COVID-19, Climate Change, and Conflict in Honduras: A Food System Disruption Analysis
Publisher: Global Food Security
Author(s): Jonathan Lara-Arévalo, Lucía Escobar-Burgos, E.R.H. Moore, Roni Neff, and Marie L. Spiker
Date: 2023
Topics: Climate Change, Conflict Causes, Livelihoods, Public Health, Renewable Resources
Countries: Honduras
In Honduras, as in many settings between 2020 and 2022, food security was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, and conflicts—what some refer to as “The Three Cs.” These challenges have had overlapping impacts on food supply chains, food assistance programs, food prices, household purchasing power, physical access to food, and food acceptability. This article applies a food system disruption analysis—adapted from a fault tree analysis originally developed for a municipal context in the United States—to the context of Honduras to systematically examine how the Three Cs affected food availability, accessibility, and acceptability. This article demonstrates the value of approaching food security through a disruption analysis, especially for settings impacted by multiple, interconnected, ongoing crises.