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{"title":"Correction to: Consequences of increased farm resilience on food security in Tajikistan","authors":"Bekhzod Egamberdiev, Ihtiyor Bobojonov, Lena Kuhn, Thomas Glauben, Isabel Lambrecht, Kamiljon Akramov","doi":"10.1007/s12571-026-01668-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12571-026-01668-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":567,"journal":{"name":"Food Security","volume":"18 2","pages":"465 - 466"},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2026-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s12571-026-01668-3.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147560017","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The need for conventional breeding for regional and smallholder resilient seed systems","authors":"Mohsen Mohammadi","doi":"10.1007/s12571-026-01663-8","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12571-026-01663-8","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Conventional population-based breeding approaches have become increasingly marginalised despite their historical and practical significance. Modern corporate plant breeding has largely emphasized yield gains and uniformity. While successful under high-input systems, corporate plant breeding created vulnerabilities such as fragile seed supply chains, and limited environmental resilience. This Opinion briefly revisits population cultivars methods as instruments for diversity enhancement, local adaptation, and evolutionary responsiveness, by enabling crop cultivars to evolve <i>in situ</i>, and enabling smallholder and local seed networks, where large commercial enterprises are absent or unprofitable. Conventional population-based breeding approaches can (1) value diversity and resilience over short-term maximisation; (2) bring free or minimally charged seed to farmers; and (3) more importantly, farmers can keep seed from one season to the next, while ensuring yield stability. Local seed systems, due to their structural advantages in flexibility and responsiveness resulting from their close connection with farming communities and shorter decision-making pathways, can adapt these breeding tactics more rapidly to emerging challenges, such as climate shocks or sudden changes in farmers demands, create robust local seed systems for marginal growing areas, and mitigate systemic risks under accelerating global change.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":567,"journal":{"name":"Food Security","volume":"18 2","pages":"619 - 622"},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2026-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s12571-026-01663-8.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147558885","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Food security and forest access in the Colombian and Peruvian Amazon","authors":"Alexander Buritica,&nbsp;Martha Vanegas,&nbsp;Andres Espada,&nbsp;Mary Ngaiwi,&nbsp;Deborah Pierce,&nbsp;Marcela Quintero","doi":"10.1007/s12571-025-01639-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12571-025-01639-0","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Food security depends on four dimensions: availability, stability, access, and utilization. In rural Amazonian contexts, forests influence these dimensions through food provision, ecosystem services, and livelihoods, with uneven contributions across seasons, which have been understudied. This study examines the relationship between forest proximity and food security in rural Indigenous and mestizo households across several communities in the Colombian and Peruvian Amazon. We define ‘forest access’ as the spatial proximity of households to forests, opposed to rights-based frameworks. Using household-level panel data collected across rainy and dry seasons, we develop a multidimensional food security index covering availability, access, utilization, and stability. To address potential endogeneity in forest access, we use an instrumental variable strategy based on travel time to forest areas. Our results show significant heterogeneity between countries and communities. In La Pedrera, Colombia, Indigenous households living near less-degraded forests show higher food security, supported by traditional practices and forest biodiversity. In contrast, in Ucayali, Peru, the benefits of forest proximity are more limited and vary between Indigenous (Shipibo-Conibo) and mestizo communities, with mestizo households relying more on markets. Forest access enhances food security, but its impact is uneven across seasons and ethnic groups, reflecting the complex interactions between ecological conditions, market integration, and cultural practices. These findings highlight the importance of forest quality, local culture, and seasonal dynamics in shaping food security. We argue for policies that integrate forest conservation with culturally informed strategies to enhance food and nutritional outcomes in Amazonian communities.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":567,"journal":{"name":"Food Security","volume":"18 2","pages":"599 - 617"},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2026-02-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147559221","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Maize variety traits for different needs: using the means-end chains method to identify preferences and perceived benefits among smallholder farmers in Kenya","authors":"Mariana Garcia-Medina,&nbsp;Fleur Kilwinger,&nbsp;Conny Almekinders,&nbsp;Jason Donovan","doi":"10.1007/s12571-025-01637-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12571-025-01637-2","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Maize breeding programmes have developed a new generation of hybrid varieties to improve smallholders’ productivity and enhance climate resilience. However, varietal turnover in Kenya remains low, suggesting that new hybrid maize varieties may not fully address smallholders’ needs or that knowledge about them remains limited. In this exploratory study, we applied a method referred to as means-end chains to understand the attributes smallholders consider when differentiating maize seed products, and the importance and value of these attributes. We interviewed 82 smallholders in two counties in Kenya and analysed the data by county and gender. Smallholders used a range of attributes to differentiate maize seed products, indicating familiarity with most maize varieties included in the study. However, the attributes that farmers used to distinguish between maize seed products were not always those of highest value when choosing seeds for planting. Preferences for attributes differed between counties and were shaped by climate and the importance of maize in livelihoods. Women and men used and preferred similar attributes, yet their choices were informed by different underlying motivations and values. Overall, participants highly valued ‘higher yield’, ‘harvest assurance’ and ‘earliness’, reflecting diverse household uses of maize to support food security, income generation and well-being. The findings suggest that farmers use a portfolio of maize varieties to meet different household needs. These results have implications for efforts to promote varietal turnover and complement previous studies by offering guidance for demand-led breeding programmes and other seed systems actors working to strengthen food security for smallholder farmers.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":567,"journal":{"name":"Food Security","volume":"18 2","pages":"581 - 598"},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2026-02-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s12571-025-01637-2.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147559345","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The role of mobile banking in coping with food insecurity in Burkina Faso","authors":"Arouna Kouandou","doi":"10.1007/s12571-026-01644-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12571-026-01644-x","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This paper empirically examines the association between mobile banking adoption and household food insecurity in Burkina Faso, using data from the Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES). In sub-Saharan Africa, persistent food insecurity raises critical questions about the coping strategies households employ. Growing evidence suggests that digital finance plays an important role in helping unbanked populations manage uninsured risks. Leveraging two waves of the Enquête Harmonisée sur les Conditions de Vie des Ménages (EHCVM) from 2018/2019 to 2021/2022, we apply entropy balancing and fixed-effects regressions to address potential selection bias. Our results show that mobile banking users are significantly less likely to face food insecurity, with stronger associations observed in rural areas—highlighting the importance of digital financial services in remote contexts. Further analysis reveals that mobile banking correlates with greater formal financial inclusion, such as owning bank and microfinance accounts, and increased participation in non-farm entrepreneurship. While our findings align with the growing literature on digital finance and poverty reduction, we emphasize that these are associations, rather than causal effects. Nonetheless, the evidence provides valuable guidance for policymakers seeking to bolster household resilience to food insecurity in Burkina Faso.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":567,"journal":{"name":"Food Security","volume":"18 2","pages":"559 - 580"},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2026-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147559102","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Market channel and other drivers of tomato farmer production and handling practices in Nigeria","authors":"Mesay Yami,&nbsp;Lenis Saweda O. Liverpool-Tasie,&nbsp;Oladayo Olayinka,&nbsp;Tesfamicheal Wossen,&nbsp;Futoshi Yamauchi,&nbsp;Shiferaw Feleke,&nbsp;Tahirou Abdoulaye","doi":"10.1007/s12571-026-01646-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12571-026-01646-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Non-contract farming arrangements remain the dominant marketing option for poor, often food-insecure smallholder farmers in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs), yet such farming arrangements are less studied than contract farming. Using a case study of 1,673 Nigerian tomato farmers, this study examined whether selling to midstream actors such as wholesalers and aggregators (via informal market arrangements) supports farmers’ adoption of good agricultural practices. We first explored the drivers of farmer sales to different market channels using a multinomial logit model. Then, using multivariate probit analysis, we identified factors associated with the adoption of good agricultural practices (GAP) and good handling practices (GHP) with particular attention to a farmers’ market channel. We found that larger smallholder farmers using modern irrigation are more likely to sell to midstream actors. We also found that selling to wholesalers and aggregators is an important determinant of farmers’ adoption of GAP and GHP, and this holds even for the smallest smallholder farmers. These results confirm that even where informal trading arrangements dominate (as is common in most LMICs), value chain actors in the midstream of food supply chains can support farmer adoption of GAP and GHP. These relationships have important implications for food security via enhancing the livelihoods of smallholder producers and improving the availability and safety of fresh produce for consumers, and thus should be leveraged in the design and implementation of efforts to expand farmer adoption of GAP and GHP.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":567,"journal":{"name":"Food Security","volume":"18 2","pages":"541 - 558"},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2026-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s12571-026-01646-9.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147559103","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"How do agricultural trade liberalization, climate variability and change, and governance quality influence food security in ASEAN?","authors":"Veasna Trakem,&nbsp;Hongzhong Fan,&nbsp;Dyna Sam,&nbsp;Sokhan Chen","doi":"10.1007/s12571-025-01631-8","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12571-025-01631-8","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Guaranteeing global food security is one of the greatest challenges of the 21^st century, mostly due to defense measures such as border restrictions resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, the ongoing conflicts in Russia-Ukraine and Israel-Gaza, and climate change. For this reason, this study empirically explores the simultaneous dynamic effects of agricultural trade liberalization, climate variability and change, and governance quality on food security in the ASEAN member states from 2003 to 2022. Deploying advanced techniques to tackle cross-sectional dependence, serial autocorrelation, and heteroskedasticity while offering robust standard errors in panel data through panel corrected standard errors (PCSE) and feasible generalized least squares (FGLS), as well as the Driscoll-Kraay standard error and one-step system generalized method of moments (GMM) approaches for robustness, the empirical findings prove that agricultural trade openness significantly improves all pillars of food security. Additionally, being open to agricultural exports and imports greatly helps improve nearly all aspects of food security in the ASEAN region, except for food stability, where more agricultural imports actually lead to greater fluctuations in the amount of food available per person. As expected, climate change negatively impacts food security, although strengthened governance quality promotes the improvement of food availability and utilization in ASEAN. Besides, GDP per capita seems to enhance food security, but GDP growth tends to elevate the prevalence of undernourishment and diminish food stability in the region. This study unveils key policy implications for attaining food security in the ASEAN region through fostering collaboration within ASEAN and with its trading partners, as well as advocating for sustainable agricultural practices and climate adaptation.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":567,"journal":{"name":"Food Security","volume":"18 2","pages":"495 - 540"},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2026-02-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147558735","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Hyderabad’s egg value chain: investigating potential influences on childhood stunting","authors":"Emma Gomez de Gracia,&nbsp;Barbara Häsler,&nbsp;Srinu Rotta,&nbsp;Archana Konapur,&nbsp;Thanammal Ravichandran,&nbsp;Paula Dominguez-Salas,&nbsp;Mathew Hennessey,&nbsp;Delia Randolph,&nbsp;Little Flower Augustine,&nbsp;Naveen Kumar Ramachandrappa,&nbsp;Claire Heffernan,&nbsp;Santosh Kumar Banjara,&nbsp;Bharati Kulkarni","doi":"10.1007/s12571-025-01633-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12571-025-01633-6","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In 2024, stunting affected over 150 million children under five worldwide, with India being one of the countries with the highest prevalence. The links between stunting, animal health and the health of the environment make a multi-sectoral and interdisciplinary approach essential to combatting childhood stunting in affected countries. This study examined the egg value chain in Hyderabad, India, investigating its potential influences on childhood stunting. Semi-structured interviews with ten key informants gathered data on the egg value chain’s spatial, logistical, economic, and social dimensions. The interviews were analysed through reflexive thematic analysis. A conceptual framework was developed showcasing the links between food value chains and stunting and used as a lens through which to analyse deductively the qualitative data. Reflexive thematic analysis generated themes encompassing the nutritional quality and food safety of eggs accessed by children, how seasonality affected consumption, and the lack of regulation, which forces actors in the chain to depend on trust. The incorporation of a nutrition-sensitive perspective into the value chain analysis revealed stunting-related opportunities and constraints. These findings offer a basis for dialogue with public and private stakeholders to develop targeted interventions that can support efforts to combat stunting in Hyderabad. Additionally, they underscore the method’s utility in generating a comprehensive understanding of stunting determinants and showcase the potential of value chain interventions in addressing the factors contributing to stunting.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":567,"journal":{"name":"Food Security","volume":"18 2","pages":"483 - 494"},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2026-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s12571-025-01633-6.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147561491","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The effects of internet use on smallholder farmers’ income and dietary quality in Bangladesh","authors":"Fariha Farjana,&nbsp;Thanh-Tung Nguyen,&nbsp;Matin Qaim","doi":"10.1007/s12571-025-01636-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12571-025-01636-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Internet access in rural areas of low- and middle-income countries is expanding at a rapid rate and affects how people produce and consume food and other goods and services. This may have implications for the incomes and diets of smallholder farm households, where poverty and undernutrition are still commonplace. In this study, we use primary data collected from 720 farm households in Bangladesh to analyze how internet use affects agricultural production and food consumption. Employing propensity score matching and instrumental variable methods, we show that internet use is positively associated with farm production diversity, commercialization, and income. We also find positive effects on dietary diversity, even though the results depend on the specific dietary indicators used. Internet use increases household and women’s dietary diversity, whereas the effects on child dietary diversity are statistically insignificant. Internet use encourages the production of certain nutritious foods but does not always lead to an increase in their consumption. Our results highlight the important role of the internet in enhancing farm productivity, income, and potentially diets.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":567,"journal":{"name":"Food Security","volume":"18 2","pages":"467 - 481"},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2026-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s12571-025-01636-3.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147561816","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Consequences of increased farm resilience on food security in Tajikistan","authors":"Bekhzod Egamberdiev,&nbsp;Ihtiyor Bobojonov,&nbsp;Lena Kuhn,&nbsp;Thomas Glauben,&nbsp;Isabel Lambrecht,&nbsp;Kamiljon Akramov","doi":"10.1007/s12571-025-01623-8","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12571-025-01623-8","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;div&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;Unprecedented climate change, socio-economic shocks, and political conflict exacerbate food insecurity. Worsened conditions and increased vulnerability now give prominence to improving farm resilience to withstand shocks. This article aims to analyse the effect of farm resilience on food security outcomes in Tajikistan. Using panel data collected in 12 districts in the Khatlon Province of Tajikistan from 2015 to 2023, the study has the following. (a) measure farm resilience determinants (pillars) through adaptive capacity, transformation capacity, and robustness; (b) estimate the relationship between resilience pillars and food security outcomes; (c) cluster farm households based on the level of resilience pillars; and (d) estimate the effect of farm resilience on food security outcomes. The study first measures farm resilience pillars using Principal Component Analysis (PCA). Next, Latent Profile Analysis (LPA) is used to classify farm households into three resilience categories: “Low Resilience”, “Medium Resilience”, and “High Resilience”. The estimation strategy involves making causal claims using LPA and Propensity Score Matching (PSM) techniques. Our results suggest a positive relationship between farm resilience and food security outcomes. Our findings also confirm that “High Resilience” and “Medium Resilience” profiles experience better dietary diversity, higher fruit and vegetable consumption, or decreased household hunger, compared to the “Low Resilience” profile. Such a positive relationship underlines the importance of strengthening farm resilience. Further development agendas for Tajikistan should consider resilience thinking, especially in shock-prone zones. Objectives: (a) measure farm resilience determinants (pillars) through adaptive capacity, transformation capacity, and robustness; (b) estimate the relationship between resilience pillars and food security outcomes; (c) cluster farm households based on the level of resilience pillars; and (d) estimate the effect of farm resilience on food security outcomes. The study first measures farm resilience pillars using Principal Component Analysis (PCA). Next, Latent Profile Analysis (LPA) is used to classify farm households into three resilience categories: “Low Resilience”, “Medium Resilience”, and “High Resilience”. The estimation strategy involves making causal claims using LPA and Propensity Score Matching (PSM) techniques. Our results suggest a positive relationship between farm resilience and food security outcomes. Our findings also confirm that “High Resilience” and “Medium Resilience” profiles experience better dietary diversity, higher fruit and vegetable consumption, or decreased household hunger, compared to the “Low Resilience” profile. Such a positive relationship underlines the importance of strengthening farm resilience. Further development agendas for Tajikistan should consider resilience thinking, especially in shock-prone zones.&lt;/","PeriodicalId":567,"journal":{"name":"Food Security","volume":"18 2","pages":"443 - 464"},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2026-01-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s12571-025-01623-8.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147561474","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}