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There is a rich literature devoted to the role women play in ensuring the food security of the household and other household members. However, relatively little attention has been paid to their own food security situation. The challenge with investigating the food security of women is that most...

Author(s)
Broussard, N. H.
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
Citation
Food Policy, 2019, 83, pp 180-194
Abstract

Food security among migrants and refugees remains an international public health issue. However, research among ethnic minorities in Australia is relatively low. This study explored the factors that influence the understanding of food labelling and food insecurity among Libyan migrants in...

Author(s)
Mansour, R.; John, J. R.; Liamputtong, P.; Arora, A.
Publisher
MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland
Citation
Nutrients, 2021, 13, 7,
Abstract

Background: Transitioning towards sustainable food systems for the health of the population and planet will require governments and institutions to develop effective governance to support the adoption of sustainable food practices. The aim of the paper is to describe current governance within...

Author(s)
Grech, A.; Howse, E.; Boylan, S.
Publisher
BioMed Central Ltd, London, UK
Citation
Nutrition Journal, 2020, 19, 97, pp (10 September 2020)
Abstract

Introduction: Indigenous Peoples worldwide endure unacceptable health disparities with undernutrition and food insecurity often coexisting with obesity and chronic diseases. Policy-level actions are required to eliminate malnutrition in all its forms. However, there has been no systematic synthesis ...

Author(s)
Browne, J.; Lock, M.; Walker, T.; Egan, M.; Backholer, K.
Publisher
BMJ Publishing Group, London, UK
Citation
BMJ Global Health, 2020, 5, 8,
Abstract

As part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, sustainable development goal 2 (SDG2) specifically seeks to 'End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture'. However, there is no clear prescription for how this goal should be achieved which...

Author(s)
Stronge, D.; Scheyvens, R.; Banks, G.
Publisher
Wiley, Melbourne, Australia
Citation
Asia Pacific Viewpoint, 2020, 61, 1, pp 102-117
Abstract

Food insecurity in advanced capitalist nations has persisted over decades despite excess food production, welfare systems, and charitable responses. This research examines the perspectives of practitioners who engage with food insecurity in Aotearoa New Zealand using a Q methodology study to...

Author(s)
Reynolds, D.; Mirosa, M.
Publisher
MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland
Citation
Sustainability, 2021, 14, 1,
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Food poverty, or household food insecurity, has been a growing phenomenon in high-income countries as a result of neoliberal reforms. In this paper, we advance the idea of a noncommercial food system which, we argue, differs from conventional and alternative food systems in that it does not entail...

Author(s)
Walters, V. M.; Garden, E.; Chamberlain, K.
Publisher
Routledge, Abingdon, UK
Citation
Food, Culture and Society: An International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research, 2021, 24, 5, pp 694-711
Abstract

This article reports on a cross-cultural study of two Indigenous1 knowledge and food security systems: Quechua2 people of Peru and Maori3 of Aotearoa - New Zealand, and implications for food systems sustainability and traditional knowledge. This study takes a novel approach by using a traditional...

Author(s)
Huambachano, M.
Publisher
Taylor and Francis, Philadelphia, USA
Citation
Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, 2018, 42, 9, pp 1003-1028
Abstract

Citizens of Australia and New Zealand recognise that food security is a major global issue. Food security also affects Australia and New Zealand's status as premier food exporting nations and the health and wellbeing of the Australasian population. Australia is uniquely positioned to help build a...

Author(s)
Dilip Ghosh
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester, UK
Citation
Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 2014, 94, 10, pp 1970-1973
Abstract

The particularities of agriculture, as a sector which ensures food supply, result from many factors, including the multilateral interaction between the environment and human activity. The extent of human intervention in the food production process is usually measured with the amount of capital...

Author(s)
Baer-Nawrocka, A.; Sadowski, A.
Publisher
Public Library of Sciences (PLoS), San Francisco, USA
Citation
PLoS ONE, 2019, 14, 3, pp e0213448

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