The effectiveness of food aid in reducing household food insecurity in developing countries has been extensively examined in previous studies. This study explores this issue in the context of COVID-19, using the example of emergency food aid provided by the Senegalese government. Field survey data...
Author(s)
Diouf, A.; Ndiaye, M. F.; Faye, C.
Publisher
Wiley, Oxford, UK
Citation
African Development Review, 2022, 34, 4, pp 556-569
A human rights approach to food security seeks to empower vulnerable groups to claim their rights. It also reinforces a government's obligations to respect, protect and fulfil the right to food. Furthermore, it encourages the integration of the right to food into the design and implementation of ...
Publisher
Routledge, Abingdon, UK
Citation
Third World Quarterly, 2019, 40, 9, pp 1613-1633
It is well-established that armed political conflict has a detrimental effect on food security and household welfare: conflict induces food insecurity by reducing own food production, access to food through the market, and various other resources to sustain healthy and productive lives. One way of...
Author(s)
Tusiime, H. A.; Renard, R.; Smets, L.
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
Citation
Food Policy, 2013, 43, pp 14-22
Restoring food reserves and palliating food ration 'leakage' are top priorities for policymakers in the face of increasing populations, changing diets, environmental pressures and climate change. During an emergency, when food supply is in high demand, the current Laws of International...
Author(s)
Howard-Johnson, M.
Publisher
Lexxion Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Berlin, Germany
Citation
European Food and Feed Law Review, 2014, No.1, pp 37-47
Somalia is among the poorest countries on the planet. Since the fall of Siad Barre's regime in 1991, the country has been in a near-constant state of food insecurity and suffered two officially declared famines. In order to address the issue of food insecurity in Somalia, a greater understanding of ...
Author(s)
Gavin, R.; Haji, H.; Porter, P.
Publisher
Rural Outreach Programme, Nairobi, Kenya
Citation
African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development, 2019, 19, 3, pp 14587-14601
The emergency food system (EFS) is a critical part of the United States' social safety net. Using 2015-2020 Current Population Survey Food Security Supplement data, we identified trends in EFS use among food insecure, low-income households by estimating the probability of EFS use adjusting for...
Author(s)
Brady, P.; Harnack, L.; Widome, R.; Berry, K. M.; Valluri, S.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis, Philadelphia, USA
Citation
Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition, 2023, 18, 2, pp 145-163
"Food securitization" refers to the process by which food supplies are linked to larger security issues or broader notions of human security. While this study is built on the surge of food policy studies that acknowledge the importance of discourse, rhetoric, and labeling in shaping the notion of...
Author(s)
Griver, S.; Fischhendler, I.
Publisher
Springer, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation
Food Security, 2021, 13, 5, pp 1303-1321
Objective: To assess the 1999-2000 food security situation and the food relief programmes in Ethiopia, and evaluate the need for a national food and nutrition policy. Design: A systematic search of data sources from the Ethiopian Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Commission (DPPC), the Ethiopian ...
Author(s)
Kaluski, D. N.; Einat Ophir; Amede, T.
Publisher
CAB International, Wallingford, UK
Citation
Public Health Nutrition, 2002, 5, 3, pp 373-381
Background: School nutrition programs mitigate child food insecurity across the United States. With the onset of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, kindergarten through grade 12 physical school campuses closed, which led to those programs transitioning to emergency feeding. The...
Author(s)
Patten, E. V.; Spruance, L.; Vaterlaus, J. M.; Jones, M.; Beckstead, E.
Publisher
Elsevier, New York, USA
Citation
Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 2021, 121, 8, pp 1441-1453
Background: The global food system is not delivering affordable, healthy, diverse diets, which are needed to address malnutrition in all its forms for sustainable development. This will require policy change across the economic sectors that govern food systems, including agriculture, trade,...
Author(s)
Thow, A. M.; Apprey, C.; Winters, J.; Stellmach, D.; Alders, R.; Aduku, L. N. E.; Mulcahy, G.; Annan, R.
Publisher
Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
Citation
International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2021, 10, 12, pp 909-922