Open AccessNOVO CORONAVÍRUS SARS-COV-2 E O AGRAVAMENTO DA INSEGURANÇA ALIMENTAR EM PAÍSES AFRICANOS COM HISTÓRICO DE EVENTOS CLIMÁTICOS E DE CONFLITOS ARMADOS
Author(s) -
Maitu Abibo Buanango,
Vladmir Antero Delgado Silves Ferreira,
Maria Rita Marques de Oliveira
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
simbio-logias
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1983-3253
DOI - 10.32905/19833253.2020.12.16p118
Subject(s) - food security , agriculture , climate change , political science , food insecurity , covid-19 , pandemic , geography , development economics , environmental protection , economic growth , environmental health , medicine , disease , ecology , biology , economics , archaeology , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty)
In times of crisis, one of the areas heavily affected has been food, as a direct consequence of the damage caused to family farming and therefore to Food and Nutrition Security (SAN). Climate change, in turn, causes widespread crises, which, due to their impact on humanity, and above all, on SAN, provide complex humanitarian crises, worsening hunger. The military conflict imposes difficulties in access to food and production. This study aimed to critically describe the panorama of climate change and armed conflicts in Africa, relating them to the pandemic of COVID-19 as a factor of aggravating the situation of food insecurity in African countries. A literature review study was carried out in various databases, journals and portals for this purpose, with emphasis on Google Scholar, CAPES and governmental portals. The results point to climate change, as being multicausal, and constitute a risk factor for agriculture and SAN, in African countries, characterized by the destruction of crops and the reduction of food availability. Armed conflicts makes difficult to produce and distribute food, especially for people who’s affected.