Food Security最新文献

{"title":"Method for selecting certification standards for food safety","authors":"Joice Aline Aguiar Cruz Zanatta,&nbsp;Reginaldo Fidelis,&nbsp;Lyssa Setsuko Sakanaka","doi":"10.1007/s12571-023-01370-8","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12571-023-01370-8","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Food safety is a global public health issue and also a crucial aspect of food security. For a food manufacturing company, food safety plays an important role in maintaining its reputation, so entrepreneurs adopt certification standard systems to safeguard consumers. However, choosing a certification standard can become a complex and conflicting process for companies’ decision-makers. This study proposes a multi-attribute analysis based on the multicriteria fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (FAHP) for the selection of a certification standard for food safety. Firstly, a set of certification standards in the field of food safety was selected based on a literature review and interviews with scholars and company managers. Secondly, a quantitative-qualitative interview with decision makers of a food company was performed using the AHP method. By using the AHP method, decision makers were able to compare, in a structured way, each set of criteria and assign weights for each one, according to their perception of importance. Results indicated that the hierarchical ordering of the alternatives for the decision-makers presented similar opinions regarding the weight of each criterion. Moreover, decision makers considered the cost of certification to be the most important criteria for choosing a certification standard. This paper makes unique contributions by presenting a systematic approach for managers of an industry to successfully solve complex multiple-criteria problems, such as the choice of a certification standard for food safety, with less time-consuming efforts.\u0000</p></div>","PeriodicalId":567,"journal":{"name":"Food Security","volume":"15 4","pages":"1071 - 1085"},"PeriodicalIF":6.7,"publicationDate":"2023-05-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"5054717","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":"Local tastes and global flavors: food choice in the context of the nutrition transition in South India","authors":"Asha Nadabar,&nbsp;Shailaja S. Patil,&nbsp;Ashlesha Datar,&nbsp;Rebecca Jones-Antwi,&nbsp;Solveig A. Cunningham","doi":"10.1007/s12571-023-01372-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12571-023-01372-6","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study aimed to quantify familiarity with and consumption of local, national, and global foods among adults in a newly globalizing district in India and to identify patterns of preferences for local or non-local foods. A sample of households with school-going children was selected in an urban, third-tier city and a rural village in Karnataka State, India. One man and one woman (<i>n</i> 937) aged 18 years or older from each of these households were interviewed with a bespoke quantitative survey instrument focused on nutrition and food choice. The results from the study showed that, across six major food groups, at least 80% of respondents reported local items as the most frequently eaten, compared to national (3.0-18.1%) and global (0-9.5%) items. Accessibility was reported as the prominent driver of food choice, with taste and healthfulness as the next most reported considerations. When presented with hypothetical food choice scenarios, including taste, hunger, and health, most participants opted for the local food option over non-local options: less than 17% of respondents switched preferences from local to non-local items. Men more often consumed global drinks and condiments than women; women more often reported having seen global food items advertised than men. Urban residents had higher odds of switching from local to non-local items than rural residents across all choice scenarios except if very hungry. As non-local food items are introduced into the consciousness and diets of people living outside of India’s large metropolitan areas, understanding food choices may help inform efforts to improve nutrition.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":567,"journal":{"name":"Food Security","volume":"15 4","pages":"1057 - 1070"},"PeriodicalIF":6.7,"publicationDate":"2023-05-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"5014235","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":"COVID-19, food coping strategies and households resilience: the case of informal sector in Burkina Faso","authors":"Natéwindé Sawadogo,&nbsp;Youmanli Ouoba","doi":"10.1007/s12571-023-01371-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12571-023-01371-7","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The closure of markets in the city of Ouagadougou due to COVID-19 pandemic has had consequences on the food security status of households, in particular households of informal sector. The objective of this paper is to analyze the effect of COVID-19 on households' likelihood to resort to food coping strategies taking into account their resilience capacities. A survey was carried out among 503 households of small traders in five markets in the city of Ouagadougou. This survey identified seven mutually inclusive food coping strategies which are endogenous and exogenous to households. Thus, the multivariate probit model was used to identify the factors explaining the adoption of these strategies. The results indicate that the COVID-19 pandemic has had an impact on households’ likelihood to use certain food coping strategies. Furthermore, the results show that assets and access to basic services is the main pillar of household resilience that reduces how likely a household resort to coping strategies due to COVID-19. Therefore, strengthening adaptive capacity and improving social security of households of informal sector are relevant.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":567,"journal":{"name":"Food Security","volume":"15 4","pages":"1041 - 1056"},"PeriodicalIF":6.7,"publicationDate":"2023-05-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s12571-023-01371-7.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"4730799","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":"Putting small fish on the table: the underutilized potential of small indigenous fish to improve food and nutrition security in East Africa","authors":"Laura Wessels,&nbsp;Marian Kjellevold,&nbsp;Jeppe Kolding,&nbsp;Cyprian Odoli,&nbsp;Inger Aakre,&nbsp;Felix Reich,&nbsp;Johannes Pucher","doi":"10.1007/s12571-023-01362-8","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12571-023-01362-8","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Sub-Saharan Africa has a high prevalence of food insecurity. Small pelagic fish such as Silver cyprinid (<i>Rastrineobola argentea</i>) which is indigenous to Lake Victoria, can be a nutritious animal sourced food that contributes to a more nutrient dense diet. Potential sustainable catch of Silver cyprinid is estimated at 2 million tonnes yearly, which is four times the amount of the current catch. Whole sun-dried Silver cyprinid was purchased from several markets in Kenya and analysed for nutrient composition, microbial counts and metal content. The results show that utilizing the whole potential catch of Silver cyprinid would provide a significant daily source of vitamin B12, calcium, zinc and iron to the roughly 33 million people living in the Lake Victoria basin. Heavy metal concentration appears to be low, but other food safety aspects like microbial counts call for value chain improvements. We conclude that the underutilized potential of sun-dried Silver cyprinid could substantially contribute to fight malnutrition and food insecurity by providing an affordable nutrient dense animal sourced food to a large number of people. It also highlights the need to improve the value chains to increase the safety of these products.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":567,"journal":{"name":"Food Security","volume":"15 4","pages":"1025 - 1039"},"PeriodicalIF":6.7,"publicationDate":"2023-05-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s12571-023-01362-8.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"4733384","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":"Adoption and impacts of improved post-harvest technologies on food security and welfare of maize-farming households in Tanzania: a comparative assessment","authors":"Christopher Mutungi,&nbsp;Julius Manda,&nbsp;Shiferaw Feleke,&nbsp;Adebayo Abass,&nbsp;Mateete Bekunda,&nbsp;Irmgard Hoschle-Zeledon,&nbsp;Gundula Fischer","doi":"10.1007/s12571-023-01365-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12571-023-01365-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h2>Abstract\u0000</h2><div><p>During the last decade, post-harvest losses (PHL) reduction has been topping the agenda of governments as a pathway for addressing food security, poverty, and nutrition challenges in Africa. Using survey data from 579 households, we investigated the factors that affect farmers’ decisions to adopt post-harvest technologies: mechanized shelling, drying tarpaulins, and airtight storage validated for reducing PHL in Tanzania’s maize-based systems, and the impacts on households’ food security and welfare. Mechanized shelling addressed a labor issue, while tarpaulins and airtight storage addressed product quality and quantity concerns. The results revealed large farm sizes and location in higher production potential zones (proxies for higher production scale) and neighbors' use of the technologies as universal drivers for adoption. Access to credit and off-farm income were unique determinants for airtight storage, while group membership increased the probability of adopting drying tarpaulin and airtight storage. The technologies have positive impacts on food security and welfare: drying tarpaulins and airtight storage significantly increased food availability (18–27%), food access (24–26%), and household incomes (112–155%), whereas mechanized shelling improved food and total expenditures by 49% and 68%, respectively. The share of total household expenditure on food decreased by 42%, 11%, and 51% among tarpaulin, mechanized shelling, and airtight storage adopter households, signaling significant improvements in food security and reductions in vulnerability. The results point to the need for policy support to enhance the adoption of these technologies, knowledge sharing among farmers, and financial resources access to support investments in the technologies.\u0000</p></div></div>","PeriodicalId":567,"journal":{"name":"Food Security","volume":"15 4","pages":"1007 - 1023"},"PeriodicalIF":6.7,"publicationDate":"2023-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s12571-023-01365-5.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"4657309","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":"Towards understanding vegetable and fruit markets for improved consumption and nutrition: The case of Ethiopia","authors":"Fantu Nisrane Bachewe,&nbsp;Bart Minten","doi":"10.1007/s12571-023-01367-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12571-023-01367-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h2>Abstract\u0000</h2><div><p>We study price behavior of vegetables and fruits in Ethiopia over the 15?year period from 2005 to 2019 based on retail and producer price datasets. This is an important topic given the importance of prices for consumption decisions for these nutritious foods. A number of notable findings come from the analysis. First, prices are rapidly increasing both in real terms and when compared to cereals. At the end of the study period in 2019, vegetables and fruits in real terms were significantly more expensive than 15?years earlier. Especially green leafy vegetables show a significant price rise. Second, part of the rise in prices is explained by increased marketing margins. To understand what accounts for these increases in the marketing margins for fruits and vegetables requires more research, as they contrast with stable or declining margins seen for other food crops over the study period. Third, we see significant seasonality in vegetable prices that is mostly driven by supply factors, but also by demand shifts due to increased demand in fasting periods. Fruit prices do not show such high seasonal variation, however. Fourth, there is significant spatial price variation in the country – vegetable prices are 60 percent more expensive in Afar and Somali (predominantly lowland) regions than in the Amhara region, where vegetables are cheapest. Fruit prices in lowlands are double the prices in the major producing area, the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' (SNNP) region.</p></div></div>","PeriodicalId":567,"journal":{"name":"Food Security","volume":"15 4","pages":"989 - 1005"},"PeriodicalIF":6.7,"publicationDate":"2023-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"4508405","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":"Household resilience capacity and food security: evidence from Kyrgyzstan","authors":"Bekhzod Egamberdiev,&nbsp;Ihtiyor Bobojonov,&nbsp;Lena Kuhn,&nbsp;Thomas Glauben","doi":"10.1007/s12571-023-01369-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12571-023-01369-1","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Commonly, resilience against external shocks is treated as a household or community capacity. Resiliency against food insecurity is of particular importance for rural household under the impression of recent price surges and supply chain disruptions. The aim of this paper is to analyze the effect of household resilience capacity on food security outcomes in Kyrgyzstan, using individual, household and community datasets of the “Life in Kyrgyzstan” panel survey for several waves from 2011 to 2016. Firstly, a resilience capacity index to food insecurity was estimated through key determinants or pillars under the Resilience Index Measurement and Analysis (RIMA) II methodology, while latent analysis was used to classify shocks. The effect of resilience capacity on food security outcomes was estimated along an instrumental variable approach. Our results suggest that resilience capacity serves to improve food security status and decrease the proneness of households to suffering from food insecurity in the presence of shocks. Furthermore, the interaction between resilience capacity and shocks was included to explain whether the negative effect of the shocks is weakened by resilience. The findings confirm that resilience capacity is able to mitigate the adverse effects of shocks on food security outcomes; moreover, it is sufficient to resist a decline in food security. Following the large contributions of social safety nets and adaptive capacity to the resilience capacity index, policy efforts should be focused on increasing income generating capacity, networking, migration, and education level of households to strengthen resilience to food insecurity.\u0000</p></div>","PeriodicalId":567,"journal":{"name":"Food Security","volume":"15 4","pages":"967 - 988"},"PeriodicalIF":6.7,"publicationDate":"2023-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s12571-023-01369-1.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"4666733","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":"Crowdsourcing food security: introducing food choice derivatives for sustainability","authors":"Hana Trollman,&nbsp;Sandeep Jagtap,&nbsp;Frank Trollman","doi":"10.1007/s12571-023-01363-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12571-023-01363-7","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Global food supply chains are unprepared for the increasing number and severity of the expected environmental, social and economic shocks in the coming years. The price-setting process of commodities is directly impacted by such shocks, influencing consumer behavior regarding food choice and consumption. Both the market and advances in precision agriculture drive increased production and consumption. However, there has been a lack of consideration of how consumer behavior could be harnessed to mitigate such shocks through decreased consumption and reduced waste. The SAPPhIRE model of causality was applied to design sustainable and ecologically embedded futures derivatives that could have a role in affecting commodity markets. Multi-agent systems were combined with artificial intelligence and edge computing to provide the necessary functionality. The impact of war in Ukraine was used to exemplify the design of consumer “food choice” derivatives. This resulted in a mechanism to bring aggregated acts of consumer compassion and sustainability to commodities markets to mitigate food security shocks. When implementing food choice derivatives, care must be taken to ensure that consumer food choices are rational and compatible with individual nutritional needs and financial situations, and that the legitimate interests of agri-food businesses are protected.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":567,"journal":{"name":"Food Security","volume":"15 4","pages":"953 - 965"},"PeriodicalIF":6.7,"publicationDate":"2023-04-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s12571-023-01363-7.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"4993332","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":"Determinants of smallholder farmers’ maize grain storage protection practices and understanding of the nutritional aspects of grain postharvest losses","authors":"Patrick Ngwenyama,&nbsp;Shephard Siziba,&nbsp;Loveness K. Nyanga,&nbsp;Tanya E. Stathers,&nbsp;Macdonald Mubayiwa,&nbsp;Shaw Mlambo,&nbsp;Tinashe Nyabako,&nbsp;Aurélie Bechoff,&nbsp;Apurba Shee,&nbsp;Brighton M. Mvumi","doi":"10.1007/s12571-023-01349-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12571-023-01349-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>\u0000Poor storage methods lead to high postharvest losses in maize, an essential staple in sub-Saharan Africa. Smallholder farmers’ knowledge and awareness of postharvest nutritional losses (PHNLs), practices regarding maize grain storage, and factors influencing use of improved storage protection practices were investigated in two districts in Zimbabwe through a cross-sectional field survey of 331 households randomly selected from lists of farmers’ names kept by local extension staff. A multistage sampling technique was used involving purposively selecting the study districts then randomly selecting the study wards, the villages and the households. Twenty eight key informant were purposively selected being officers and stakeholders working or residing in the two districts and involved in postharvest and nutrition issues. The most commonly used storage practices were the admixture of maize grain with synthetic grain protectant pesticides followed by storage of untreated grain in polypropylene bags. Highly toxic pesticides, such as Cabaryl 85 WP and Acetamiprid 20 SP, which are not registered for stored food grain treatment, were being applied by 14.6% of the farmers to protect their grain from insect attack. We developed a PHNL knowledge index that measured farmers’ nutritional knowledge and awareness of PHNL. Level of education and district positively correlated with farmers’ PHNL knowledge (p?&lt;?0.05), whereas the opposite was found for farmers’ age (p?&lt;?0.05). Multinomial logistic regression analysis showed that use of grain storage protection practices was positively related to farmers’ age, total maize grain production, education level and PHNL knowledge (p?&lt;?0.05). Older farmers were less likely to use non-recommended chemicals to protect their maize grain during storage. Farmers’ education level and total maize grain production were positively associated with higher use of synthetic pesticides, while PHNL knowledge was associated with the use of traditional grain protectants (p?&lt;?0.05). Training on grain storage management, especially safe grain storage protection practices and PHNLs, is essential to contribute towards household food and nutrition security.\u0000</p></div>","PeriodicalId":567,"journal":{"name":"Food Security","volume":"15 4","pages":"937 - 951"},"PeriodicalIF":6.7,"publicationDate":"2023-04-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"4783478","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":"A whole system approach to childhood obesity: how a supportive environment was created in the city of Brighton and Hove, United Kingdom","authors":"Leah Salm,&nbsp;Nicholas Nisbett,&nbsp;Katie Cuming,&nbsp;Tabitha Hrynick,&nbsp;Alexandra Lulache,&nbsp;Hayley MacGregor","doi":"10.1007/s12571-023-01361-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12571-023-01361-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Childhood obesity is a growing global challenge, and no country has yet reversed the upward trend in prevalence. The causes are multifaceted, spanning individual, societal, environmental, and political spheres. This makes finding solutions complex as traditional linear models of treatment and effect have proven only minimally successful or unfeasible at the population level. There is also a paucity of evidence of what works, and few examples of intervention that operate on a ‘whole systems’ level. The city of Brighton in the United Kingdom has experienced a downward trend in child obesity rates compared to national figures. The aim of this study was to explore what has led to successful change in the city. This was done through a review of local data, policy and programs, and thirteen key informant interviews with key stakeholders involved in the local food and healthy weight agenda. Our findings highlight key mechanisms that have plausibly contributed to a supportive environment for obesity reduction in Brighton according to key local policy and civil society actors. These mechanisms include; a commitment to early years intervention such as breastfeeding promotion; a supportive local political context; the ability to tailor interventions to community needs; governance structures and capacity that enable cross-sectoral collaboration; and a citywide framing of obesity solutions in the context of a ‘whole system’ approach. However, substantial inequalities persist in the city. Engaging families in areas of high deprivation and operating in an increasingly difficult context of national austerity are persistent challenges. This case study sheds light on some mechanisms of what a whole systems approach to obesity looks like in practice in a local context. This is of relevance to both policymakers and healthy weight practitioners across a spectrum of sectors who need to be engaged to tackle child obesity.\u0000</p></div>","PeriodicalId":567,"journal":{"name":"Food Security","volume":"15 4","pages":"919 - 935"},"PeriodicalIF":6.7,"publicationDate":"2023-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s12571-023-01361-9.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"5037057","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}