Emergency food aid is the dominant humanitarian response to food insecurity precipitated by disasters. There is a significant literature on food aid effectiveness (e.g., bolstering food security, targeting, modality selection) in various disaster contexts. Additionally, there are some studies on...

This research investigates the impacts of food assistance on resilience to food insecurity of the beneficiary households under the World Food Programme and Oxfam America's project "The R4 Rural Resilience Initiative" implemented in rural and vulnerable areas of Malawi during the period 2015-2016....

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) emphasise the reduction of poverty, hunger, and food insecurity as prerequisites for the economic development of a country. This paper examines how natural disaster shocks affect the food security of rural households in Bangladesh. We utilise the latest...

We identify the impact of emergency food aid programs after the 2002 drought in rural Ethiopia on future welfare. Based on a difference-in-differences matching estimator, participation in food-for-work increases growth in total consumption and food consumption eighteen months after the drought....

Local food systems seem virtuous in the larger context of the neoliberalization of global food systems and increasing food insecurity. However, local food systems are critiqued for reproducing neoliberalism when they prioritize niche-market consumerism over enhancing access for poor people....

The aim of this study was to analyze the causes of poverty and food insecurity in rural Mexico under the framework of public policy, in order to contribute to the conceptual understanding of this issue through a review of documents with a historical perspective. It addresses the conceptual...

This 2017 report on the state of food security and nutrition in the world warns that the long-term declining trend in undernourishment seems to have come to a halt and may have reversed, largely on account of conflict and human-induced and natural disasters. Meanwhile, though progress continues to...

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...

We document trends in food security up to one full year after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in four African countries. Using household-level data collected by the World Bank, we highlight differences over time amid the pandemic, between rural and urban areas, and between female-headed and...

This study puts emphasis on a literature review of current theoretical strands in two major fields: food security and rural-urban linkage. It then critically evaluates the relation between these two. It examines the extent to which the preparation of the Food Security Vulnerability Atlas developed...