Food SecurityPub Date : 2026-01-28DOI: 10.1007/s12571-026-01652-x
{"title":"Acknowledgement of Reviewers for their volunteered work during 2025 on submissions to Food Security","authors":"","doi":"10.1007/s12571-026-01652-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12571-026-01652-x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":567,"journal":{"name":"Food Security","volume":"18 1","pages":"1 - 6"},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2026-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147342848","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}
Food SecurityPub Date : 2026-01-26DOI: 10.1007/s12571-026-01651-y
Serge Savary
{"title":"Correction to: Patterns of science words that address food security questions – surveying five journals, 2010–2025","authors":"Serge Savary","doi":"10.1007/s12571-026-01651-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12571-026-01651-y","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":567,"journal":{"name":"Food Security","volume":"18 1","pages":"293 - 294"},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2026-01-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147342061","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":"Placing resilient local food systems on the municipal agenda: insights from Sweden","authors":"Madeleine Granvik, Rebecka Milestad, Malin Andersson","doi":"10.1007/s12571-025-01642-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12571-025-01642-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Due to increasing vulnerability to complex global changes, there is a growing need to promote resilient food systems. While food systems operate across scales from local to global, processes of change are rooted in local and regional contexts. In Sweden, the interest in food resilience has increased over the last decade. The aim of this study is to explore the state of Swedish municipalities’ work on food system planning in the context of resilient local food systems and food contingency planning. A survey was conducted, with responses received from 73% of Sweden’s 290 municipalities. The data were analysed using an established categorisation of municipalities to enable comparison across categorises. Main results show that the majority of municipalities support work to develop local food systems and that there is a local political will to do so. However, political will was reported to be weaker in both very sparsely populated rural municipalities and large city municipalities. The main barriers identified were a lack of clear regulations, insufficient national-level support, and limited resources (funding/staff), particularly regarding how to work with food contingency planning. A lack of resources was more frequently reported by rural municipalities compared to others, potentially indicating a lower capacity to respond to crises in these municipalities. Additionally, few municipalities had developed a local food strategy. Overall, the study highlights that municipalities have been engaged with local food systems for a longer time, while work on food contingency planning has recently begun for the majority.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":567,"journal":{"name":"Food Security","volume":"18 2","pages":"423 - 441"},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2026-01-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s12571-025-01642-5.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147560447","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}
Food SecurityPub Date : 2026-01-14DOI: 10.1007/s12571-025-01618-5
Katja Kehlenbeck, Jillian L. Waid, Nathalie J. Lambrecht, Amanda S. Wendt, Masum Ali, Sabine Gabrysch
{"title":"Impact of a homegardening intervention on crop diversity: results from a cluster-randomized trial in Bangladesh","authors":"Katja Kehlenbeck, Jillian L. Waid, Nathalie J. Lambrecht, Amanda S. Wendt, Masum Ali, Sabine Gabrysch","doi":"10.1007/s12571-025-01618-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12571-025-01618-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Homegardening has the potential to improve access to nutrient-dense foods. We evaluate the impact of a large Homestead Food Production intervention on crop species richness and homegarden management as pathway outcomes of the ‘Food and Agricultural Approaches to Reducing Malnutrition’ (FAARM) cluster-randomized trial (NCT02505711) in rural North-eastern Bangladesh. Ninety-six settlements were allocated 1:1 to intervention (1337 women) and control arm (1368 women). During the three-year intervention (2015–2018) women received vegetable seeds and training in homegardening, poultry rearing, and nutrition. We assessed number and type of harvested garden crop species at baseline and every four months during and after the intervention, totalling 12 survey rounds. Impacts were measured overall and by year using mixed-effects linear regression. In its final year, the intervention increased the number of harvested vegetable species by 4.3 and total crop species by 6.4, more than double over control. We also saw sizable changes in production practices. Impacts were present in all seasons, consistent across gradients of wealth and education and maintained up to 2.5 years post-intervention when they seemed to spill over to controls. This study provides rigorous evidence that homegardening can have sustained positive impacts on year-round diversity of nutrient-rich garden crops produced by households.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":567,"journal":{"name":"Food Security","volume":"18 2","pages":"405 - 421"},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2026-01-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s12571-025-01618-5.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147559144","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":"Using high-frequency data to measure the resilience of households to food insecurity and women’s dietary diversity in Uganda","authors":"Annet Adong, Lukas Kornher, Bezawit Beyene Chichaibelu, Emily Ijete Amondo, Benard Bashaasha","doi":"10.1007/s12571-025-01619-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12571-025-01619-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We contribute to the understanding of household resilience to shocks by using high-frequency data collected in short spans of two to three months. We examine three issues: first, whether frequent shocks within the year affect households’ food security in short periods of two to three months. Secondly, whether Resilience Index Measurement and Analysis (RIMA II) can be used to measure the resilience capacity of households to shocks using high-frequency data, and whether the accumulation of shocks erodes this resilience. Thirdly, whether the resilience estimation using RIMA II compares closely with the subjective resilience measure. Our study reveals that (1) shocks specifically drought and theft of agriculture produce within the year affect the food security of the households, (2) RIMA-II metrics can be used to measure the resilience capacity of households with high-frequency data collected in six months duration, (3) the asset pillar is a crucial factor in ensuring the resilience of households within short periods (4) RIMA II and the subjective resilience measure are moderately comparable and each may identify different factors that constitute resilience. The results highlight the need for development and humanitarian agencies to consider supporting asset building and non-farm income-generating activities to moderate the effects of shocks on resilience.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":567,"journal":{"name":"Food Security","volume":"18 2","pages":"377 - 403"},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2026-01-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s12571-025-01619-4.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147559602","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}
Food SecurityPub Date : 2026-01-06DOI: 10.1007/s12571-025-01634-5
Risto Conte Keivabu, Rumi Chunara
{"title":"Monsoon weather and food security in Pakistan","authors":"Risto Conte Keivabu, Rumi Chunara","doi":"10.1007/s12571-025-01634-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12571-025-01634-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The intensification of monsoon weather anomalies due to climate change poses significant challenges to food security in South East Asia. In this paper we focus on Pakistan, to understand how dry conditions during the monsoon season affect food security. Using the Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index, we examine the effects of drier monsoon seasons on self-assessed food security. For this purpose, we leverage Pakistan Social and Living Standards Measurement Survey data for 2019–2020 on 147,063 households and combine it at the district level with the European Re-Analysis-Land meteorological data provided by the Copernicus Data Store. Our findings highlight an 8.5% increase in mild to severe food insecurity with exposure to a dry monsoon season. The impact is mostly concentrated on the quality and diversity of food available suggestive of a change in the food balance rather than in the total caloric intake. We also observe dry conditions to determine a larger decrease in food diversity in individuals with none or low educational attainment. Findings suggest that the increased unpredictability of monsoon weather could exacerbate food insecurity with vulnerable groups being affected foremost in Pakistan and highlights the critical need for measures to mitigate the impact of droughts on food diversity and quality. </p></div>","PeriodicalId":567,"journal":{"name":"Food Security","volume":"18 2","pages":"361 - 376"},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2026-01-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s12571-025-01634-5.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147558944","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}
Food SecurityPub Date : 2026-01-02DOI: 10.1007/s12571-025-01630-9
Simoun Bayudan, Hans De Steur, Joachim Jietse Schouteten
{"title":"Global impacts of increased undervalued crop production on environmental, economic, and nutrient outcomes","authors":"Simoun Bayudan, Hans De Steur, Joachim Jietse Schouteten","doi":"10.1007/s12571-025-01630-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12571-025-01630-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Promoting agrobiodiversity is increasingly favoured as a solution to the challenges modern agriculture faces, offering benefits such as improved landscape conditions and nutritional outcomes. However, the global extent to which diversified crop production affects greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and nutrient availability - along with identifying which crops to prioritize - remains unclear. In the present study, we used optimization models to first demonstrate the potential of reducing GHGs by diversifying global crop production quantities, and secondly, the impact of increased cultivation of undervalued crops on the economic and nutritional value of crop production. We observed that a select number of undervalued crops can drive GHG reduction, yet in certain cases, major crops were more favoured to reduce GHGs. Nonetheless, increasing the production of undervalued crops also increased nutrient availability. We thus provide more evidence that strategic policies on diversifying crop production can aid in the reduction of total GHGs while maintaining sufficient nutrients to circulate across crop production systems.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":567,"journal":{"name":"Food Security","volume":"18 2","pages":"345 - 360"},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2026-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147559057","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}
Food SecurityPub Date : 2025-12-29DOI: 10.1007/s12571-025-01628-3
Ana Cristina Mafla, Laura Sofía Peña-Argotty, Francisco Mafla, Elehonora Argotty-Pérez, Ángel Gil-de-Miguel, Falk Schwendicke
{"title":"Food poisoning in a Colombian population: A geospatial analysis","authors":"Ana Cristina Mafla, Laura Sofía Peña-Argotty, Francisco Mafla, Elehonora Argotty-Pérez, Ángel Gil-de-Miguel, Falk Schwendicke","doi":"10.1007/s12571-025-01628-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12571-025-01628-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We geospatially assess food poisoning in Nariño, Colombia, between 2012-2019. A retrospective repeated cross-sectional study was carried out on 2,413 individuals to assess food poisoning in Nariño, Colombia, where Sociodemographic information and aspects of food poisoning characteristics were analysed. Causal agents of food poisoning were classified as biological, chemical or radioactive. Descriptive and geospatial analyses were performed, as well as a generalised linear modelling (GLM) to determine the association between cases of food poisoning and different factors. The mean annual incidence of food poisoning between 2012-2019 in Nariño county was 17 cases per 100,000. Municipalities such as Puerres, Córdoba and Contadero presented a higher incidence. Differences according to age and sex were observed. Based on GLM, seafood consumption and intake of food in public institutions significantly increased the risk of food poisoning. There were temporal and spatial variations of food poisoning in Nariño. Public health policies should aim to enhance food safety and safe practices of food workers in public institutions to avoid outbreaks and reduce the need for medical consultation, hospitalisation and treatment.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":567,"journal":{"name":"Food Security","volume":"18 2","pages":"329 - 343"},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2025-12-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147561997","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}
Food SecurityPub Date : 2025-12-26DOI: 10.1007/s12571-025-01629-2
Marcos E. Dominguez-Viera, Zuzana Smeets-Kristkova, Anali Castellanos-Gutierrez, Carolina Batis, Marrit van den Berg, Joana C. Chapa Cantu
{"title":"Fiscal policies alone may be insufficient to reach healthy, sustainable and culturally acceptable diets in Mexico","authors":"Marcos E. Dominguez-Viera, Zuzana Smeets-Kristkova, Anali Castellanos-Gutierrez, Carolina Batis, Marrit van den Berg, Joana C. Chapa Cantu","doi":"10.1007/s12571-025-01629-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12571-025-01629-2","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>There is scarce research on the necessary policy instruments to reach sustainable healthy diets. Taking Mexico as case study, we identified a menu of fiscal policies to reach two variants of such a diet and assessed the long-term impact of attaining these diets on the food system. A macroeconomic model named MAGNET and a Quadratic Almost Ideal Demand System model for more than 70,000 households were employed for the analysis. Our results showcased that realistic taxes and subsidies (ad valorem rates < 100%) would only achieve 17% of these diets by 2040. A shift that reaches two-thirds of these diets would reduce carbon emissions by 10–13% and land pressure by 1–2%, compared to business-as-usual. Food would be more affordable for all but the poorer households. Negative repercussions for employment in the food system and economic growth would be expected, given the key economic role of animal foods. Mexico would reverse decades-long of trade inflows of unhealthy foods from the United States. Fiscal policies alone would be insufficient to reach the target intakes of fruits and vegetables among the poor, animal-sources among the highest income, and plant-based proteins among all. Therefore, complementary policies to encourage changes on consumers’ behaviour are warranted.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":567,"journal":{"name":"Food Security","volume":"18 2","pages":"311 - 327"},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2025-12-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147561855","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}