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{"title":"Poor health and food insecurity among food assistance recipients: Evidence from France","authors":"Romane Vandroux ,&nbsp;François-Charles Wolff","doi":"10.1016/j.foodpol.2025.102895","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.foodpol.2025.102895","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper examines the relationship between food insecurity and poor health among food assistance recipients in France using a dataset collected in 2021 from nearly 4,000 respondents. For these individuals from disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds, food assistance may eliminate the association between food insecurity and health reported in surveys of the general population. Regression estimates show a strong positive association between food insecurity and poor health (self-reported health, chronic disease, activity limitation). This correlation is significantly higher for native respondents than for migrants. After accounting for the endogeneity of food insecurity through a free-instrument approach that estimates bounds, we confirm the positive association between food insecurity and poor health. The low frequency of visits to food banks may explain why food insecurity persists among participants and continues to affect health.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":321,"journal":{"name":"Food Policy","volume":"134 ","pages":"Article 102895"},"PeriodicalIF":6.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144147946","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Assessing the social risk of high-protein food alternatives using the social life cycle assessment","authors":"Cecere Giuseppe ,&nbsp;Azarkamand Sahar ,&nbsp;Bala Alba ,&nbsp;Sazdovski Ilija ,&nbsp;Fullana-i-Palmer Pere ,&nbsp;Lucia Rigamonti","doi":"10.1016/j.foodpol.2025.102894","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.foodpol.2025.102894","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The rapidly increasing global population presents important challenges in ensuring adequate and nutritious food, especially when accounting for the associated social and environmental impacts. This paper investigates the social risks associated with different protein sources, focusing on animal-based and plant-based options. Specifically, it assesses the risk of four main protein products in the Spanish market: meat, dairy, fish, and agricultural products.</div><div>Social risks are evaluated using the Social Life Cycle Assessment methodology. In this study, social risks are assessed for four social stakeholder categories: workers, local community, value chain, and society using the Product Social Impact Life Cycle Assessment database. The functional unit is based on the daily recommended protein intake for human consuption, considering the protein content of each product, with products classified into four main categories: meat, dairy products, agricultural products (plant-based), and fish and other fishing products (seafoods). To make a final comparison the results were compared to the results of the social risks assessment of 1 kg of the same products.</div><div>Based on daily requirements intake of functional unit, the highest social risks are observed in the workers and local community stakeholder category. For workers, the most significant risks are seen in fair salary, non-fatal accidents, and trade unionism indicators, with fishing and other fishing products having the highest impacts. For the local community, biomass consumption indicator has the highest risk, while fishing products show the highest risk among all protein sources. Using different functional units can significantly change the results. When assessing social risks based on 1 kg of protein product produced by the sector, all four protein groups exhibit similar social risk values. The lowest social risk is observed in meat production on society (21 %), fish and other fishing products on the value chain (21 %), and agricultural products on workers (21 %). In contrast, the highest social risk is associated with the manufacturing of dairy products, affecting the local community (29 %). However, when assessing social risks based on daily recommended protein intake, the risks vary significantly. The lowest risk is observed for agricultural products on workers (14 %), while the highest risk is associated with fish and other fishing products on society (42 %).</div><div>The findings reveal that different functional units can significantly alter the interpretation of social risks, underscoring the need for careful consideration in comparative assessments. This study highlights the critical role of social risk assessments in supporting sustainable food systems and informing policy and consumer decisions beyond nutritional and environmental aspects.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":321,"journal":{"name":"Food Policy","volume":"134 ","pages":"Article 102894"},"PeriodicalIF":6.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144125198","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Citizen voice and state response in the context of food system transformations","authors":"Nitya Rao ,&nbsp;Emma Marzi ,&nbsp;Isabel Baudish ,&nbsp;Amar Laila ,&nbsp;Costanza Conti ,&nbsp;Christina C. Hicks","doi":"10.1016/j.foodpol.2025.102879","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.foodpol.2025.102879","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper reviews the dynamic interplay between food activism and state responses, focusing on the diverse ways and strategies used by food movements to advocate for food systems transformation. More so, in a context of growing corporate control in food systems, food activism has been promoting just and sustainable alternatives. State reactions have been evolving, ranging from repression to policy change, to, in some cases, collaboration. Through a combination of summative content analysis of key themes across the literature and a thematic exploration of case studies, the paper highlights key trends in food activism and examines how governments have responded to them. By analysing the interactions between citizens and governments, this paper offers insights for both activists and policymakers seeking to build more inclusive and participatory food governance structures, in their efforts to transform food systems.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":321,"journal":{"name":"Food Policy","volume":"134 ","pages":"Article 102879"},"PeriodicalIF":6.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144098638","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Insurance without formal insurance: the buffering role of social capital in rural Ethiopia","authors":"Abraham Seyoum Gonfa ,&nbsp;Jonse Bane Boka ,&nbsp;Getnet Alemu Zewdu","doi":"10.1016/j.foodpol.2025.102880","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.foodpol.2025.102880","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The literature is unclear whether social capital can insure effectively against shocks. We provide evidence from rural Ethiopia, a setting characterized by prevalent shocks, lack of formal insurance markets, and functioning informal traditional institutions, using four waves of household panel surveys with over 6000 observations. We measure social capital as the social network-based resources available to rural households via local informal institutions, alternatively measured as network size, network diversity, and simple membership in institutions. Fixed effect estimation results show that the buffering role of social capital extends beyond insurance against idiosyncratic shocks, with variation across welfare and social capital measures. Social capital helps protect against multiple and simultaneous shocks, buffering shortfalls in not only total consumption but also food and consumables consumption. Rural households thus benefit from informal insurance in local institutions in the absence of formal insurance markets. Rural insurance policies and efforts to address food insecurity and rural development challenges should consider resources embedded in these institutions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":321,"journal":{"name":"Food Policy","volume":"134 ","pages":"Article 102880"},"PeriodicalIF":6.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144089055","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Rural Economy-wide Impacts of Kenya’s Home-Grown School Meals Program","authors":"Anubhab Gupta ,&nbsp;Miki Khanh Doan ,&nbsp;Heng Zhu ,&nbsp;Edward Whitney ,&nbsp;Mateusz Filipski ,&nbsp;Ernesto Gonzalez-Estrada ,&nbsp;David Ryckembusch ,&nbsp;J. Edward Taylor","doi":"10.1016/j.foodpol.2025.102887","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.foodpol.2025.102887","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>School feeding programs can generate significant economic benefits in rural areas when schools purchase food from local producers, producer associations, or traders, who in turn source food locally or from other parts of the country. Utilizing primary survey data on schools, households, businesses, and traders across five representative counties in Kenya, we estimate the economy-wide impacts of Kenya’s Home-Grown School Meals Program (HGSMP). Our applied general equilibrium model integrates local economies of both HGSMP and high-productivity (HP) food-source counties to estimate direct and indirect spillover effects. Every Kenyan shilling (KSH) allocated to HGSMP schools generates an <em>additional</em> 1.02 KSH of inflation-adjusted income within HGSMP counties and 0.24 KSH in HP counties, leading to a total inflation-adjusted income multiplier of 2.26 in the local economy. On average, each additional school covered by HGSMP has the potential to generate KSH 1.43 million in annual income in Kenya’s rural economy, substantially exceeding the cost of feeding the school. This study highlights that school feeding programs not only improve children’s human capital outcomes but also create economic benefits for rural economies.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":321,"journal":{"name":"Food Policy","volume":"134 ","pages":"Article 102887"},"PeriodicalIF":6.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144084513","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Are you s(ec)ure? assessing the sensitivity of land tenure security estimates to survey design choices","authors":"Sydney Gourlay ,&nbsp;Giuseppe Maggio ,&nbsp;Anahit Safyan ,&nbsp;Alberto Zezza","doi":"10.1016/j.foodpol.2025.102888","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.foodpol.2025.102888","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Land tenure security is critically linked to several dimensions of development, including increased access to credit, investment, productivity, food security, and intra-household bargaining power, among others. Inequities across and within households, including productivity differentials, can be traced to and explained by difference in access to land. Despite being featured in two SDG indicators, very few countries have adequate data to understand and monitor land tenure security. Remedying that demands a shift from household-level data collection to more and better data on individual-level land rights. This paper leverages a unique methodological experiment in Armenia to rigorously examine the implications of respondent strategy and data collection level on land tenure data quality in the context of SDG monitoring. Findings from the randomization of households across treatment arms reveal significant differences in the estimation of certain land tenure components, especially when using proxy respondents at the parcel level. Gender disparities in land rights are prevalent, with men consistently reporting higher land tenure security than women across all measurement methods, with the point estimates of the implied gender gap varying with survey design choice. Heterogeneity and further analyses also shed light on a set of trade-offs deriving from factors such as areas of residence and gender of the reporting individual, financial constraints, survey structure, and respondent fatigue. The study contributes to the understanding of land tenure measurement and aligns with broader initiatives aimed at efficiently collecting comparable individual-level data at scale while informing policy decisions and SDG reporting.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":321,"journal":{"name":"Food Policy","volume":"134 ","pages":"Article 102888"},"PeriodicalIF":6.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144084514","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Corrigendum to “Vulnerability of US dairy farms to extreme heat” [Food Policy 131 (2025) 102821]","authors":"Jared Hutchins ,&nbsp;Marin Skidmore ,&nbsp;Derek Nolan","doi":"10.1016/j.foodpol.2025.102886","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.foodpol.2025.102886","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":321,"journal":{"name":"Food Policy","volume":"134 ","pages":"Article 102886"},"PeriodicalIF":6.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143950457","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The policy relevance of maximum residue limits analyses","authors":"Akinbode Okunola ,&nbsp;Elliott Dennis ,&nbsp;John Beghin","doi":"10.1016/j.foodpol.2025.102890","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.foodpol.2025.102890","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":321,"journal":{"name":"Food Policy","volume":"134 ","pages":"Article 102890"},"PeriodicalIF":6.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143950456","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Drivers of state legislative actions restricting foreign holdings of U.S. agricultural land","authors":"Lin Lin,&nbsp;David L. Ortega","doi":"10.1016/j.foodpol.2025.102859","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.foodpol.2025.102859","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Foreign holdings of U.S. agricultural land have raised national and food security concerns. These concerns have been reflected in the significant amount of state legislative actions that seek to restrict foreign holdings of U.S. agricultural land in recent years. While there has not been clear evidence of the negative impacts of such foreign holdings, these restrictive legislations could deprive immigrants’ residential rights or lead to unintended economic consequences. This naturally leads to the question: what are the factors driving these controversial state legislative actions? This study informs this important issue by investigating factors predicting state legislators’ bill proposals and voting behavior. We then conduct an analysis at the state level, accounting for the sequential nature of state-level activity, which allows us to further capture the impacts of state agricultural and China-related characteristics. Results suggest that while protecting state agricultural assets is part of the consideration, these state legislative actions are also responding to national security concerns raised by China-related incidents in recent years.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":321,"journal":{"name":"Food Policy","volume":"134 ","pages":"Article 102859"},"PeriodicalIF":6.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143935945","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Corrigendum to “Role of nutrition-sensitive agriculture in enhancing sustainable humanitarian assistance: Evidence from orange-fleshed sweetpotato interventions in Kenya” [Food Policy 132 (2025) 102834]","authors":"Chalmers K. Mulwa ,&nbsp;Fred Grant ,&nbsp;Marcel Gatto ,&nbsp;Mukani Moyo ,&nbsp;Dorcas Amunga ,&nbsp;Norman Kwikiriza ,&nbsp;Jack Malit ,&nbsp;Julius J. Okello ,&nbsp;Joyce Maru ,&nbsp;Hugo Campos ,&nbsp;Simon Heck","doi":"10.1016/j.foodpol.2025.102884","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.foodpol.2025.102884","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":321,"journal":{"name":"Food Policy","volume":"134 ","pages":"Article 102884"},"PeriodicalIF":6.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143917783","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}