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{"title":"Measuring agricultural sustainability: Revisiting Sustainable Development Goal Indicator 2.4.1 and its proxy","authors":"Suyu Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.gfs.2025.100887","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.gfs.2025.100887","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Sustainable agriculture is a central target of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with the development of SDG Indicator 2.4.1 to assess the progress towards sustainable agriculture at national and global levels. A 2023 article published in <em>Global Food Security</em> highlighted both the strengths and limitations of this indicator. Since then, despite the tremendous efforts from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the low availability of data has been a challenge for measuring agricultural sustainability with SDG Indicator 2.4.1.</div><div>One of the most notable efforts to address the persistent issue of low data availability is the development of a proxy indicator coordinated by FAO, the custodian agency of SDG Indicator 2.4.1. This perspective article examines the contributions and limitations of the proxy, which uses seven sub-indicators to assess both current status and trends in agricultural sustainability. The proxy significantly improves data availability and enables trend analysis and sub-indicator-level comparisons. However, concerns remain about the ambiguity in its scoring methodology and the penalization of missing data, which may disproportionately affect countries with relatively weaker statistical capacity. This article offers suggestions for improving the proxy's design and implementation, especially alternative methods of treating missing data and wider participation in its further updates with more consideration of national statistical capacity. It also highlights opportunities for future research on cross-SDG interactions and the integration of local knowledge. While the proxy offers a practical interim solution, continued efforts to strengthen national statistical systems remain essential for fully realizing the intent of SDG Indicator 2.4.1.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48741,"journal":{"name":"Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment","volume":"47 ","pages":"Article 100887"},"PeriodicalIF":9.6,"publicationDate":"2025-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145157780","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":"Increasing inequality in agri-food value chains: global trends from 1995-2020","authors":"Meghna Goyal ,&nbsp;Jason Hickel ,&nbsp;Praveen Jha","doi":"10.1016/j.gfs.2025.100883","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.gfs.2025.100883","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Agri-food systems are increasingly globalised. In the last three decades, as national food systems have become more interdependent, the distribution of productive activities and economic value between different actors and countries has changed. Prior research on domestic agri-food value chains has shown that the farm share of food-system income has declined consistently, while post-farmgate sectors capture the majority of income. Market concentration in post-farmgate sectors is high in industrialised economies and is driving food-system transformations in developing economies. Here, we extend this analysis to assess the global distributional consequences of food-system transformations for the first time. We use multi-regional input-output data to disaggregate food expenditures between different countries and sectors across agri-food value chains, from 1995 to 2020. We arrive at several main findings: 1) agricultural production for food and industrial inputs has increasingly shifted to the global South, 2) global food-system income is increasingly captured by post-farm activities in the global North, and 3) a substantial share of food-system income is captured in low-tax jurisdictions with low agricultural production. These findings demonstrate that the contemporary agri-food system and agricultural trade are skewing the distribution of economic returns away from agricultural producers in the global South.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48741,"journal":{"name":"Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment","volume":"46 ","pages":"Article 100883"},"PeriodicalIF":9.6,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145094956","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":"Exploring the complexity of food systems assessments: A systematic literature review of frameworks and indicators","authors":"Yuba Raj Subedi ,&nbsp;Cecile Godde ,&nbsp;Pradeepa Korale-Gedara ,&nbsp;Jeremy Farr ,&nbsp;Selina Fyfe","doi":"10.1016/j.gfs.2025.100881","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.gfs.2025.100881","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>There is growing momentum at the global level to assess food systems. This study aims to understand how food systems are being assessed by examining the frameworks, dimensions and indicators used. Following PRISMA guidelines, a systematic literature review identified 40 studies that primarily focused on assessing food systems or their components through a set of indicators. The review identified twelve key focus areas, of which sustainability assessments and the monitoring of food system performance were the most common. A limited number of studies explicitly defined what “food system” meant and how it was conceptualised in their study – a key point that most studies overlooked. Among the studies that used a framework, two types—conceptual and analytical—were used. Studies often modified frameworks by integrating theoretical concepts, methodological approaches, and disciplinary lenses to align with their goals and contexts. There was significant variation in the types and numbers of dimensions used to assess the same aspects of food systems. This study compiled 1096 indicators, revealing a skewed distribution towards environmental, socioeconomic, and nutrition-related domains. Literature reviews and participatory methods were the two most common approaches for selecting and shortlisting indicators. The predominance of outcome-related indicators compared to drivers and activities suggests that assessments have largely prioritised measuring impacts rather than understanding the underlying drivers and processes that shape food systems. This study highlights the importance of clearly defining food systems and being explicit about the motivations and underlying assumptions for choosing frameworks and indicators. Doing so is vital to ensure consistency in assessments and to advance knowledge for addressing complex food system challenges.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48741,"journal":{"name":"Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment","volume":"46 ","pages":"Article 100881"},"PeriodicalIF":9.6,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145094952","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":"Seeing famines: An exploration of the spatial dimensions of severe hunger crises","authors":"Paul Howe ,&nbsp;Theo Anastopoulo ,&nbsp;Christopher Newton","doi":"10.1016/j.gfs.2025.100878","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.gfs.2025.100878","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Famines can take various spatial forms, from sieges of single villages to transcontinental crises. Yet there has been little systematic study and conceptualization of their spatial dimensions, leading to confusion about where they are happening or will likely happen at a time of heightened risk globally. This paper helps to address this gap. It proposes that famines occur either in geographically wide-ranging ‘clusters’ of crises sharing common drivers or as stand-alone ‘singulars’ contained in delimited areas. It then makes a series of distinctions within these broader categories, classifying crises on a spectrum from closed to open, providing a vocabulary for describing spatial elements, and identifying a typology of common profiles. It applies the terminology and typology to a range of historical and contemporary crises. While recognizing the fundamental importance of political factors in causation, as well as some of the challenges in applying this approach, the paper argues that a clearer understanding of the spatial dimensions and logic of these crises can improve attempts to identify, respond to, and prevent famines in the future.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48741,"journal":{"name":"Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment","volume":"46 ","pages":"Article 100878"},"PeriodicalIF":9.6,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145094954","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":"Identification, characterization, and determinants of dietary patterns of low-income urban adults in Vietnam and Nigeria","authors":"Giulia Pastori ,&nbsp;Kim Maasen ,&nbsp;Elise F. Talsma ,&nbsp;Hans Verhoef ,&nbsp;Folake O. Samuel ,&nbsp;Oluyemisi F. Shittu ,&nbsp;Le Thi Huong ,&nbsp;Ricardo Hernandez ,&nbsp;Sigrid Wertheim-Heck ,&nbsp;Xuan Thi Thanh Le ,&nbsp;Truong Tuyet Mai ,&nbsp;Mark Lundy ,&nbsp;Zsuzsa Bakk ,&nbsp;Inge D. Brouwer","doi":"10.1016/j.gfs.2024.100797","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.gfs.2024.100797","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Understanding dietary patterns and their determinants can steer efforts to food systems transformations required to provide sustainable healthy diets. Based on 24-h recall data and using latent class analysis, we characterized dietary patterns of adults from low-income neighborhoods in Hanoi, Vietnam and Ibadan, Nigeria (n = 385 and 344, age 18–49 years). We examined sociodemographic determinants and diet quality (diversity, non-communicable disease risk, and micronutrient adequacy) of these patterns. Three dietary patterns were identified in each country. Vietnamese patterns differed in sociodemographic characteristics and diet quality. Nigerian patterns differed in diet quality but not in sociodemographics. Understanding different consumer groups and the drivers of consumption helps to identify tailored interventions to diversify diets and improve diet quality.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48741,"journal":{"name":"Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment","volume":"46 ","pages":"Article 100797"},"PeriodicalIF":9.6,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145094953","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 effect of social capital on food insecurity: Insights from a household survey","authors":"Diego Monteza-Quiroz,&nbsp;Andres Silva,&nbsp;Maria Isabel Sactic","doi":"10.1016/j.gfs.2025.100882","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.gfs.2025.100882","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Most previous research on food insecurity treats households in isolation, overlooking social interactions. The purpose of this study is to analyze the causal relation between social capital and food insecurity. We have addressed potential endogeneity issues using access variables as instrumental variables and employed a recursive bivariate probit model to analyze the relation between social capital and food insecurity across three illustrative cases. We utilized a unique dataset comprising 72,056 households, which includes questionnaires on food insecurity and social capital. For the first time, we were able to assess the causal relation between social capital and food insecurity, finding that social capital reduces food insecurity by 23–25 percentage points. Our findings aim to inform and support the expansion of social capital-based food policies as a strategy to mitigate food insecurity. Moreover, we argue that a larger dataset would need to include food insecurity and social capital questionnaires to provide new insights to reduce food insecurity. Finally, we argue that larger datasets should include both food insecurity and social capital modules to generate new insights for reducing food insecurity.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48741,"journal":{"name":"Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment","volume":"46 ","pages":"Article 100882"},"PeriodicalIF":9.6,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145094955","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":"It's time to consider global catastrophic food failures","authors":"Noah J. Wescombe ,&nbsp;Juan Garcia Martínez ,&nbsp;Florian Ulrich Jehn ,&nbsp;Nico Wunderling ,&nbsp;Asaf Tzachor ,&nbsp;Vilma Sandström ,&nbsp;Michael Cassidy ,&nbsp;Rachel Ainsworth ,&nbsp;David Denkenberger","doi":"10.1016/j.gfs.2025.100880","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.gfs.2025.100880","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Food systems today face interconnected, systemic risks that could culminate in widespread disruptions triggering extreme global famine, in addition to neglected extreme risks. This paper introduces the concept of Global Catastrophic Food Failure (GCFF) to describe such scenarios; where food shortages overwhelm response capacities of governments and private sectors, necessitating extraordinary interventions. A GCFF could be triggered by various mechanisms including: abrupt sunlight reduction scenarios from a volcanic winter (like a Tambora-scale eruption), nuclear winter, or asteroid impact that could cause near-total agricultural collapse; multiple breadbasket failures from synchronous extreme weather events causing &gt;10 % yield losses; collapse of critical climate systems like the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) that could eliminate half of wheat and maize cultivation zones; or cascading disruptions to global trade and agricultural inputs (fertilizers, fuel, machinery) that could reduce crop production by up to 40 % across staples. These events would be characterized by rapid onset, extended duration over multiple years, extreme magnitude affecting global food supply by 5–10 % or more, and limited resilience exceeding normal coping mechanisms. While the exact likelihood of certain GCFF scenarios is uncertain, forecasts over the century indicate a probability of over 10 % for each of: a large climate-changing eruption, a nuclear war, and an AMOC collapse. Currently, GCFF is a blind spot requiring research and policy efforts to strengthen food systems' resilience and capacity to sustain humanity.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48741,"journal":{"name":"Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment","volume":"46 ","pages":"Article 100880"},"PeriodicalIF":9.6,"publicationDate":"2025-08-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144886034","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":"How does migration affect the food security and health of children and adults ?","authors":"Yuhan Zhao ,&nbsp;Fang Xia ,&nbsp;Xiande Li ,&nbsp;Chen Qian ,&nbsp;Shenggen Fan","doi":"10.1016/j.gfs.2025.100879","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.gfs.2025.100879","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Food security and nutrition are crucial for well-being and global development, as emphasized by Sustainable Development Goal 2. Nevertheless, low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) continue to face significant challenges related to food insecurity and malnutrition, adversely affecting health throughout the life course—from impaired child development to increased risks of non-communicable diseases in adults. Meanwhile, international migration has emerged as a key livelihood strategy in these regions. While research has explored migration's impact on household well-being, its complex interactions with food security, nutrition, and health across different household members remain underexplored. This study investigates how international migration affects the food security, nutrition, and health of left-behind households in rural Tajikistan. Using a large-scale dataset of 10,742 households and an instrumental variable approach, we find that migration significantly enhances food purchasing power, increases macronutrient intake, and improves diet quality and quantity. While children's health outcomes improve, the incidence of diet-related chronic diseases among adults rises. We also identify nonlinear relationships between migration duration and calorie intake (inverted U-shaped) and the General Dietary Quality Score (U-shaped), reflecting patterns observed in adult hypertension. These findings suggest that Tajikistan and other LMICs should implement policies to promote employment opportunities for rural households to improve food security and nutrition. Additionally, targeted interventions are necessary to ensure balanced nutrition and health education for migrant-sending communities and households with migrants.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48741,"journal":{"name":"Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment","volume":"47 ","pages":"Article 100879"},"PeriodicalIF":9.6,"publicationDate":"2025-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144826988","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":"New insights into the measurement of household well-being for vulnerable economies: Evidence from Pakistan's labor and diet data","authors":"Robina Kouser ,&nbsp;Faisal Abbas ,&nbsp;Suresh Chandra Babu ,&nbsp;Mousumi Bhattacharjee","doi":"10.1016/j.gfs.2025.100876","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.gfs.2025.100876","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Well-being is a multidimensional concept. Global measures of well-being like the Human Development Index (HDI) and the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) use indicators such as education, health, and living standards. Nevertheless, both HDI and MPI do not include essential factors of human well-being, especially in lower- and middle-income economies, i.e., decent work and food insecurity. Lack of decent work and food insecurity are two key factors that majorly contribute to the deprivation of household well-being. The lack of decent work conditions substantially contributes to various issues, including low wages, long working hours, and unsafe work environments. These factors can have a detrimental impact on the physical and mental health of workers. Similarly, food insecurity correlates with malnutrition, leading to poor health outcomes and a diminished quality of life. Addressing decent work and food security is essential for improving community well-being and health. In this paper, we construct a novel index that is decomposable to incorporate these dimensions of well-being, i.e., labor and diet. Employing Alkire and Foster (2008) methodology, we develop a multi-dimensional well-being index (MWBI) using PSLM/HIES (2018–19) data for different occupational groups in Pakistan. Our findings indicate that 26 % of households experience poor well-being in Pakistan, with rural areas facing double the deprivation relative to urban areas. KPK province ranks the most deprived, while Punjab is the least deprived. Female-headed households are more deprived (34 %) than male-headed households (26 %). Those in low-skill, agricultural, or entertainment sectors perform the worst. In contrast, those in high-skill, non-agriculture, real estate, and clerical support roles show the least deprivation. Our policy recommendations are improving skills through technical and vocational training programs, supporting legislation to enforce the minimum wage for informal workers, and enhancing labor protections and job opportunities for women. Focusing on the interplay of labor and diet is pivotal for promoting well-being in vulnerable economies.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48741,"journal":{"name":"Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment","volume":"46 ","pages":"Article 100876"},"PeriodicalIF":9.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144739127","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":"A global scoping review of alternative food movements calls for food justice and justice beyond individual humans","authors":"Laxmi Prasad Pant ,&nbsp;Sharada Prasad Wasti ,&nbsp;Charoula Konstantia Nikolaou ,&nbsp;Prajal Pradhan ,&nbsp;Georgie Hurst ,&nbsp;Kiran Kumari Bhattarai","doi":"10.1016/j.gfs.2025.100877","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.gfs.2025.100877","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study aims to synthesise evidence on an under-researched area of food systems, the justice implications of alternative food movements (AFMs) globally across all possible contexts (e.g., geographic, socio-political, and historical). The search strategy involves two sets of keywords, representing food justice and alternative food movements, and three databases (Scopus, Web of Science, and Medline). A total of 140 peer-reviewed studies met the inclusion criteria and were subjected to topic modeling. The modeling exercise resulted in nine topics: (1) genesis of food banks; (2) second-generation food banks; (3) food aid for nutrition security; (4) food aid for health equity; (5) food policy coalitions; (6) food advocacy coalitions; (7) bringing back nature into agriculture; (8) the new garden city movement; and (9) food sovereignty. Cluster analysis grouped these topics into two themes: technical aspects of food provisioning and institutional dimensions of food system governance. Together, these themes describe how the literature addresses multiple dimensions of food justice: anthropocentric, multispecies, and planetary justice. The findings reveal that literature on AFMs focuses more on reformist, protectionist approaches within urban-centric public and private welfare systems than on emancipatory, transformative food justice movements. Our findings suggest an important gap in the literature in understanding structural barriers to food justice and how expanding the subject of food justice beyond individual humans advances emancipatory food movements toward more-than-human non-dualism.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48741,"journal":{"name":"Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment","volume":"46 ","pages":"Article 100877"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2025-07-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144711724","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}