Servaas van der Berg & Leila Patel & Grace Bridgman, 2022. "Food insecurity in South Africa: Evidence from NIDS-CRAM wave 5," Development Southern Africa, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 39(5), pages 722-737, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:deveza:v:39:y:2022:i:5:p:722-737
    DOI: 10.1080/0376835X.2022.2062299
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    1. Köhler, Timothy & Bhorat, Haroon & Hill, Robert & Stanwix, Benjamin, 2023. "Lockdown stringency and employment formality: evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa," Journal for Labour Market Research, Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany], vol. 57, pages 1-3.
    2. Xikombiso Gertrude Mbhenyane & Ayuk Betrand Tambe, 2024. "The Influence of Household and Community Food Environments on Food Insecurity in Limpopo Province, South Africa," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 21(2), pages 1-23, January.
    3. Haroon Bhorat & Timothy Köhler & David de Villiers, 2023. "Can Cash Transfers to the Unemployed Support Economic Activity? Evidence from South Africa," Working Papers 202301, University of Cape Town, Development Policy Research Unit.
    4. Matshidiso Sello & Sunday A. Adedini & Clifford Odimegwu & Rebaone Petlele & Talent Tapera, 2023. "The Relationship between Childcare-Giving Arrangements and Children’s Malnutrition Status in South Africa," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(3), pages 1-15, January.

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