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{"title":"Validating the food insecurity experience scale for use in analyses of recent food insecurity","authors":"Carlo Cafiero , Filippo Gheri , Sara Viviani","doi":"10.1016/j.gfs.2024.100783","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2024.100783","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48741,"journal":{"name":"Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment","volume":"42 ","pages":"Article 100783"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2024-06-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211912424000452/pdfft?md5=6ba66cf919febfa9ca5e90ebe6c177b8&pid=1-s2.0-S2211912424000452-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141479632","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":"Making complementary agricultural resources, technologies, and services more gender-responsive","authors":"Melissa Hidrobo ,&nbsp;Katrina Kosec ,&nbsp;Hom N. Gartaula ,&nbsp;Bjorn Van Campenhout ,&nbsp;Lucia Carrillo","doi":"10.1016/j.gfs.2024.100778","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2024.100778","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Rural women in low- and middle-income countries face multiple constraints in accessing and benefiting from essential complementary resources, technologies, and services for agricultural production and participation in the agrifood system. This paper highlights recent thinking around these constraints and how to overcome them. The complementary factors we consider are: (1) networks and social capital, (2) information and communications technologies, (3) other agricultural technologies, (4) agricultural extension and advisory services, (5) financial services, and (6) social assistance. We first analyze constraints women face in accessing and benefiting from these complementary factors and describe the potential benefits of reducing these constraints and gender inequities in the agrifood system. We then provide evidence on what has been effective for improving women's access to and ability to benefit from the six complementary factors. We conclude by highlighting the importance of considering the different preferences of men and women when designing policies and interventions; challenging customs, norms and perceptions; and reforming formal rules and institutions toward more inclusive agrifood systems.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48741,"journal":{"name":"Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment","volume":"42 ","pages":"Article 100778"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2024-06-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211912424000403/pdfft?md5=b9989768085aab88c37978d81a52580a&pid=1-s2.0-S2211912424000403-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141479633","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":"Cattle ownership and households’ welfare: Evidence from Southern Africa","authors":"Alejandro Acosta ,&nbsp;Francesco Nicolli ,&nbsp;Wondmagegn Tirkaso","doi":"10.1016/j.gfs.2024.100772","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2024.100772","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Context</h3><p>In Southern Africa, the prevalence of undernourished people has increased more than elsewhere worldwide. Cattle ownership has been increasingly recognized as a catalytic mechanism for improving rural households’ livelihoods, yet the role of cattle ownership is often overlooked in poverty reduction, food security and nutritional strategies.</p></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><p>This study analyzes the effect of owning one tropical livestock unit (TLU) of cattle on rural households’ income, total consumption, and food consumption in Southern Africa, while examining variations across rural households, smallholders, and female-headed rural households.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>Using a propensity score matching approach and employing a regional dataset that combines rural households' socioeconomic characteristics with livestock indicators, we develop an empirical framework capable of capturing the farmers’ decision to adopt cattle and testing its impact on their welfare.</p></div><div><h3>Results and conclusions</h3><p>We show that the effect of owning one TLU of cattle on income (29%), total consumption (9%), and food consumption (8%) is positive and significant. However, the effect on income is approximately three times higher than on total consumption and food consumption. These results confirm the positive, yet heterogeneous role of cattle ownership on income and consumption, highlighting the greater effect on female-headed households.</p></div><div><h3>Significance</h3><p>This study contributes to broadening the existing literature by providing cross-country evidence on the contribution of cattle ownership to households’ income, total consumption, and food consumption in the Southern African region. The findings could inform the formulation of strategies enhancing cattle ownership to foster household welfare in the Southern African region. This highlights that such a strategy could be particularly beneficial, especially for female-headed households.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48741,"journal":{"name":"Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment","volume":"42 ","pages":"Article 100772"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2024-06-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141438626","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":"Eating on the move: Experiences of food insecurity and hunger during overland transit through Mexico","authors":"Alondra Coral Aragon-Gama ,&nbsp;Cesar Infante ,&nbsp;Veronica Mundo-Rosas ,&nbsp;Ietza Bojorquez-Chapela ,&nbsp;Manuela Orjuela-Grimm","doi":"10.1016/j.gfs.2024.100781","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2024.100781","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><p>To explore migrants’ experiences of food insecurity during their overland transit through Mexico, using qualitative methods.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>We conducted a qualitative study (May–July 2016) of 26 Central American migrants in a migrant shelter in San Luis Potosí, México. The semi structured interview explored four domains of food insecurity: 1) availability; 2) accessibility; 3) utilization (eating practices and consumption; and 4) stability (experiencing hunger).</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Participants shared common food choices and reasons for selecting these foods. These included properties such as ease of transportability, storage (e.g., packaging) and preparation needed prior to intake (e.g., whether cooking was required). Shelters provided access to humanitarian assistance including food. The informants also experienced hunger and multiple challenges impeding their physical access to food. These were further aggravated by the disadvantaged socioeconomic conditions of areas through which they transited.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>Migrants transiting overland through Mexico experienced challenges that limit availability, access, consumption, and stability of food, showcasing the critical nature of providing food security to ensure their human rights.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48741,"journal":{"name":"Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment","volume":"42 ","pages":"Article 100781"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2024-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141434462","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":"Insights from systems thinking and complexity science to strengthen food systems frameworks","authors":"María Bustamante ,&nbsp;Pablo Vidueira ,&nbsp;Lauren Baker","doi":"10.1016/j.gfs.2024.100777","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2024.100777","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48741,"journal":{"name":"Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment","volume":"42 ","pages":"Article 100777"},"PeriodicalIF":8.9,"publicationDate":"2024-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211912424000397/pdfft?md5=03febc8c2744bf1a88179146a3e50cb6&pid=1-s2.0-S2211912424000397-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141333198","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":"Role of social institutions in shaping vegetable consumption across Africa: a review","authors":"Edmond Totin ,&nbsp;Akouegnon Ferdinand Ayimasse ,&nbsp;Carla Roncoli ,&nbsp;Pepijn Schreinemachers ,&nbsp;Mathieu A.T. Ayenan ,&nbsp;Jody Harris","doi":"10.1016/j.gfs.2024.100775","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2024.100775","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Increasing vegetable consumption is being promoted as a critical step towards more nutritious and sustainable diets. Despite the recognition that context shapes food consumption practices, there have been limited systematic analyses of the role of social institutions in enabling or hindering consumption of vegetables. In particular, we focus on cultural, cognitive, socioeconomic, and contextual influences that shape local understandings, attitudes, and practices surrounding health and wellbeing. We seek to address this knowledge gap by exploring whether and how academic research has engaged this issue, with a particular focus on Africa. The analysis finds that a range of social institutions play a role in shaping vegetable consumption. Most publications focus on cultural norms and personal perceptions and beliefs, the latter also reflecting one's cultural conditioning and social positioning. Contextual factors such as education and economic status have been reported as having either positive or negative effects on vegetable consumption, depending on context. In terms of types of vegetables affected, traditional vegetables are featured more frequently rather than exotic (externally introduced) ones. The results of this analysis may contribute to informing agricultural and food security policies and programs aimed at promoting vegetable consumption in Africa.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48741,"journal":{"name":"Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment","volume":"41 ","pages":"Article 100775"},"PeriodicalIF":8.9,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141314755","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":"Examining cost and affordability of nutrient adequate diets alongside a novel combined market score derived from Fill the Nutrient Gap food price data in the west Sahel","authors":"Catherine Shepperdley ,&nbsp;Claudia Damu ,&nbsp;Zuzanna Turowska ,&nbsp;Saskia de Pee ,&nbsp;Nora Hobbs","doi":"10.1016/j.gfs.2024.100776","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2024.100776","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Extensive food price data collected for three Fill the Nutrient Gap nutrition situation analyses were used to calculate two metrics – cost and affordability of nutrient-adequate diets – to assess food and nutrition security at subnational level in the late-dry season and beginning of the dry season in Mauritania. A unique market scoring classification was derived using retail food price data collected in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Mauritania to assess on food price and food assortment (availability) across markets in the three countries. Diet cost and affordability was examined alongside three structural drivers of food insecurity – rainfall, infrastructure (roads) and conflict – to understand how they may have influenced nutritious food prices, diversity and non-affordability during the late-dry season during the period of analysis. Results showed that more diverse low-cost markets and lower non-affordability of nutrient-adequate diets were observed in Burkina Faso's well-connected agricultural areas experiencing no conflict, while limited higher-cost markets were observed in central pastoral areas of Mauritania, and pastoral, agropastoral and some agricultural areas experiencing conflict in Burkina Faso and Mali. In agricultural Mali, despite having diverse low-cost markets, low nutrient-adequate diet cost, sufficient rainfall, seemingly well-connected road networks, these combined factors did not guarantee nutrient-adequate diet affordability, highlighting economic barriers faced by households. Regions affected by both harsh climatic conditions and conflict are at higher risk of high food prices and non-affordability.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48741,"journal":{"name":"Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment","volume":"41 ","pages":"Article 100776"},"PeriodicalIF":8.9,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211912424000385/pdfft?md5=2ec1e17ac70d4da07d26878e2eca9122&pid=1-s2.0-S2211912424000385-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141322590","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":"A modelled estimate of food access within countries shows that inequality within countries has increased despite rising equality between countries","authors":"Juan Diego Martinez ,&nbsp;Navin Ramankutty ,&nbsp;Zia Mehrabi ,&nbsp;Tom W. Hertel","doi":"10.1016/j.gfs.2024.100774","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2024.100774","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Global food calorie supply per person is more than 2900 kcal per day on average, but we have failed to ensure equitable access to these calories. Yet how uneven food access is within countries has remained poorly understood, as has the progress made over the past five decades on closing the access gap. Using publicly available data, we developed a theoretically-grounded statistical model to estimate the cross-national relationship between average per capita expenditure and per capita food availability and used this to estimate within-country access to food for income deciles in 135 countries. We find that, from 1961 to 2013, despite between-country inequality declining by 48% (decline in Gini coefficient from 0.15 to 0.078), within-country inequality in food access increased by 25% for the countries in our study sample (Gini coefficient increased from 0.088 to 0.111). Furthermore, we find that the poorest 10% of the population in the majority of countries in South Asia, South East Asia and Africa—home to the majority of the world's food insecure—continue to access their calories primarily from staple foods and have extremely limited access to nutrient-dense foods, resulting in inequality in access to nutrient-dense foods that is even greater than inequality in access to total calories (within-country Gini coefficient of 0.2). These results strongly support continued investments in social safety nets targeted at the poorest half of the income distribution to swiftly reduce inequality in food access, and proactive programs that help vulnerable households build assets to sustain themselves through future food crises.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48741,"journal":{"name":"Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment","volume":"41 ","pages":"Article 100774"},"PeriodicalIF":8.9,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211912424000361/pdfft?md5=1a32c711a0c20f1399bc2a74eddd61cf&pid=1-s2.0-S2211912424000361-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141423422","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":"Food security among female migrant workers in Kerala returning from the Gulf Cooperation Council countries","authors":"S. Irudaya Rajan ,&nbsp;Arokkiaraj Heller ,&nbsp;Abraham John","doi":"10.1016/j.gfs.2024.100773","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2024.100773","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This paper seeks to enhance our comprehension of the interplay between COVID-19, international labour migration, and food security. The primary objective is to discern food security characteristics among female migrant workers (FMWs) returning to Kerala from Gulf countries, particularly under heightened social and economic uncertainties shared with male migrant workers (MMWs). This study conducted in the state of Kerala, India, examines the food security perceptions of Gulf migrants using the Household Food Insecurity Access Scale (HFIAS). Samples of both returning FMWs and MMWs were identified through snowball sampling from the latest Kerala Migrant Survey (KMS) 2018 and Return migrant survey 2021. Oversampling was conducted for return FMWs, otherwise only constituting 20 per cent of the random sample. A total of 1154 samples were collected across all 14 districts in Kerala. The analysis indicates that food insecurity was not prevalent among the majority but was significant among a minority of surveyed migrant workers. The results also show that while FMWs experience food insecurity as a lack of access to food variety, MMWs experience food insecurity in the access to food varieties and the absolute quantity of food.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48741,"journal":{"name":"Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment","volume":"41 ","pages":"Article 100773"},"PeriodicalIF":8.9,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141292131","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":"Food insecurity experience-based scales and food security governance: A case study from Brazil","authors":"Rafael Pérez-Escamilla ,&nbsp;Rosana Salles-Costa ,&nbsp;Ana Maria Segall-Corrêa","doi":"10.1016/j.gfs.2024.100766","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2024.100766","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The well validated Brazilian Food Insecurity Scale (EBIA) documented major reductions in moderate/severe food insecurity (FI) between 2004 and 2014 likely because of economic growth in the context of equitable social and economic policies. Coinciding with a change in political administrations, in about 2015, FI rates started to rapidly rebound, with the FI crisis becoming substantially worst during the COVID-19 pandemic because equitable social policies were weakened or eliminated during the economic recession and political crisis preceding it. Evidence suggests that EBIA has helped inform food security governance in Brazil by documenting changes in FI coinciding with major shifts in social and economic policies. Research is needed to understand to what extent these policy shifts may explain the FI fluctuations over time.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48741,"journal":{"name":"Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment","volume":"41 ","pages":"Article 100766"},"PeriodicalIF":8.9,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211912424000282/pdfft?md5=858e8546a1f29ad0229d07b0a730da83&pid=1-s2.0-S2211912424000282-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141292132","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}