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The current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is impacting on food systems and has exposed the poor state of food security and lack of food system infrastructures Consequently, sub-Saharan Africa countries face the compounded risk of COVID-19 and hunger The syndemic will pose serious challenges for achieving food security imperatives of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 This article discusses the dynamics of food security imperatives brought about by COVID-19 pandemic It examines the mitigating efforts of sub-Saharan African governments in addressing COVID-19 and how this effort impacts the attainment of SDGs One, Two, Three and 12 It finds that while the pandemic provides an opportunity for governments to strengthen their commitments, it raises questions on the ambitious global efforts to deliver SDGs by 2030 It recommends that African governments need to maximize intra-African trade with investments in agricultural biotechnological infrastructure in order to close the gap between the targets and the realities, in the efforts towards achieving the SDGs © 2020 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston 2020
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\'COVID-19/Food Insecurity Syndemic\': Navigating the Realities of Food Security Imperatives of Sustainable Development Goals in Africa
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