book chapter

COVID-19-induced disruptions of school feeding services exacerbate food insecurity in Nigeria

by Kibrom A. Abay,

Mulubrhan Amare,

Luca Tiberti,

Kwaw S. Andam and

Michael Wang

COVID-19 and global food security: Two years later | 2022 | Pages: 3

Publisher(s): international food policy research institute (ifpri)

DOI : https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896294226_23

Open Access | CC BY-4.0

Citation

Abay, Kibrom A.; Amare, Mulubrhan; Tiberti, Luca; Andam, Kwaw S.; and Wang, Michael. 2022. COVID-19-induced disruptions of school feeding services exacerbate food insecurity in Nigeria. In COVID-19 and global food security: Two years later, eds. John McDermott and Johan Swinnen. Part Three: Nutrition, Health and Social Programs, Chapter 23, Pp. 135-137. https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896294226_23

The COVID-19 pandemic and associated lockdown policies have disrupted education, health, and nutrition services globally, with severe implications for children’s well-being. As the pandemic spread, more than 190 countries implemented countrywide school closures, affecting 1.6 billion children around the world. In addition to the direct effects on learning, these closures affect household food security by interrupting school feeding services.

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