Throughout the world, including in developed countries, the COVID-19 crisis has revealed and accentuated food insecurity. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations clearly defines food security as a situation of not only availability and accessibility but also social acceptability ...
Author(s)
Arduin, P. E.; Saïdi-Kabeche, D.
Publisher
MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland
Citation
Sustainability, 2022, 14, 3,
To ensure sustainable food security, it is imperative to consider the legal instruments for the promotion and protection of agricultural and food diversity. This is the mission of the Research Chair in Law on Food Diversity and Food Security at Laval University (DDSA Chair) since its creation in...
Publisher
Académie d'Agriculture de France, Paris, France
Citation
Comptes Rendus de l'Académie d'Agriculture de France, 2019, 105, 3, pp 74-74
Food systems are at the center of global environmental, social, and economic challenges such as resource scarcity, ecosystem degradation, and climate change [1]. The current food systems are generating negative outcomes, such as land, water, and ecosystem degradation, biodiversity loss, excessive...
Author(s)
Raposo, A.; Ramos, F.; Raheem, D.; Saraiva, A.; Carrascosa, C.
Publisher
MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland
Citation
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021, 18, 15,
The New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition (NAFSN) was launched in 2012 by the G7 countries as a major initiative to fight hunger in Africa. It promised to raise 50 million people out of poverty over the next 10 years by brokering pro-market reforms and flows of private capital to African...
Author(s)
Prášková, D. M.; Novotný, J.
Publisher
Routledge, Abingdon, UK
Citation
Third World Quarterly, 2021, 42, 8, pp 1751-1769
Ukraine and Russia are two important grain producers and exporters in the world, accounting for 12% and 17% of the world's wheat exports, respectively. The conflict between Russia and Ukraine may greatly impact Ukraine's wheat production and export as well as Russia's wheat export. Satellite...
Author(s)
Lin FaQin; Li XueCao; Jia NingYuan; Feng Fan; Huang Hai; Huang Jianxi; Fan ShengGen; Ciais, P.; Song XiaoPeng
Publisher
Elsevier B.V., Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation
Global Food Security, 2023, 36,
There is broad consensus on the need for bold action to improve the performance of food systems. But as recent work by the OECD has shown, on many important food systems issues progress is hampered by evidence gaps. These concern not just the extent, characteristics and drivers of policy issues,...
Author(s)
Deconinck, K.; Giner, C.; Jackson, L. A.; Toyama, L.
Publisher
Elsevier B.V., Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation
Global Food Security, 2022, 33,
Food is back on the agenda of city regions in industrialized countries. A 2013/2014 study carried out in France by the International Urban Food Network (IUFN) reveals that French local governments and actors are involved in a wide array of actions, namely: (1) developing alternative food supply...
Author(s)
Braine-Supkova, M.; Gaspard, A.
Publisher
Urban Agriculture Magazine, Leusden, Netherlands
Citation
Urban Agriculture Magazine, 2015, No.29, pp 21-23
Existing indicators of agricultural protection and support were developed primarily to gauge the market and welfare effects of government policies. They have shed light on a wider range of impacts through their use in economic models and empirical analysis. The rising scale of support to...
Publisher
Wiley, Oxford, UK
Citation
Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2023, 74, 1, pp 3-23
Introduction - Among other factors, food insecurity may be involved in the relationship between poverty and obesity, especially in women. Our objective was to describe food insecurity prevalence, and to assess the association between food insecurity and body weight status in women using food...
Author(s)
Castetbon, K.; Méjean, C.; Grange, D.; Guibert, G.; Escalon, H.; Vincelet, C.; Vernay, M.
Publisher
Institut de Veille Sanitaire, Saint-Maurice, France
Citation
Bulletin Épidémiologique Hebdomadaire, 2014, No.18/19, pp 326-333
This brief commentary demonstrates that the reduction in manufacturing production, especially that of food, beverages, and motor vehicles, trailers, and semi-trailers (MTS), is an important reason for the pressure on the food supply chain in France and Germany during the COVID-19 pandemic. This...
Publisher
New Leaf Associates, Ithaca, USA
Citation
Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems and Community Development, 2020, 9, 4, pp 139-142