The fragility of global food supply chains, which signals food shortages and increases in food prices in recent years, has reached the highest level with the government's lockdown measures during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study aims to highlight the disruptions in global food supply chains brought ...

Many regions of the world still suffer from food insecurity, undernourishment and hunger problems. These problems are basically caused by a changing climate, natural disasters, depletion of natural resources, rapid population growth, lack of knowledge, conflicts and wars. Governments and United...

The United Nations Agriculture and Food Organization (FAO), the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Food Program (WFP), and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) produce various policies on global nutrition and food security and work by the policies. The study aims to...

It is possible to talk about food ethics in the period from the ancient civilizations to the present day. Issues such as "adequate and balanced nutrition differences", "food insecurity", "food wasting" and "animal welfare" arising from the geographical and cultural conditions of the countries...

This article explores the potential of alternative food networks (AFNs) for food security and resilience as COVID-19 has raised challenges to the global food supply chain. Pandemic-induced disruptions to conventional food production, distribution, and consumption networks have revealed problems...

Food insecurity is the situation where people do not have access to sufficient, stable and safe food that meets their dietary needs for an active and healthy life. The objective of this study was to determine the status of food security in the Adana metropolitan area by using, for the first time in ...

Outside of the Global North, where agri-food systems have not yet consolidated into a 'funnel shape', what makes an urban provisioning actor 'alternative' is not always clear. In this paper, I use members' own definitions, emphases, and arguments to differentiate 'alternative' networks from other...

The importance of food supply throughout the world has once again shown its significance in the COVID-19 pandemic period. A continuous food supply is possible with correct agricultural programming. An effective agricultural product programming can only be possible by obtaining precise agricultural...

Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the incidence of food insecurity and affecting factors in households with children in Turkey during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study. The participants were recruited by the snowball sampling...

The WFP/KIZILAY Electronic Food (e-Food) Card Programme provides food assistance to Syrians living in refugee camps in Turkey. This paper discusses how the programme works and the merits of this market-based approach to food assistance. Also discussed are the findings of programme monitoring and...