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The covid19 pandemic will likely promote food insecurity through three main channels declines in household incomes food price inflation and supply disruptions most urban populations in sub saharan africa earn income in the informal economy and the service sector and have extremely low savings. Covid 19 pandemic movement restrictions as part of the control measures put in place by countries in sub saharan africa ssa has implications on food security as movement restrictions coincided with planting periods for most of the staple crops the measures are affecting important staple crops in . In a study by clover 2003 to examine food security in sub sahara africa it was established that 840 billion people worldwide are malnourished studies show that actions and plans to address . Food security in sub saharan africa search in advanced search african security review volume 12 2003 issue 1 submit an article journal homepage 6513 views 66 crossref citations to date altmetric feature food security in sub saharan africa jenny clover iss pages 5 15