The purpose of this paper to contribute to characterizing the connections between urban food consumption, food environments, food supply chains and their outcomes in terms of employment, food security and environmental preservation. It also aims at guiding the public governance of urban food...

The JRC Foresight on Global Food Security 2030 brought together a group of experts and stakeholders to develop a vision for food security in 2030. This vision was then challenged in a test of resilience to unexpected occurrences and/or underestimated trends. The entire process was designed to...

The national food system of Bangladesh has made substantial progress since experiencing famine in 1974, soon after independence. After the famine, the government placed a strong emphasis on policies required to attain grain self-sufficiency; since attaining self-sufficiency, the production system,...

Taking the case of India this paper deals with different aspects of food security. Firstly the paper tells about the food security. Secondly this paper brings out facts about programs and policies India followed in achieving food security. Thirdly the paper discuss about economic costs of food...

The central government of China required local governments to allow street food vending on May 27, 2020, which is essentially a policy of "informalization" in urban food governance. Before this, some local governments such as Nanjing Municipal Government had already relaxed the implementation of...

Creating conditions for the development of the food market and ensuring food security of the country in the context of globalization and unfair competition in the foreign market is a strategic task of public authorities and business. A ranking place in solving this problem is given to the...

It is a poorly kept humanitarian secret that wherever food aid is given, it is also sold, as recipients seek to vary their diets to include culturally desired food, start businesses, or deal with economic shocks. This holds true in Nyarugusu refugee camp in Tanzania, the site of this research....

Food security is a condition whereby "all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life" (FAO World Food Summit, 1996). Globally, food production has kept ahead of...

This thesis aims to understand how changes in Brazil's National School Feeding Programme (PNAE) occur, and to gain insights into the dynamics of translating PNAE policy values into the concrete in the context of a large school food programme. To meet these objectives, the research uses an embedded...

This report presents the findings of the 2011 International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) in the quest to find lasting solutions to hunger, malnutrition and poverty, and to meet the rising demand for food without generating large food price increases. In particular, IFPRI reports key...