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
This chapter discusses several economic and operational factors relevant to the design and use of public stocks for food security purposes in developing countries. The first section of the chapter considers several new circumstances in which these food security programmes would operate, including...
Author(s)
Díaz-Bonilla, E.
Publisher
International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, USA
Citation
Agriculture, development, and the global trading system: 2000-2015, 2017, pp 233-283
Chinese cities have been able to maintain much higher levels of household food security than many other cities in the Global South, according to recent surveys. Yet, little is known about the governance of the food provisioning system that underpins its urban food security. Based on a combination...
Author(s)
Zhong TaiYang; Si ZhenZhong; Crush, J.; Scott, S.; Huang XianJin
Publisher
Springer, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation
Food Security, 2019, 11, 5, pp 1071-1086
The market fundamentalist logic underpinning WTO agricultural trade rules poses a profound threat to global food security in the context of climate change. The growing frequency of extreme weather events raises the prospect of large-scale disruption of agricultural production and distribution. A...
Author(s)
Margulis, M. E.; Hopewell, K.; Qereshniku, E.
Publisher
Routledge, Abingdon, UK
Citation
Journal of Peasant Studies, 2023, 50, 1, pp 215-239
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
Food-security implications of the war in Ukraine are exacerbated by adverse weather events, spillover effects from the distortion of energy and fertiliser markets, and domestic policies that countries around the world have implemented in pursuit of food security. Estimates suggest that the...
Author(s)
Chepeliev, M.; Maliszewska, M.; Seara e Pereira, M. F.
Publisher
Wiley, Oxford, UK
Citation
Eurochoices, 2023, 22, 1, pp 4-13
The issue of food insecurity has been well documented to be severe in northern Ghana. Several attempts have been made to curb the situation, but the effects of these interventions are unknown. Using responses from 405 rural households, this paper estimates the determinants of food insecurity in the ...
Author(s)
Kolog, J. D.; Asem, F. E.; Mensah-Bonsu, A.
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
Citation
Scientific African, 2023, 19,
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...
Author(s)
Nuraliev, S. U.
Publisher
OOO "Infokholodtekh", Moscow, Russia
Citation
Pishchevaya Promyshlennost', 2021, 12, pp 35-37
Food aid, both for short-term emergency relief and as program food aid that helps address medium-term food "deficits", is often a major component of food security strategies in developing countries. This study reviews the experience with food aid of four major recipients of food aid (India,...
Author(s)
Ninno, C. del; Dorosh, P. A.; Subbarao, K.
Publisher
Elsevier, Oxford, UK
Citation
Food Policy, 2007, 32, 4, pp 413-435
Like most other low and middle-income countries, South Africa must address a rising burden of diet-related chronic disease in a situation of persistent food insecurity and undernutrition. Supply-side policy interventions are a critical component of action to address the double burden of...
Author(s)
Thow, A. M.; Greenberg, S.; Hara, M.; Friel, S.; Dutoit, A.; Sanders, D.
Publisher
Springer, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation
Food Security, 2018, 10, 4, pp 1105-1130