Sabrina Kuri , Zuzanna Turowska , Claudia Damu , Janosch Klemm , Saskia de Pee
{"title":"Affordability of nutrient-adequate diets as an indicator for food and nutrition security. Evidence from fill the nutrient gap analyses","authors":"Sabrina Kuri , Zuzanna Turowska , Claudia Damu , Janosch Klemm , Saskia de Pee","doi":"10.1016/j.gfs.2024.100796","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.gfs.2024.100796","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We conducted an ecological study using data from 373 subnational units in 32 countries collected from 2011 to 2020, to explore the associations of non-affordability of nutrient-adequate diets and of food insecurity (percentage of people with poor or borderline Food Consumption Score) with indicators measuring dietary quality and nutritional status. We found a strong negative monotonic correlation between non-affordability of nutrient-adequate diets and minimum dietary diversity in children 6–23 months (<span><math><mrow><msub><mi>r</mi><mi>s</mi></msub><mo>=</mo><mo>−</mo><mn>0.65</mn><mo>,</mo><mi>p</mi><mo><</mo><mn>0.01</mn></mrow></math></span>), and a weaker correlation between poor or borderline Food Consumption Score with the same dietary diversity indicator (<span><math><mrow><msub><mi>r</mi><mi>s</mi></msub><mo>=</mo><mo>−</mo><mn>0.39</mn><mo>,</mo><mi>p</mi><mo><</mo><mn>0.01</mn></mrow></math></span>). The relations between non-affordability and nutrition outcomes (prevalence of stunting and the composite indicator of ‘people deprived in nutrition’) were also highly significant at the subnational level, and had larger coefficients than indicators focusing on caloric adequacy. Examining these relations subnationally could provide relevant information for policies and programs aiming to address the risk of nutrition insecurity due to economic inaccessibility. Compared to dietary quality indicators, non-affordability is a relatively easy indicator to calculate and has the potential to use secondary data already captured through existing government systems.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48741,"journal":{"name":"Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment","volume":"42 ","pages":"Article 100796"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211912424000580/pdfft?md5=8e8a666a1e08989ce174afc62282ba80&pid=1-s2.0-S2211912424000580-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142137391","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":"How do non-reciprocal trade preferences affect the food exports and food availability per capita of Global South countries?","authors":"Christian Ritzel , Dela-Dem Doe Fiankor","doi":"10.1016/j.gfs.2024.100800","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.gfs.2024.100800","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We investigate the historical effects of non-reciprocal preferential trade agreements (NRPTAs) on food exports and food availability per capita in 112 countries in the Global South to address concerns about their potential non-trade effects. Our empirical analyses use FAO Food Balance Sheet data for the years 1961–2013, covering 14 food categories and 91 product groups. We assess the link between NRPTA intensity - measured at the country level as the annaul sum of NRPTAs a country has in place - and the two outcomes using fixed effects dummy variable regressions. Our findings show that NRPTA intensity has a positive effect on food export performance and on food availability per capita, with heterogeneities across least developed, transition, and developing country groups, and its export effects do not jeopardize food insecurity.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48741,"journal":{"name":"Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment","volume":"42 ","pages":"Article 100800"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211912424000622/pdfft?md5=1d128e787631e1cbbb5a14be249ae132&pid=1-s2.0-S2211912424000622-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142147779","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}
Justice A. Tambo , Monica K. Kansiime , Jayanthi R. Alaganthiran , Muhammad Danish , Solomon A. Duah , Shah Faisal , Makaiko G. Khonje , Fredrick Mbugua , Ganeshamoorthy Rajendran
{"title":"Consumer pesticide concerns and the choice of fruit and vegetable markets in five low- and middle-income countries","authors":"Justice A. Tambo , Monica K. Kansiime , Jayanthi R. Alaganthiran , Muhammad Danish , Solomon A. Duah , Shah Faisal , Makaiko G. Khonje , Fredrick Mbugua , Ganeshamoorthy Rajendran","doi":"10.1016/j.gfs.2024.100801","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.gfs.2024.100801","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Fruits and vegetables (FV) are critical components of nutritious and healthy diets, but there are growing concerns about food safety risks linked to their consumption. In this article, we explore consumers’ concerns about pesticide-related food safety risks and how they relate to the choice of FV outlets, using survey data from 8644 consumers in five low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Results show that pesticide residue is the most frequently cited source of food safety concern in each country, partly due to the intensive use of synthetic pesticides in FV production. We also find that FV retail environments are dominated by traditional open-air markets, despite the rapid growth and reach of modern retail outlets (e.g., supermarkets) in LMICs. Generally, consumers pay more attention to convenience and price when making FV purchase decisions, but pesticide-related food safety concerns also influence their FV outlet choices. Regression results of the associations between pesticide concerns and choice of FV outlets are heterogeneous across countries, but we find evidence suggesting that consumers who cited concerns with pesticides are more likely to demand FV from specialist shops and avoid purchasing from street hawkers. Our findings highlight the need to address pesticide risk concerns that can undermine consumer demand for nutritious foods, such as FV.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48741,"journal":{"name":"Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment","volume":"42 ","pages":"Article 100801"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211912424000634/pdfft?md5=cf80d1f104479a799d4466505f7656a5&pid=1-s2.0-S2211912424000634-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142147780","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}
Janosch Klemm , Christopher Coffey , Mysbah Balagamwala , Zuzanna Turowska , Sabrina Kuri , Saskia de Pee
{"title":"Exploring the relationship between food environment indicators and dietary intake of children 6–23 months old; findings from 20 low and lower-middle income countries","authors":"Janosch Klemm , Christopher Coffey , Mysbah Balagamwala , Zuzanna Turowska , Sabrina Kuri , Saskia de Pee","doi":"10.1016/j.gfs.2024.100795","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.gfs.2024.100795","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Understanding food environments and how they shape dietary and nutrition outcomes is key to ensuring that food systems can support healthy and sustainable diets for the most vulnerable. Using subnational data from 20 low and lower-middle income countries, we explored how assortment, relative and absolute food prices relate to the dietary intake of children aged 6–23 months. We found that greater assortment of nutrient-dense foods in the market showed a positive association with dietary intake (foods rich in iron or vitamin A) of children 6–23 months of age at the subnational level. Higher relative price of nutrient-dense foods compared to starchy staples was negatively associated with intake of foods rich in iron or vitamin A and minimum dietary diversity. We also found negative association between minimum price of nutrient-dense foods and the same dietary intake indicators. This provides evidence on the degree to which assortment and the relative price of foods influence household food choices. The variability in assortment and price within countries highlights the importance of collecting information on food environments at the subnational level, as they determine which foods households can access, and by extension, how diverse and nutritious the diets of children aged 6–23 months in the household, can be.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48741,"journal":{"name":"Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment","volume":"42 ","pages":"Article 100795"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211912424000579/pdfft?md5=b0ec1a120e717f5183b62340eae2783a&pid=1-s2.0-S2211912424000579-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142122223","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":"Urban food (In)security and the role of migrant informal food waste recyclers in Delhi","authors":"Sreerupa, Tanisha Dasgupta","doi":"10.1016/j.gfs.2024.100793","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.gfs.2024.100793","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Urban food systems in developing countries like India are rife with inequalities that preclude food security for all. In this context, the paper examines the role played by informal workers in the ‘circular economy’ for food in improving the accessibility of food and urban food security in Delhi, India. Evidence from an informal street market close to one of the country's largest urban wholesale markets of food grains, pulses and spices in Delhi reveals rare details of how urban food waste plays a significant role in the livelihood strategies of the city's poor migrants while also contributing to the urban food security of the low-income households. Although there is a growing recognition that the street food sector plays an important role in urban food security, the vital role played by waste collectors, home-based workers and street vendors in restoring discarded food grain, pulses and spices, and bringing them back into the urban food system has been largely invisible. This invisibility extends to the gendered segregation of work in food waste recycling, where our study found that predominantly women undertake labour-intensive and lower paid tasks at the bottom of the hierarchy. The paper provides an overview of the nature of informal livelihood, the contribution of informal workers and challenges and opportunities in the urban circular economy for food. However, their contributions are often overshadowed by health and safety concerns about the reuse of discarded food. Further, an analysis of the current policy landscape in urban India also indicates that informal workers are marginalised in the circular economy for food. While the state owes these informal workers support and protection for their contribution to the ‘Circular economy’ for food and urban food security, any effort to sustain these practices would need to incorporate adequate health and safety procedures.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48741,"journal":{"name":"Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment","volume":"42 ","pages":"Article 100793"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142129786","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}
Amanda Jonsson , L. Jamila Haider , Laura Pereira , Alexander Fremier , Carl Folke , Maria Tengö , Line J. Gordon
{"title":"Nurturing gastronomic landscapes for biosphere stewardship","authors":"Amanda Jonsson , L. Jamila Haider , Laura Pereira , Alexander Fremier , Carl Folke , Maria Tengö , Line J. Gordon","doi":"10.1016/j.gfs.2024.100789","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.gfs.2024.100789","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>As a result of years of increased rationalization and consolidation of food systems, the knowledge and skills of many actors in food value chains, especially those linked to smaller-scale traditional and artisanal production, processing, and cooking, have rapidly been eroded. Despite the resilience that such knowledge and skills can offer. In this paper, we use the lens of gastronomy to highlight how culinary craftsmanship and innovation hold potential to drive the development of biosphere stewardship that contributes to more biocultural, diverse, and resilient landscapes. We propose the concept of ‘gastronomic landscapes,’ i.e., land/seascapes that are governed, managed, or cared for to contribute specifically to culinary development while having substantive value for landscape resilience and food system sustainability. Through six cases representing different knowledge systems and landscapes across the world, the breadth of gastronomy and how it is linked to landscapes is highlighted. We develop a typology of characteristics that can be used to analyze gastronomic landscapes based on locality, diversity, and quality. In the paper, we conclude that thinking and acting in line with gastronomic landscapes can help build resilience and food sovereignty over time and offers a helpful conceptualization for further studies.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48741,"journal":{"name":"Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment","volume":"42 ","pages":"Article 100789"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211912424000518/pdfft?md5=d36136dce6b69631c775c247f76a1bb2&pid=1-s2.0-S2211912424000518-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142095480","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}
Alexandre Meybeck , Lorenzo Cintori , Romina Cavatassi , Vincent Gitz , Alashiya Gordes , Isabel Albinelli , Carolyn Opio , Tarub Bahri , Nora Berrahmouni , Yanxia Li , Marco Boscolo
{"title":"Natural resources management for resilient inclusive rural transformation","authors":"Alexandre Meybeck , Lorenzo Cintori , Romina Cavatassi , Vincent Gitz , Alashiya Gordes , Isabel Albinelli , Carolyn Opio , Tarub Bahri , Nora Berrahmouni , Yanxia Li , Marco Boscolo","doi":"10.1016/j.gfs.2024.100794","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.gfs.2024.100794","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Increasing land and water scarcity, unequal distribution and competition over resource use, land degradation and biodiversity loss, exacerbated by climate change, question the capacity of current models of agriculture growth to sustain inclusive resilient rural development. This paper invites to integrate in rural development policies and investment a focus on sustainable, inclusive and adaptive management of natural resources. It combines a conceptual framework based on scientific literature with illustrative examples enriched by the perspectives of the experts participating in two workshops. It proposes 4 key pathways (resource efficiency, systems diversification, sustainable bioeconomy, and landscape approaches) to achieve more inclusive and resilient agrifood systems.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48741,"journal":{"name":"Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment","volume":"42 ","pages":"Article 100794"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2024-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142002212","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}
Ramya Ambikapathi , Morgan Boncyk , Nilupa S. Gunaratna , Wafaie Fawzi , Germana Leyna , Suneetha Kadiyala , Crystal L. Patil
{"title":"Expanding the food environment framework to include family dynamics: A systematic synthesis of qualitative evidence using HIV as a case study","authors":"Ramya Ambikapathi , Morgan Boncyk , Nilupa S. Gunaratna , Wafaie Fawzi , Germana Leyna , Suneetha Kadiyala , Crystal L. Patil","doi":"10.1016/j.gfs.2024.100788","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.gfs.2024.100788","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Food environment changes in low- and middle-income countries are increasing diet-related noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). This paper synthesizes the qualitative evidence about how family dynamics shape food choices within the context of HIV (Prospero: CRD42021226283). Guided by structuration theory and food environment framework, we used best-fit framework analysis to develop the Family Dynamics Food Environment Framework (FDF) comprising three interacting dimensions (resources, characteristics, and action orientation). Findings show how the three food environment domains (personal, family, external) interact to affect food choices within families affected by HIV. Given the growing prevalence of noncommunicable and chronic diseases, the FDF can be applied beyond the context of HIV to guide effective and optimal nutritional policies for the whole family.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48741,"journal":{"name":"Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment","volume":"42 ","pages":"Article 100788"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2024-08-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211912424000506/pdfft?md5=7aa515e61d00f208d5699758399bde48&pid=1-s2.0-S2211912424000506-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141947985","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}
Bittiandra Chand Somaiah , Immanuela Asa Rahadini , Brenda S.A. Yeoh , Theodora Lam , Kristel Anne Fernandez Acedera
{"title":"Burmese migrant domestic workers’ foodwork and biopedagogies in pandemic Singapore","authors":"Bittiandra Chand Somaiah , Immanuela Asa Rahadini , Brenda S.A. Yeoh , Theodora Lam , Kristel Anne Fernandez Acedera","doi":"10.1016/j.gfs.2024.100792","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.gfs.2024.100792","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>COVID-19 not only increased food insecurity across the globe but has also given rise to pandemic-induced “biopedagogies,” a concept premised on conflating health with instructions on the “bios,” including how to live healthily, what to eat, and how much. Based on 24 qualitative interviews with low-waged migrant domestic workers (MDWs) in Singapore hailing from Myanmar, we explore how migrant women articulate and develop their own biopedagogical practices under pandemic-constrained circumstances. While live-in MDWs are invariably involved in preparing food for employers’ families as part of their care duties, and despite originating from historically food-producing regions, they are vulnerable to urban and cultural food insecurities at destination sites of migration given their diminished rights and subordinate positions in the household. Yet, these migrant women express agency in enacting counter-practices through their foodwork in at least two ways. First, MDWs cultivate self-care through cooking and consuming home foods during the pandemic and negotiating enough fortifying food for themselves while living in employers’ households. Secondly, through remittance-sending to left-behind families and children, they enact long-distance maternal carework through foodwork for health. We uncover how MDWs’ foodwork achieve a measure of food security despite language barriers, limited economic resources, lack of access to culturally appropriate foods at destination, and distance from their families. Experiencing vulnerability in terms of their occupational position, their plate, and the pandemic, this paper uncovers the stressors in achieving food security and health for themselves and families’ while working in Singapore.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48741,"journal":{"name":"Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment","volume":"42 ","pages":"Article 100792"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211912424000543/pdfft?md5=f288fa362d231d244e6986aaf9b05a74&pid=1-s2.0-S2211912424000543-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141866627","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}