The effect of food–price movements on African households
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2012

In this paper, we aim to assess households' vulnerability to food–price increases in four countries in sub–Saharan Africa. We use two established indicators of sensitivity to food price changes - one measuring the share of income spent on food, the other measuring net sales of food compared to total expenditures. In contrast to earlier studies, we look at all food items and not just one or a few staple foods and find that the exclusion of non–staple foods has a significant impact on the results. We find that the shares of the populations spending more than half of their income on food lie in the range 62% to 81% in rural areas and 26% to 67% in urban areas. Further, we find that in all countries/regions studied, most households (74% to 99%) in rural areas are net buyers of food and stand to lose in the short term from higher food prices.

food production

poverty

sub–Saharan Africa

Ghana

urban areas

food net sales

household survey

food price movements

staple crops

Tanzania

rural areas

food price changes

South Africa

Malawi

food consumption

food price increases

household income

food prices

vulnerability indicators

Författare

David Bryngelsson

Chalmers, Energi och miljö, Fysisk resursteori

Anders Åhlén

Chalmers, Energi och miljö, Fysisk resursteori

Martin Persson

Göteborgs universitet

Chalmers, Energi och miljö, Fysisk resursteori

Christian Azar

Chalmers, Energi och miljö, Fysisk resursteori

International Journal of Agricultural Resources, Governance and Ecology

1462-4605 (ISSN)

Vol. 9 3-4 121-146

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Globaliseringsstudier

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DOI

10.1504/IJARGE.2012.050326

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