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Agricultural risks, the COVID-19 pandemic, and farm household welfare and diversification strategies in Africa

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  • Abdul Malik Iddrisu
  • Alhassan Abdul-Wakeel Karakara
  • Evans S. Osabuohien

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Agricultural activities in many African countries are bedevilled by a range of risk factors. Using micro-level household datasets from a range of countries in Africa, we examine the drivers of agricultural risks, while exploring the role of context as well as the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on household welfare, with a focus on farm households relative to their non-farm counterparts.

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  • Abdul Malik Iddrisu & Alhassan Abdul-Wakeel Karakara & Evans S. Osabuohien, 2022. "Agricultural risks, the COVID-19 pandemic, and farm household welfare and diversification strategies in Africa," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2022-117, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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    Risk; COVID-19; Household welfare; Welfare; Africa; Agriculture; Coping strategies; Risk-coping;
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