Addressing Food Insecurity Through Community Kitchens During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study from the Eastern Cape, South Africa

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作者：

Carlos Bezerra, Joana ^{[1
,2
]}

Nqowana, Thandiswa ^{[1
]}

Oosthuizen, Rene ^{[1
]}

Canca, Monica ^{[3
]}

Nkwinti, Nosipho ^{[1
]}

Mantel, Sukhmani Kaur ^{[4
]}

New, Mark ^{[5
,6
]}

Ford, James ^{[7
]}

Zavaleta-Cortijo, Carol Claudia ^{[2
]}

Galappaththi, Eranga K. ^{[8
]}

Perera, Chrishma D. ^{[8
]}

Jayasekara, Sithuni M. ^{[8
]}

Amukugo, Hans Justus ^{[9
]}

Namanya, Didacus B. ^{[10
,11
]}

Togarepi, Cecil ^{[12
]}

Hangula, Martha M. ^{[12
]}

Nkalubo, Jonathan ^{[13
,14
]}

Akugre, Francis A. ^{[15
]}

Pickering, Kerrie ^{[16
]}

Mensah, Adelina M. ^{[15
]}

Chi, Guangqing ^{[17
]}

Reckford, Lenworth ^{[18
]}

Chicmana-Zapata, Victoria ^{[2
]}

Dharmasiri, Indunil P. ^{[8
]}

Arotoma-Rojas, Ingrid ^{[2
,7
]}

机构：

[1] Rhodes Univ, Community Engagement Div, Prince Alfred St, ZA-6139 Grahamstown, South Africa

[2] Univ Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Fac Salud Publ, Unidad Ciudadania Intercultural & Salud Indigena, San Martin de Porres 15102, Peru

[3] RHODES UNIV, Community Univ Partner, 5 Prince Alfreed St, ZA-6140 GRAHAMSTOWN, South Africa

[4] Rhodes Univ, Inst Water Res, ZA-6140 Grahamstown, South Africa

[5] Univ Cape Town, African Climate & Dev Initiat, ZA-7700 Cape Town, South Africa

[6] Univ Cape Town, Dept Environm & Geog Sci, ZA-7700 Cape Town, South Africa

[7] Univ Leeds, Priestley Ctr Climate Futures, Leeds LS2 9JT, England

[8] Virginia Polytech Inst & State Univ, Dept Populat Hlth Sci, Blacksburg, VA 24061 USA

[9] Univ Namibia, Sch Nursing & Publ Hlth, Windhoek 13301, Namibia

[10] Minist Hlth, Environm Hlth Dept, Plot 6 Lourdel Rd,POB 7272, Kampala, Uganda

[11] Uganda Martyrs Univ, Fac Hlth Sci, POB 5498, Kampala, Uganda

[12] Univ Namibia, Dept Anim Prod Agribusiness & Econ, Windhoek 13301, Namibia

[13] Uganda Natl Hlth Res Org, POB 10005, Kampala, Uganda

[14] Joint Clin Res Ctr, POB 10005, Kampala, Uganda

[15] Univ Ghana, Inst Environm & Sanitat Studies, POB KB 52, Accra, Ghana

[16] Brock Univ, Environm Sustainabil Res Ctr, Burlington, ON L7M 1V7, Canada

[17] Penn State Univ, Dept Agr Econ Sociol & Educ, University Pk, PA 16802 USA

[18] Univ Northern British Columbia, Dept Global & Int Studies, Prince George, BC V2N 4Z9, Canada

来源：

URBAN SCIENCE | 2025年 / 9卷 / 02期

基金：

英国惠康基金;

关键词：

engaged research; community kitchens; food security; home gardens; community resilience; COVID-19; COPRODUCTION; SYSTEMS; HEALTH; RESILIENCE; GOVERNANCE; NUTRITION; CLIMATE; INCOME;

D O I：

10.3390/urbansci9020037

中图分类号：

X [环境科学、安全科学];

学科分类号：

08 ; 0830 ;

摘要：

One of the most critical impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic was on food security. Food insecurity increased in many communities, with some showing signs of resilience through autonomously creating community kitchens that enhanced food security and built support networks. These initiatives filled gaps left by government programmes and provided a critical lifeline for vulnerable communities during the pandemic, fostering community solidarity. This paper aims to investigate the experiences and perceptions of community kitchen managers in addressing food insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic by using a town in South Africa in 2020-2022 as a case study. Using arts-based participatory approaches, researchers interviewed 11 community kitchen managers representing 10 community kitchens in four sessions between June and November 2021. The results showed that a lack of jobs and food insecurity were identified as the main threats, whereas COVID-19 was not even identified as a threat by all of the community kitchen managers. Lacking support from the local government, these initiatives depended on individuals and community-based organisations for backing. However, this support decreased in 2021 and 2022, raising concerns about the sustainability of these efforts.

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