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,
Many natural and non-natural hazards threaten food security, especially in urban areas where growing populations place extra demands on the food supply. Ensuring stable food security before, during, and after disasters requires resilient food systems that can withstand and recover from disruptions. ...
Author(s)
Biehl, E.; Buzogany, S.; Baja, K.; Neff, R. A.
Publisher
New Leaf Associates, Ithaca, USA
Citation
Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems and Community Development, 2018, 8, Supplement 2, pp 39-53
Native Americans make up less than 2% of the population of the USA, but suffer from some of the highest rates of food insecurity, poverty, diet-related diseases, and other socioeconomic challenges. This study examined unique attributes of food security in Native American communities in the Klamath...
Author(s)
Sowerwine, J.; Mucioki, M.; Sarna-Wojcicki, D.; Hillman, L.
Publisher
Springer, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation
Food Security, 2019, 11, 3, pp 579-607
This research examines the impact of COVID-19 on food security in New York state and the innovative approaches employed by food assistance organizations to help address the changing and increasing demand for their services from March 2020 to May 2021. We examine the case study of New York's Capital ...
Author(s)
Winkler, L.; Goodell, T.; Nizamuddin, S.; Blumenthal, S.; Atalan-Helicke, N.
Publisher
Springer, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation
Agriculture and Human Values, 2022, 40, 3, pp 1003-1017
Food pantries were originally designed for temporary emergency food relief, but many families and individuals are becoming increasing reliant on them to meet their monthly food needs. Therefore, food pantries need to holistically address underlying causes of long-term food security. Choice food...
Author(s)
Remley, D. T.; Kaiser, M. L.; Osso, T.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis, Philadelphia, USA
Citation
Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition, 2013, 8, 3, pp 324-336
With the adoption of Staple Crops Processing Zones (SCPZs) and Agro- Processing Zones (APZs) by Western countries and Asia, it is time for Zimbabwe to follow suit in order to address food insecurity challenges that the country has been facing since the year 2000. This article examines the...
Author(s)
Vhumbunu, C. H.
Publisher
Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA), Dakar, Senegal
Citation
Africa Development / Afrique et Developpement, 2022, 47, 3, pp 197-222
Introduction: Various studies have shown that changes in rainfall due to climate change can affect the stability of food supply and in fact climate change by increasing the prevalence and severity of drought or flood, crop yields, food access and also effect food prices. According to the FAO,...
Author(s)
Ardakani, A. F.; Sakhi, F.; Bostan, Y.; Rezvani, M.
Publisher
Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
Citation
Agricultural Economics & Development, 2022, 36, 3, pp fa249-fa263
Food security never fails to attract high attention of researchers and policy makers, especially in China, which has more than one fifth of the world's population, but where the total cultivated area accounts for only about seven percent of the world's total cultivated area. However, thus far,...
Author(s)
Qi XiaoXing; Liu LiMing; Liu YaBin
Publisher
Chinese Society of Agricultural Engineering, Beijing, China
Citation
Transactions of the Chinese Society of Agricultural Engineering, 2013, 29, 9, pp 1-8
Food insecurity and malnutrition are major international concerns, especially in rural areas. At the global scale, they have received considerable attention and investment, but the results achieved so far have been mixed. Some countries have made progress at the national level, but still have many...
Publisher
OECD Development Centre, Paris, France
Citation
Adopting a territorial approach to food security and nutrition policy, 2016, pp 156 pp.
Food and food security are not areas where municipalities have roles prescribed by law; nonetheless, they are responsible for a range of overlapping services and functions related to food. Competences for policymaking are divided across many different departments, local authorities, and agencies...
Author(s)
Arcuri, S.; Minotti, B.; Galli, F.
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
Citation
Journal of Rural Studies, 2022, 89, pp 287-297