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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
Abstract

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 ...

Author(s)
Tura, H. A.
Publisher
Routledge, Abingdon, UK
Citation
Third World Quarterly, 2019, 40, 9, pp 1613-1633
Abstract

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
Abstract

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
AbstractFull Text

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
Abstract

In Ethiopia, food security and vulnerability assessments have traditionally focused on rural areas. Recently, the issue of urban food security has been attracting attention in global policy debates. However, limited studies are found in the study areas that link food insecurity with major food...

Author(s)
Amare Molla Dinku; Tefera Chane Mekonnen; Getachew Shumye Adilu
Publisher
Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation
Heliyon, 2023, 9, 3,
Abstract

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
Abstract

"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
Abstract

This study examines the potential of charitable alternative food networks (ANFs), specifically community markets, as a complimentary solution to existing food aid efforts in response to food insecurity. While foodbanks play a crucial role in providing emergency food aid, they often face challenges...

Author(s)
Nayak, R.; Hartwell, H.
Publisher
Frontiers Media S.A., Lausanne, Switzerland
Citation
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2023, 7, June,
Abstract

Food supply localization has been extensively studied and advocated in North America and Europe, focusing on its oppositional stance to food system globalization, long food supply chains, the disconnect between producers and consumers, and a desire to reconnect urban consumers with small farmers in ...

Author(s)
Zhong TaiYang; Crush, J.; Si ZhenZhong; Scott, S.
Publisher
Elsevier B.V., Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation
Global Food Security, 2023, 38,

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