Strengthening Household Nutrition in Senegal: Addressing Gendered Impacts of Food Price Volatility
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Date
2025
Authors
Dumas, Tsambou André
Sergeo, Tagang Tene Nelson
Falone, Kenne
Bayompe, Kabou Albertine
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AERC
Abstract
Recurrent global food price crises have pushed food security to the top of the international political agenda. One in nine people worldwide and four in nine in sub-Saharan Africa cannot meet their energy requirements for food (FAO, 2015). Gender discrimination probably impacts women more heavily in many African countries. Additionally, 37 million people in sub-Saharan Africa, 42.3% of whom are women, fell below the poverty line in 2021 because of volatile prices for essential goods. Food price volatility refers to seasonal, abrupt, or unexpected variations in food prices relative to the long-term price trend. While gradual fluctuations reflecting predictable seasonal patterns are not a concern, large, frequent, and unidirectional price fluctuations pose significant problems. High, volatile, and unstable prices create uncertainties and risks for producers, traders, consumers, and governments, potentially having considerable negative consequences for the agricultural sector and household food consumption.