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The SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus and the measures imposed to control it have impacted food security globally, particularly among vulnerable populations. Food insecurity, in turn, has repercussions on health, exacerbating pre-existing inequalities. This scoping review maps the literature describing...

Author(s)
Ahmed, D.; Benavente, P.; Diaz, E.
Publisher
MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland
Citation
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2023, 20, 7,
Abstract

Despite limited study, farmer training is an area of growing interest and concern among new and experienced farmers across North America. It is also an area with broad implications regarding the future of domestic food production. This paper presents findings from a community-campus partnership...

Author(s)
Schreiner, L.; Levkoe, C. Z.; Schumilas, T.
Publisher
New Leaf Associates, Ithaca, USA
Citation
Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems and Community Development, 2018, 8, 2, pp 9-17
Abstract

Background: Food insecurity, inadequate access to food due to financial constraints, is a major public health issue in the United States and Canada, where the same 18-item questionnaire is used to monitor food insecurity. Researchers often assume that findings on food insecurity from the 2...

Author(s)
Men Fei; Tarasuk, V.
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Cary, USA
Citation
Journal of Nutrition, 2021, 152, 4, pp 1082-1090
Abstract

Although organic agriculture (OA) is praised unequivocally for its environmental and health benefits, its potential for food security is often questioned because of its perceived lower yield. Least developed countries (LDCs), which have a high prospect of conversion to OA, are underrepresented in...

Author(s)
Joshi, N. P.; Piya, L.
Publisher
MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland
Citation
Sustainability, 2021, 13, 9,
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As a conflict between two major agricultural powers, the Russia-Ukraine war has various negative socioeconomic impacts that are now being felt internationally and might worsen, notably, for global food security. If the war deepens, the food crisis will worsen, posing a challenge to many countries,...

Author(s)
Hassen, T. B.; El-Bilali, H.
Publisher
MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland
Citation
Foods, 2022, 11, 15,
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Food security is a global societal challenge, and one geographic region where food insecurity is increasing is the North American Arctic and Subarctic. In this paper we synthesize research on food security in this region; important precursors and early work include reports on the impacts of land...

Author(s)
Loring, P. A.; Gerlach, S. C.
Publisher
Arctic Institute of North America, Calgary, Canada
Citation
Arctic, 2015, 68, 3, pp 380-392
Abstract

Food insecurity continues to persist among vulnerable groups in Canada, including newcomer families. This mixed-methods study uses an exploratory sequential design to characterize the food security status of newcomer families with children aged 3-13 years. Parents completed food security and...

Author(s)
Lane, G.; Nisbet, C.; Vatanparast, H.
Publisher
MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland
Citation
Nutrients, 2019, 11, 8, pp 1744
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An estimated 20 to 50% of post-secondary students experience food insecurity. Students who are food insecure are more likely to have poor health and lower academic performance relative to food secure peers. Food hubs are physical or digital spaces that provide access to food initiatives and...

Author(s)
Murphy, R. A.; Guo, Y. J.; Cordeiro, H. S. M. P.; Stroshein, S.; Hamilton, C.; Kozicky, S.
Publisher
MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland
Citation
Nutrients, 2022, 14, 19,
Abstract

COVID-19 caused levels of household food insecurity to spike, but the precarity of so many people in wealthy countries is an outgrowth of decades of eroding public provisions and labour protections that once protected people from hunger, setting the stage for the virus' unevenly-distributed harms....

Author(s)
Spring, C.; Garthwaite, K.; Fisher, A.
Publisher
Springer Nature Publishing AG, Cham, Switzerland
Citation
Food Ethics, 2022, 7, 1, pp (19 March 2022)
Abstract

The food systems concept has attracted a considerable amount of attention as it provides an opportunity to better understand and represent the array of factors that explain food security in a comprehensive and holistic manner. The value-added proposition of food systems resilience is that the...

Author(s)
Constas, M. A.; D'Errico, M.; Hoddinott, J. F.; Pietrelli, R.
Publisher
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Rome, Italy
Citation
FAO Agricultural Development Economics Working Paper, 2021, 21-10, pp vi + 36 pp.

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