Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/273915 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
WIDER Working Paper No. 2022/117
Publisher: 
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki
Abstract: 
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. We demonstrate that the probability of experiencing risks related to agriculture is significantly influenced by a range of individual- and farm-level/contextual factors, with these effects showing considerable variations across contexts and countries in Africa. We also find that farm households witnessed important reductions in their incomes during the COVID-19 period in Uganda. The study contributes to the design of evidence-based approaches to reducing farmers' vulnerabilities to agricultural risks and pandemic-related shocks.
Subjects: 
agricultural risk
COVID-19 pandemic
farm households
welfare
Africa
JEL: 
I31
O55
Q15
R14
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
ISBN: 
978-92-9267-251-5
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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