This collection of five papers, in addition to an introduction, deals with the the issues currently facing the US emergency food system regarding shifts to more healthful foods. The papers in this issue identify a sound basis for an agenda of action by food banks, their member agencies, and key...

The ten conference papers in this issue cover various topics concerning food security, including: the implications for food security of trends in farm size in Asia; the relationship between environmental sustainability, food security and nutrition; the application of behavioural economics to food...

Sub-Saharan African countries experience various market failures and other constraints in food production, marketing, and food consumption. Consequently, sub-Saharan Africa governments have put in place a myriad of policies to counter these failures. Agricultural, food and nutrition policies...

This special issue highlights the urgency of enacting strong policies that leverage the benefits of globalization while minimizing the risks in order to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in particular SDG 2 related to ending hunger, improving food security and nutrition and...

The ARCoFS 2021 aims to provide food security professionals in the Asia Pacific region with a platform to exchange the latest information on sustainable food production, to identify mega-trends that influence food security, and to recognize the main indicators of food insecurity and plan for...

This section consists of eight papers that address food security from various perspectives. Among the specific topics covered are: the relationships between agriculture, food security and climate change; Romania's position in Europe according to the Global Food Security Index; the measurement of ...

This journal issue contains the 3 nutrition policy papers endorsed in 2004 by the Executive Board of the World Food Program (WFP); i.e., Food for nutrition, Nutrition in emergencies, and Micronutrient fortification. These papers explain how WFP currently uses food assistance to support nutrition...

This issue contains a selection of 13 papers based on presentations in the various plenary and parallel sessions of the conference. They address issues within the four dimensions of food security (availability, access, utilization, and stability) but also interactions between the various...

This special issue consists of nine original articles, in addition to four articles that were published before this original collection was released. Topics covered include, among others: the impact of COVID-19 and associated policy responses on global food security; consumption of healthy and...

This issue (consisting of 10 papers, in addition to an introduction) analyses the 2010-11 Somalia famine - mostly from the perspective of humanitarian actors themselves: analysts, practitioners, and managers of the response. The papers address: the main causes of the famine; the famine declaration...