Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment最新文献

{"title":"Global analysis reveals persistent shortfalls and regional differences in availability of foods needed for health","authors":"Leah Costlow ,&nbsp;Anna Herforth ,&nbsp;Timothy B. Sulser ,&nbsp;Nicola Cenacchi ,&nbsp;William A. Masters","doi":"10.1016/j.gfs.2024.100825","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.gfs.2024.100825","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Sufficient food is available in the world for all people to consume sufficient calories, but not healthy diets. This study traces historical and projected changes in global food systems toward alignment with the new Healthy Diet Basket (HDB) used by UN agencies and the World Bank to monitor the cost and affordability of healthy diets worldwide. Using the HDB as a standard to measure adequacy of national, regional and global supply-demand balances, we find substantial but inconsistent progress toward closer alignment with dietary guidelines, with large global shortfalls in fruits, vegetables, and legumes, nuts, and seeds, and large disparities among regions in use of animal source foods. Projections show that additional investments aimed at reducing chronic hunger would modestly accelerate improvements in adequacy where shortfalls are greatest, revealing the need for complementary investments to increase access to under-consumed food groups especially in low-income countries.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48741,"journal":{"name":"Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment","volume":"44 ","pages":"Article 100825"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143170274","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Change in dietary pattern of Agri commodities in the past six decades: Time-varying VAR approach","authors":"Bikramaditya Ghosh ,&nbsp;Anandita Ghosh","doi":"10.1016/j.gfs.2024.100823","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.gfs.2024.100823","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The burgeoning frequency and intensity of varied global exogenous shocks such as climate variability, economic slowdowns, conflicts, scarcity, changing demand pattern, loss of Agricultural land, new age diseases etc have undermined the food security and diets around the world. There is a growing consensus of nutrition transition paving its way towards convergence of global diets. Our study aims to investigate the significant changes in the global dietary pattern with the plausible reasons for the underlying changes. We analysed data for 14 Agri-commodities across 171 countries for a period of 63 years (1960–2023) from the Pink Sheet of World Bank Commodity details. We have divided the time period into six sub-samples each a decade apart. We have employed the Time Varying VAR method to study the frequency of shock emitting events to determine the significant dietary changes. Our results suggest the periodicity in shock emitting pattern of the Agri-commodities. All the sub-samples exhibit extreme spillover effect throughout. This underscores the fundamental vulnerability of the Agri-commodities, as far too many uncorrelated events impact the Agri-commodity ecosystem. The results highlight the importance of the ‘3R Strategy’ (suggested by the University of Oxford) consisting resist, recover &amp; reorient for achieving stability in the overall food systems against climate change (region wise &amp; for some cases country specific) as well as the measures of sustainable intensification to ensure soil efficiency and economic viability simultaneously. We found, Indonesia (an exporter of Palm Oil) and Brazil (an exporter of Groundnut Oil &amp; Chicken) have reoriented themselves, whereas China (for Groundnut Oil), India (for Palm Oil) &amp; Sub-Saharan Africa (for Chicken) have resisted the changes and on path of recovery. The pattern of dominating Agri commodities is evident, as the exporters are ‘reorienting’ whereas the importers are ‘resisting &amp; recovering’.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48741,"journal":{"name":"Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment","volume":"44 ","pages":"Article 100823"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143170273","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":"Armed conflict and gendered participation in agrifood systems: Survey evidence from 29 African countries","authors":"Piero Ronzani ,&nbsp;Wolfgang Stojetz ,&nbsp;Carlo Azzarri ,&nbsp;Gianluigi Nico ,&nbsp;Erdgin Mane ,&nbsp;Tilman Brück","doi":"10.1016/j.gfs.2024.100821","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.gfs.2024.100821","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper provides empirical micro-level evidence on the gendered impacts of armed conflict on economic activity in agriculture and other sectors, combining large-N sex-disaggregated survey data with temporally and spatially disaggregated conflict event data from 29 African countries. We find that local conflict exposure is only weakly related to labour-force participation, but strongly reduces the total number of hours worked and increases engagement in the agricultural sector. These net impacts exist for both men and women. However, the reduction in hours worked is significantly greater among men, while the increase in agricultural activity is significantly greater among women. In the longer term, impacts of conflict on employment two years later are stronger when no more conflict ensues than if further conflict occurs, challenging the widespread idea of one-off conflict shocks fading away over time and suggesting that labour markets adapt to and absorb lasting conflict situations. Different types of conflict event have qualitatively similar impacts, which are strongest for explosions, such as from air strikes or landmines. Overall, our findings underline that armed conflict entails structural economic, social and institutional change, which creates complex, gendered impacts on economic activity.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48741,"journal":{"name":"Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment","volume":"44 ","pages":"Article 100821"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143170272","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":"Gendered pathways for resilient and inclusive rural transformation","authors":"Vanya Slavchevska,&nbsp;Mariola Acosta,&nbsp;Tacko Ndiaye,&nbsp;Clara Mi Young Park","doi":"10.1016/j.gfs.2024.100818","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.gfs.2024.100818","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Rural transformation pathways focused on efficiency and productivity often leave women and marginalized social groups behind in addition to having negative impacts on the environment and nutrition. As rural transformation models are reconsidered from an agrifood-system perspective to include climate change and nutrition goals, it is also critical to reevaluate how gender and intersecting dimensions of power are integrated. Shifting the focus from 'what' to 'how', the study asserts that meaningful synergies are present among decent livelihoods, climate action, and nutrition – key domains of resilient and inclusive rural transformation – and women's empowerment. It identifies five critical pathways that are relevant across the three domains to position gender at the center of resilient and inclusive rural transformation and underscores the importance of quality data and increased finance to enact these pathways.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48741,"journal":{"name":"Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment","volume":"43 ","pages":"Article 100818"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143104866","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":"Farming for the future: Understanding factors enabling the adoption of diversified farming systems","authors":"Andrea Cecilia Sánchez Bogado ,&nbsp;Natalia Estrada-Carmona ,&nbsp;Damien Beillouin ,&nbsp;Cecile Chéron-Bessou ,&nbsp;Bruno Rapidel ,&nbsp;Sarah K. Jones","doi":"10.1016/j.gfs.2024.100820","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.gfs.2024.100820","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Diversified farming practices offer a promising pathway to sustainable food production by providing economic, environmental, and social benefits to farmers and society. However, the factors influencing their adoption are poorly understood, hindering the development of effective promotion strategies.</div><div>This study presents a comprehensive global meta-analysis of 154 peer-reviewed studies analysing factors influencing adoption. We examined the effects of 71 factors across nine key categories—biophysical context, farm management characteristics, farmers’ attitudes, political and institutional context (access to knowledge, land tenure, financial risk management), and five forms of capital (financial, human, natural, physical, and social)—on the adoption of ten diversified practices in 42 countries across five UN regions.</div><div>Our results reveal that access to knowledge, social capital, and farmers’ attitudes are key enablers of adoption, surpassing financial, physical, human, and natural capital. Specifically, access to extension services, strong social networks, and perceived environmental benefits significantly correlate with adoption. Land ownership, household income, literacy levels, and shallow soils have smaller positive effects. The influence of these factors varies across practices and geographic contexts, highlighting the complex and multifaceted nature of adoption.</div><div>These findings emphasize the need for holistic agricultural initiatives and policies to promote the adoption of sustainable practices. Strategies that build technical knowledge and social capital and that are tailored to local contexts, sociocultural norms, and market structures, considering farmers' perceptions and attitudes through codesign processes, are more likely to succeed. Adaptive and context-specific strategies are crucial for fostering the widespread adoption of diversified farming practices and a more sustainable agricultural future.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48741,"journal":{"name":"Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment","volume":"43 ","pages":"Article 100820"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143104865","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Multisectoral behavior change intervention improves diet quality, but not food security, in rural Uganda","authors":"Regina Brown ,&nbsp;Stacy Griswold ,&nbsp;Carolyn Van Sant ,&nbsp;Ian Moore ,&nbsp;Yanlin Ren ,&nbsp;Gloria Desire Kayo ,&nbsp;Jackson Bagabirwa ,&nbsp;Merry Fitzpatrick ,&nbsp;Anastasia Marshak ,&nbsp;Marlene Hebie ,&nbsp;Hugo De Groote ,&nbsp;Patrick Webb ,&nbsp;Shibani Ghosh","doi":"10.1016/j.gfs.2024.100817","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.gfs.2024.100817","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Multi-sectoral interventions targeting nutrition have shown promise in low- and middle-income settings. A 1:1:1 multi-level cluster-randomized controlled trial assessed the impact of two 12-week social behavior change interventions called Nutrition Impact and Positive Practice (NIPP) and NIPP+. The NIPP intervention sought to improve participants’ food security, diet quality, and water, sanitation, and hygiene. The NIPP + intervention used additional nudges to improve agricultural practices. Nearly 900 households from 60 clusters in the Agago District of Uganda were randomized to one of three arms: Control, NIPP, and NIPP+. Impacts on maize yield, household food security, diet quality, and child anthropometry were assessed using generalized linear mixed models. Post-intervention, NIPP + children had 2 times increased odds of achieving a minimum acceptable diet (MAD) (OR = 2.04; 95% CI = 1.04, 3.99; p = 0.039) compared to control. One year post intervention, women in NIPP (OR = 2.27; 95% CI = 1.38, 3.74; p = 0.001) and NIPP+ (OR = 2.81; 95% CI = 1.71, 4.61; p &lt; 0.000) had more than two times increased odds of achieving minimum dietary diversity (MDDW) compared to control, and children in NIPP + had a mean mid-upper arm circumference that was 0.217 cm higher (β = 0.217; 95% CI = 0.033, 0.402; p = 0.022) compared to control. We detected no significant effects on maize yield, household food security, or child dietary diversity. This study demonstrates the potential for the NIPP and NIPP + interventions to improve diet diversity, independent of improvements to either agricultural production or household food security.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48741,"journal":{"name":"Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment","volume":"43 ","pages":"Article 100817"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143104867","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":"Institutional food waste and the circular economy: Is it time to revisit produce waste in global food supply chains?","authors":"Rukshan Mehta ,&nbsp;Christie Oh","doi":"10.1016/j.gfs.2024.100819","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.gfs.2024.100819","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Food waste generated by large systems including hospitals and postsecondary institutions can greatly influence the reduction, reuse, recycling, and recovery of produce and other perishable waste items that are essential to human health and nutrition. We position the issue of food waste as it pertains to the circular economy to support the provision of fruits and vegetables through networks of food donating charitable organizations such as food banks in Canada. Similar models can be replicated in other settings where either government or private citizens can work with institutional partners to divert food susceptible to loss or waste to promote rescue. Added benefits include climate change reduction and support for improved planetary health. Wide-scale thinking is needed about these issues given the pertinence of global warming and climate change, and the need to sustain improved nutrition for our growing populations impacted by chronic diseases across the lifespan. Further study is needed to estimate the true quality and quantity (volume) of waste and benefits associated with diversion to human consumption related purposes.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48741,"journal":{"name":"Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment","volume":"43 ","pages":"Article 100819"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142756730","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Revealing the power of green leafy vegetables: Cultivating diversity for health, environmental benefits, and sustainability","authors":"Marija Knez ,&nbsp;Konstadinos Mattas ,&nbsp;Mirjana Gurinovic ,&nbsp;Anna Gkotzamani ,&nbsp;Athanasios Koukounaras","doi":"10.1016/j.gfs.2024.100816","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.gfs.2024.100816","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In the realm of global diets, green leafy vegetables are recognized for their culinary flexibility and nutritional value. This paper presents a thorough investigation of green leafy plants, exploring their botanical diversity and their impact on health, socio-economic, cultural, and environmental aspects. Beginning with an examination of their taxonomy and current consumption trends, the paper delves into their nutritional benefits, including vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants. Furthermore, it discusses their potential contributions to biodiversity, sustainable agriculture, and environmental resilience. Future perspectives explore technological advances, market dynamics and production sustainability, while considering the impacts of climate change on post-harvest handling. Through interdisciplinary collaboration, the paper provides holistic insights into the implications of green leafy vegetable production and consumption, emphasizing their important role in addressing global challenges in promoting human health and sustainable development. Overall, it advocates for further research, policy initiatives, and collective action to promote the cultivation, consumption, and integration of wider variety of green leafy vegetables into food systems for a healthier and more sustainable future.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48741,"journal":{"name":"Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment","volume":"43 ","pages":"Article 100816"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142661281","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":"Do diverse crops or diverse market purchases matter more for women's diet quality in farm households of Mali?","authors":"Melinda Smale ,&nbsp;Amidou Assima","doi":"10.1016/j.gfs.2024.100813","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.gfs.2024.100813","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Finding pathways to improve nutrition is vital to Mali. We apply a simultaneous equation model to test whether the diversity of crops grown on farms or local market purchases has a greater effect on the diet quality of 5930 farm women in Mali. Both on-farm crop diversity and the diversity of food sources purchased in local markets have strong positive associations with women's diet quality, but crop diversity effects are greater. A larger area share devoted to cereals reduces diet quality. Results are robust to the choice of diversity indicator. Market-based incentives at a regional and local scale could enhance on-farm crop diversity and stimulate both the production and trade of diverse food products in local markets: a win-win scenario.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48741,"journal":{"name":"Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment","volume":"43 ","pages":"Article 100813"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2024-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142552401","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 to monitor the ‘success’ of agricultural sustainability: A perspective","authors":"L. Schreefel ,&nbsp;R.E. Creamer ,&nbsp;H.H.E. van Zanten ,&nbsp;E.M. de Olde ,&nbsp;K. Koppelmäki ,&nbsp;M. Debernardini ,&nbsp;I.J.M. de Boer ,&nbsp;R.P.O. Schulte","doi":"10.1016/j.gfs.2024.100810","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.gfs.2024.100810","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Global food security is threatened by widespread degradation of agricultural land and associated loss of ecosystem services. In response, farming approaches such as regenerative agriculture are heralded by industries and governments as mainstream solutions to keep the global food system within planetary boundaries. The low level of consensus on science-based approaches to the monitoring and verification of the efficacy of such solutions, however, has left many initiatives vulnerable to allegations of greenwashing. In this paper, we present a comprehensive perspective on the role of indicators for monitoring agricultural systems. We subsequently propose a flexible yet coherent framework for the transparent, time and context-sensitive selection of indicators for monitoring the extent to which sustainability initiatives contribute to their goals.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48741,"journal":{"name":"Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment","volume":"43 ","pages":"Article 100810"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2024-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142530249","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}