EFFECTS OF COVID-19 ON URBAN HOUSEHOLDS� FOOD SECURITY STATUS IN Ghana: PRE AND POST LOCKDOWN ANALYSIS

Abstract

Achieving urban food security before and after COVID-19 lockdown among urban households� in Ghana is key. This paper compares the pre-and post-COVID-19 lockdown food security status of urban dwellers in lockdown cities of the Greater part of Accra in Ghana using the Rasch and ordered logit model. From a sample of 340 respondents, the study found a significant difference in household food security status and predictors of food security. Prior to COVID-19 households were �High food secure� (36.4%), but post-COVID-19 lockdown made more households �Very low food secure� (12.35%). To combat post-COVID-19 lockdown food insecurity in urban agriculture is encouraged. � 2022 The African Specialty Group of the American Association of Geographers.