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The power of on-farm data for improved agronomy Glob. Food Secur. (IF 8.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-16 Ignacio Macedo, Cameron M. Pittelkow, José A. Terra, Jesús Castillo, Alvaro Roel
Advances in technology and analytics to support data-driven agriculture has important implications for global food security and environmental sustainability. However, relatively few studies have investigated the potential to leverage the power of on-farm data for improved agronomy at scale using geospatial machine learning methods. Working in high-yielding rice systems of Uruguay, we developed a geospatial
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The potential of urban food governance to transform lives, cities, and the planet Glob. Food Secur. (IF 8.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-16 Ana Moragues-Faus, Jill K. Clark, Jane Battersby, Anna R. Davies
In recent decades, a growing transdisciplinary community has come together to leverage the power of cities in addressing pressing socio-ecological challenges, from climate change to food insecurity. Diverse theoretical and practical approaches to studying urban food governance have emerged in this context. However, they remain largely disconnected. Building on the contributions of this rapidly moving
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How does agricultural production diversity nourish household dietary diversity? Evidence from China Glob. Food Secur. (IF 8.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Zhen Yan, Xiangyi Xiao, Jingjing Jiao, Wen Lin
Using data from the 2014 China Family Panel Studies, this study investigates whether diversifying agricultural production can enhance dietary diversity, particularly by increasing the consumption of animal-based foods. We introduced refined measures of dietary diversity and categorized them into animal-based household dietary diversity scores (A-HDDS) and plant-based household dietary diversity scores
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The right to certify – Institutionalizing participatory guarantee systems (PGS): A Latin American cross-country comparison Glob. Food Secur. (IF 8.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Nikolaus Hruschka, Sonja Kaufmann, Christian R. Vogl
Growing worldwide interest in Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGS) requires an exploration of how countries approach PGS institutionalization. Through document analysis and semi-structured interviews, a comparative cross-country study was conducted in nine Latin American countries to examine how PGS are defined, regulated, and promoted at a national level. The results demonstrated that the countries
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Shifting a food system conference online mitigates structural barriers to equitable participation, but hinders meaningful interpersonal connections Glob. Food Secur. (IF 8.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Zip Walton, Suneetha Kadiyala, Lauren Blake, Jeff Waage, Joe Yates
Scientific conferences foster career development and collaborations while nurturing scientific communities that are especially critical to transdisciplinary research and mentorship. Recent transitions to virtual conference formats mitigate financial and logistical barriers to attending but the social and intellectual implications are less well understood. In this mixed-methods study, we examine participation
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A systematic review of the evolution of food system resilience assessment Glob. Food Secur. (IF 8.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Ujjwal KC, Harry Campbell-Ross, Cecile Godde, Rachel Friedman, Lilly Lim-Camacho, Steven Crimp
Global food systems are vulnerable to disruptions caused by natural disasters, political crises, and health emergencies. Recent events like the COVID19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine crisis have exposed weaknesses in food systems, leading to hunger and malnutrition. These shocks provide insights into food system resilience and its relevance to climate change. To improve resilience, continuous monitoring
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Knowledge gaps about micronutrient deficiencies in Tanzania and the effect of information interventions Glob. Food Secur. (IF 8.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-02 Pius Kilasy, Brandon R. McFadden, Kelly A. Davidson, Leah H. Palm-Forster
Reducing micronutrient malnutrition (“hidden hunger”) in low-income countries is a global challenge, particularly among women, children, and high-poverty households. Countries like Tanzania have developed diverse strategies to combat malnutrition, including the biofortification of staple foods. However, broad awareness and knowledge of micronutrient deficiencies and beneficial foods are needed for
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Political instability and undernourishment: Nepal’s decade-long insurgency Glob. Food Secur. (IF 8.9) Pub Date : 2024-01-24 Dixit Poudel, Munisamy Gopinath
This study examines the impact of political instability – Nepal's decade-long Maoist insurgency – on undernourishment using data from the Nepal Living Standard Survey before (1995), during (2003) and after the insurgency (2011), and Uppsala Conflict Data Program (1996–2009). A two-level (household and community) random-intercept logistic model of the probability of undernourishment is estimated using
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The importance and determinants of purchases in rural food consumption in Africa: Implications for food security strategies Glob. Food Secur. (IF 8.9) Pub Date : 2024-01-23 Fred M. Dzanku, Lenis Saweda Onipede Liverpool-Tasie, Thomas Reardon
We analyze rural households’ purchases of food (cereals and non-cereals) in Sub-Saharan Africa using nationally representative data with 65,000 observations covering 7 countries over a decade. We distinguish between three strata of countries: lower stratum in income and urbanization, middle stratum, and upper stratum. The paper breaks ground by the breadth and time length of the sample. We find that
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Food insecurity erodes trust Glob. Food Secur. (IF 8.9) Pub Date : 2024-01-20 Michael D. Smith, Woubet Kassa, Dennis Wesselbaum
This paper examines the relationship between food insecurity and trust. Trust improves public institutions, social capital, public health interventions, and economic development. Vertical trust is represented as an index of trust in national institutions, while horizontal trust is represented as a measure of trust in friends and family. We find that food insecurity is associated with a decrease in
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Complex network analysis and health implications of nutrient trade Glob. Food Secur. (IF 8.9) Pub Date : 2024-01-20 Murilo Mazzotti Silvestrini, Nick W. Smith, Andrew J. Fletcher, Warren C. McNabb, Flavia Mori Sarti
Food trade plays a key role in global nutrition, but the essential nutrients within this trade are understudied. We investigated the global nutrient trade network from 1986 to 2020, examining the relationship with income level and health outcomes. Bilateral nutrient trade data for 48 nutrients and 254 countries/economies was produced, made accessible through an interactive online application. Nutrients
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Enabling food system innovation: accelerators for change Glob. Food Secur. (IF 8.9) Pub Date : 2024-01-18 Philip Thornton, Daniel Mason D'Croz, Cody Kugler, Roseline Remans, Heather Zornetzer, Mario Herrero
It is widely accepted that current food systems are not on a trajectory for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals by the end of the decade. Technological innovation will have a considerable role to play in different parts of the food system; many promising options exist or are in the pipeline, some of which may be highly disruptive to existing value chains. Scaling up the innovations required
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Accounting for the evolution of sedentarism on minimum dietary energy requirements Glob. Food Secur. (IF 8.9) Pub Date : 2024-01-13 Jacob Michels, John Beghin
Estimates of food-insecure populations are biased upwards, lacking adjustment for global increases in sedentary behavior in recent decades. We construct a household model to account for sedentary choices during leisure and work time decisions. The model rationalizes increasing sedentary behavior from the household by accounting for increasing returns to cognitive human capital vs physical capital,
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Iron biofortification and yield of wheat grain in response to Fe fertilization and its driving variables: A meta-analysis Glob. Food Secur. (IF 8.9) Pub Date : 2024-01-04 Cheng-Xiang Zhou, Chao-Chun Zhang, Qing-Yue Zhao, Bao-Gang Yu, Wei Zhang, Xin-Ping Chen, Chun-Qin Zou
Iron (Fe) is an essential micronutrient for human nutrition and health, but its deficiency is prevalent worldwide. Wheat biofortification offers a potential strategy to alleviate micronutrient deficiencies in humans. However, the effects of Fe fertilization on grain Fe concentration and yield of wheat remain inconsistent. A global meta-analysis of 107 publications including 171 records of grain Fe
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To what extent can agriculture be reshaped to address healthy and sustainable diets by boosting pulse production locally? Glob. Food Secur. (IF 8.9) Pub Date : 2023-12-28 Livia Ricciardi, Paolo D'Odorico, Davide Danilo Chiarelli, Maria Cristina Rulli
The consumption of unhealthy and environmentally unsustainable diets is a major societal challenge because of its impacts on human health and the environment. The adoption of micronutrient-rich diets with relatively low pressure on natural resources is an important development target at the intersection between sustainability and public health goals. Pulses are known for being rich in proteins and
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Fostering an enabling environment for equality and empowerment in agri-food systems: An assessment at multiple scales Glob. Food Secur. (IF 8.9) Pub Date : 2023-12-22 Els Lecoutere, Esther Leah Achandi, Edidah Lubega Ampaire, Gundula Fischer, Tatiana Gumucio, Dina Najjar, Niyati Singaraju
Inequalities by gender and intersecting sources of social differentiation in access to resources, exercise of agency, and desirable outcomes persist in agri-food systems in low- and middle income countries. Despite decades of development and theoretical assessment efforts calling for multiscale approaches to addressing inequalities in agri-food systems, common approaches remain specific to a scale
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Uncovering the gap: Assessing the compliance of the canadian food availability with dietary recommendations and its impact on the environment Glob. Food Secur. (IF 8.9) Pub Date : 2023-12-16 Vincent Abe-Inge, Ebenezer M. Kwofie, Stan Kubow, Valérie Orsat, John Ulimwengu
This study aimed to evaluate the alignment of the Canadian food supply to the recommended daily food intake. The annual supply data of 92 foods per Canadian resident from 1961 to 2019 was collected and evaluated. The adherence of the average total food supply (kg/capita/day) for the 58 years to the Canada Food Guide and the EAT-Lancet reference diet was assessed. A trend analysis of the food supply
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Are AgriFoodTech start-ups the new drivers of food systems transformation? An overview of the state of the art and a research agenda Glob. Food Secur. (IF 8.9) Pub Date : 2023-12-12 Laurens Klerkx, Pablo Villalobos
AgriFoodTech start-ups are coming to be seen as relevant players in the debate around and reality of the transformation of food systems, especially in view of emerging or already-established novel technologies (such as Artifical Intelligence, Sensors, Precision Fermentation, Robotics, Nanotechnologies, Genomics) that constitute Agriculture 4.0 and Food 4.0. However, so far, there have only been limited
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Addressing gender inequalities and strengthening women's agency to create more climate-resilient and sustainable food systems Glob. Food Secur. (IF 8.9) Pub Date : 2023-12-05 Elizabeth Bryan, Muzna Alvi, Sophia Huyer, Claudia Ringler
Climate change affects every aspect of the food system, including all nodes along agri-food value chains from production to consumption, the food environments in which people live, and outcomes, such as diets and livelihoods. Men and women often have specific roles and responsibilities within food systems, yet structural inequalities (formal and informal) limit women's access to resources, services
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The importance of assets for coping with COVID-19 and other shocks Glob. Food Secur. (IF 8.9) Pub Date : 2023-12-07 Julio A. Berdegué, María J. Castillo, Ileana Gómez, Gustavo Gordillo, José Navea, Irvin Rojas, Rodrigo Yáñez
Rural households in Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala and Mexico experienced a series of shocks beginning in 2020, including the COVID-19 pandemic, unemployment, loss of income, an abrupt increase in food prices, hurricanes, a public safety crisis and political instability. Through household surveys in 10 territories in those countries, along with interviews and focus groups, we studied the association
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What does the agri-food systems transformation agenda mean for agricultural research organisations? Exploring organisational prototypes for uncertain futures Glob. Food Secur. (IF 8.9) Pub Date : 2023-12-01 Costanza Conti, Andrew Hall, Helen Percy, Samantha Stone-Jovicich, James Turner, Larelle McMillan
Agricultural Research Organisations (AROs) are being urgently called to provide solutions for agri-food system transformation. However, contrasting visions of how transformation should be achieved create difficult choices for AROs. This paper reviews existing transformation narratives to build four scenarios of future AROs: 1. Industry transition-oriented; 2. Technology mission-oriented; 3. The Community
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The dynamics of multidimensional food security in rural Ethiopia Glob. Food Secur. (IF 8.9) Pub Date : 2023-11-21 Mohammed Adem, Logan Cochrane, Astrida Miceikienė, Rytis Skominas, Hossein Azadi
The aim of this study was to create a composite food security index that takes into account the four aspects of food security, which are availability, accessibility, usage, and stability, and to analyze how families' food security status changes over time. Principal Component Analysis (PCA) methods were used to create food security indices for each dimension of households. The results of the aggregate
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Sustainable intensification and food security: A panel data assessment of the smallholder maize farmers in Uganda Glob. Food Secur. (IF 8.9) Pub Date : 2023-10-27 Maurice Osewe, Liu Aijun, Han Jiqin
Food security is touted as an essential condition for social growth. Yet, the food deficit is rampant among smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. Besides, farm productivity is considered the theme for improving household food security outcomes. As one of the sub-Saharan African countries, Uganda is affected by food insecurity caused by the declining availability of cropped farmland. Sustainable
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Gender dynamics in agrifood value chains: Advances in research and practice over the last decade Glob. Food Secur. (IF 8.9) Pub Date : 2023-10-26 Rhiannon Pyburn, Vanya Slavchevska, Froukje Kruijssen
This paper reviews knowledge generated over the past 10 years on gendered patterns to engagement, returns on engagement, and power relations in agrifood value chains. It examines how research has advanced, evidence of improvements in gender equality and women’s empowerment, and the circumstances under which any advances have happened. Gender inequalities in value chains remain significant though they
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Grain legume production in Europe for food, feed and meat-substitution Glob. Food Secur. (IF 8.9) Pub Date : 2023-10-25 Marloes P. van Loon, Seyyedmajid Alimagham, Annette Pronk, Nándor Fodor, Viorel Ion, Oleksandr Kryvoshein, Oleksii Kryvobok, Hélène Marrou, Rurac Mihail, M. Inés Mínguez, Antonio Pulina, Moritz Reckling, Leopold Rittler, Pier Paolo Roggero, Frederick L. Stoddard, Cairistiona F.E. Topp, Jop van der Wel, Christine Watson, Martin K. van Ittersum
Partial shifts from animal-based to plant-based proteins in human diets could reduce environmental pressure from food systems and serve human health. Grain legumes can play an important role here. They are one of the few agricultural commodities for which Europe is not nearly self-sufficient. Here, we assessed area expansion and yield increases needed for European self-sufficiency of faba bean, pea
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Agricultural value chains and food security in the Pacific: Evidence from Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands Glob. Food Secur. (IF 8.9) Pub Date : 2023-10-11 Tisorn Songsermsawas, Athur Mabiso, Aslihan Arslan, Cristina Chiarella, Sara Savastano
Small island developing states in the Pacific face multiple development challenges driven by rapid population growth and high transportation costs due to remoteness and isolation. Combined with the adverse consequences of extreme weather events and climate change, these challenges exacerbate poverty and food insecurity. Agricultural value chain development presents a pathway to poverty reduction and
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Approximating the global economic (market) value of farmed animals Glob. Food Secur. (IF 8.9) Pub Date : 2023-10-05 Peggy Schrobback, Gabriel Dennis, Yin Li, Dianne Mayberry, Alexandra Shaw, Theodore Knight-Jones, Thomas Lloyd Marsh, Dustin L. Pendell, Paul R. Torgerson, William Gilbert, Benjamin Huntington, Kassy Raymond, Deborah A. Stacey, Theresa Bernardo, Mieghan Bruce, K. Marie McIntyre, Jonathan Rushton, Mario Herrero
Understanding the global economic importance of farmed animals to society is essential as a baseline for decision making about future food systems. We estimated the annual global economic (market) value of live animals and primary production outputs, e.g., meat, eggs, milk, from terrestrial and aquatic farmed animal systems. The results suggest that the total global market value of farmed animals ranges
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Seed credit model in Uganda”: Participation and empowerment dynamics among smallholder women and men farmers Glob. Food Secur. (IF 8.9) Pub Date : 2023-09-30 Grace Nanyonjo, Eileen Nchanji
Seed is life and can be a source of empowerment and disempowerment for women and men farmers. In this study, to close the gender gaps in seed, the Community Enterprises Development Organization, the Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT and the National Agricultural Research Organization developed a seed credit model available to men and women belonging to farmer groups. A mixed method was used to collect
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Food environment framework in low- and middle-income countries - An integrative review Glob. Food Secur. (IF 8.9) Pub Date : 2023-09-27 Neha Gupta, Vaishali Deshmukh, Sonika Verma, Seema Puri, Nikhil Tandon, Narendra K. Arora
There are major gaps in our understanding of food environments (FE) in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) witnessing differential and complex social and economic transition. The present integrative review was conducted to develop a conceptual framework of FE for LMICs using socio-ecological and access theory. The FE framework has four layers: public policy, community/neighborhood (including organizational
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Can healthy diets be achieved worldwide in 2050 without farmland expansion? Glob. Food Secur. (IF 8.9) Pub Date : 2023-09-22 Agneta Forslund, Anaïs Tibi, Bertrand Schmitt, Elodie Marajo-Petitzon, Philippe Debaeke, Jean-Louis Durand, Philippe Faverdin, Hervé Guyomard
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A risk governance approach to mitigating food system risks in a crisis: Insights from the COVID-19 pandemic in five low- and middle-income countries Glob. Food Secur. (IF 8.9) Pub Date : 2023-09-22 D.F. Polman, M.P.H. Selten, N. Motovska, E.D. Berkhout, R.H.M. Bergevoet, J.J.L. Candel
Research on food system responses to COVID-19 has remained largely disconnected from the broader risk governance scholarship. We connect both literatures by adopting a risk governance lens to study how governments have dealt with COVID-19 induced food system risks across different phases of the crisis. Studying responses in five low- and middle-income countries – Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Mexico, Nigeria
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The nascent state of urban food policy action in Asian cities Glob. Food Secur. (IF 8.9) Pub Date : 2023-08-31 Miriam E. Romero A., Steven Jaffee, Navneet Kumar
While the important role of cities in food system transformation has long been understood, there is a more recent recognition that food-related outcomes also have an important influence on how well cities can achieve their own broad socio-economic and other aspirations. This recognition has led many cities, around the world, to engage more actively in food policies and programs. The literature documenting
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Drivers of transformation of the maize sector in Nigeria Glob. Food Secur. (IF 8.9) Pub Date : 2023-08-31 Tesfamicheal Wossen, Abebe Menkir, Arega Alene, Tahirou Abdoulaye, Sam Ajala, Baffour Badu-Apraku, Melaku Gedil, Wendie Mengesha, Silvestro Meseka
Maize is widely used for food, animal feed, and industrial raw material in Nigeria. This paper documents the important changes that characterize Nigeria's maize production and area expansion along with contributing factors that have transformed maize from a backyard food crop to a dominant food security and commercial crop. Using both secondary and primary data on maize production and varietal adoption
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Nexus of local context and technology in child complementary feeding Glob. Food Secur. (IF 8.9) Pub Date : 2023-08-30 Ruth T. Ngadze, Anita R. Linnemann, Vincenzo Fogliano
Food and nutrition insecurity in low-income populations is common among children aged 6–24 months when complementary foods are introduced. Traditional complementary foods (TCFs) are usually produced from local staple sources with traditional techniques such as fermentation, malting, and germination, which can improve nutrition and food safety outcomes. However, these techniques are not universally
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The myth of the market queens: A case study of women and power in Ghanaian markets Glob. Food Secur. (IF 8.9) Pub Date : 2023-08-16 Lilli Scheiterle, Regina Birner
Markets in Ghana are largely managed by female traders organized into groups headed by a leader, often referred to as ‘market queens’ (MQs). In the public perception and in the limited literature, MQs have a negative connotation and are described as ‘cartel’ and ‘mafia’ institutions. This study aims to empirically assess their role in the market and society. Contrary to the current literature, our
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How greenhouse horticulture in arid regions can contribute to climate-resilient and sustainable food security Glob. Food Secur. (IF 8.9) Pub Date : 2023-08-14 Simon Goddek, Oliver Körner, Karel J. Keesman, Mark A. Tester, Ryan Lefers, Luuk Fleskens, Alyssa Joyce, Erik van Os, Amit Gross, Rik Leemans
A potential change in climate and temperature could strongly affect weather-related crop losses. Using wastelands to grow crops in controlled greenhouse environments could improve global food security and preserve ecosystems. However, the impact of climate change on additional energy and water requirements of greenhouse-horticulture food production is still unknown. Using a greenhouse simulator for
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The CGIAR needs a revolution Glob. Food Secur. (IF 8.9) Pub Date : 2023-08-07 John McIntire, Achim Dobermann
The CGIAR is a unique scientific organization that seeks to improve food security for low-income people. It should be leading efforts to generate sustainable productivity gains in agriculture, especially in sub-Saharan Africa where productivity lags. However, its current ill-adapted priorities and structure, its obsession with re-organizations, and its unproductive ventures into local development projects
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Farm diversification strategies, dietary diversity and farm size: Results from a cross-country sample in South and Southeast Asia Glob. Food Secur. (IF 8.9) Pub Date : 2023-08-02 Francesco Tacconi, Katharina Waha, Jonathan Jesus Ojeda, Peat Leith, Caroline Mohammed, William N. Venables, Jai C. Rana, Rakesh Bhardwaj, Rashmi Yadav, Sudhir Pal Ahlawat, James Hammond, Mark van Wijk
South and Southeast Asia host almost half of the world's undernourished people. Food and agricultural systems in these regions are highly dependent on the production and consumption of staple cereals such as rice, maize and wheat. More diverse farming systems can potentially improve rural people's nutrition, while reducing the environmental impact of agriculture. Yet, it remains uncertain whether farm
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Inorganic fertilizer use and its association with rice yield gaps in sub-Saharan Africa Glob. Food Secur. (IF 8.9) Pub Date : 2023-07-20 Jean-Martial Johnson, Ali Ibrahim, Elliott Ronald Dossou-Yovo, Kalimuthu Senthilkumar, Yasuhiro Tsujimoto, Hidetoshi Asai, Kazuki Saito
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Scientific agenda for climate risk and impact assessment of West African cropping systems Glob. Food Secur. (IF 8.9) Pub Date : 2023-07-18 M. Diancoumba, D. MacCarthy, H. Webber, F. Akinseye, B. Faye, F. Noulèkoun, A. Whitbread, M. Corbeels, N. Worou
Rainfed agriculture is at the centre of many West African economies and a key livelihood strategy in the region. Highly variable rainfall patterns lead to a situation in which farmers’ investments to increase productivity are very risky and will become more risky with climate change. Process-based cropping system models are a key tool to assess the impact of weather variability and climate change,
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Measuring Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture: Innovations and evidence Glob. Food Secur. (IF 8.9) Pub Date : 2023-07-17 Agnes Quisumbing, Steven Cole, Marlène Elias, Simone Faas, Alessandra Galiè, Hazel Malapit, Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Emily Myers, Greg Seymour, Jennifer Twyman
This paper addresses women's empowerment in agriculture, innovations in its measurement, and emerging evidence. We discuss the evolution of the conceptualization and measurement of women's empowerment and gender equality since 2010. Using a gender and food systems framework and a standardized measure of women's empowerment, the Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI), we review the evidence
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The Nanjing model: Comprehensive food system governance, localization and urban food security in China Glob. Food Secur. (IF 8.9) Pub Date : 2023-07-15 Taiyang Zhong, Jonathan Crush, Zhenzhong Si, Steffanie Scott
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 the hinterland of cities. The Northern model of city-region food localization has recently been taken
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Methodological approaches to assess food systems sustainability: A literature review Glob. Food Secur. (IF 8.9) Pub Date : 2023-06-22 Ninon Sirdey, Hélène David-Benz, Alice Deshons
While there is a consensus on the need to transition towards more sustainable food systems, moving from a conceptual approach to a more operational understanding of food systems remains a research front. The objective of this paper is to take stock of existing methods to assess the sustainability or resilience of food systems. To grasp the diversity of the methods, we built a typology based on 33 documents
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A review of livestock development interventions’ impacts on household welfare in low- and middle-income countries Glob. Food Secur. (IF 8.9) Pub Date : 2023-06-21 Anissa Collishaw, Sarah Janzen, Conner Mullally, Hannah Camilli
Livestock contribute to the welfare of rural poor households in many ways. Livestock products can be consumed, utilized, or sold for income. If consumed, livestock facilitate improved food security and nutrition. Income from livestock sales can be used for consumption – indirectly contributing to food security and nutrition – or invested. In the absence of developed financial markets, livestock also
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A systematic review highlights that there are multiple benefits of urban agriculture besides food Glob. Food Secur. (IF 8.9) Pub Date : 2023-06-08 Prajal Pradhan, Max Callaghan, Yuanchao Hu, Kshitij Dahal, Claudia Hunecke, Fritz Reusswig, Hermann Lotze-Campen, Jürgen P. Kropp
Urban agriculture, including peri-urban farming, can nourish around one billion city dwellers and provide multiple social, economic, and environmental benefits. However, these benefits depend on various factors and are debated. Therefore, we used machine learning to semi-automate a systematic review of the existing literature on urban agriculture. It started with around 76,000 records for initial screening
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Refrigerator ownership and child health and nutrition in low- and middle-income countries Glob. Food Secur. (IF 8.9) Pub Date : 2023-05-27 Omar Karlsson, S.V. Subramanian
Undernutrition and diarrhea cause stunted growth and poor child health. Refrigerators allow consumption of perishable foods and reduce food contaminations causing diarrhea. This study used 188 Demographic and Health Surveys from 66 low- and middle-income countries with adjusted regressions and coarsened exact matching, comparing children within the same neighborhoods and narrow groups of household
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COVID-19 mobility restrictions and stay-at-home behaviour in 2020 were associated with higher retail food prices worldwide Glob. Food Secur. (IF 8.9) Pub Date : 2023-05-22 Jessica Wallingford, Elena M. Martinez, William A. Masters
COVID-19 policy responses have included mobility restrictions, and many people have chosen to stay at home to avoid exposure. These actions have ambiguous impacts on food prices, lowering demand for food away from home and perishables, while increasing supply costs for items where workers are most affected by the pandemic. We use evidence from 160 countries to identify the net direction and magnitude
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“The People's Summit”: A case for lived experience of food environments as a critical source of evidence to inform the follow-up to the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit Glob. Food Secur. (IF 8.9) Pub Date : 2023-05-25 M. Spires, J. Battersby, N. Cohen, M. Daivadanam, K.M. Demmler, D. Mattioni, R. Pradeilles, C. Thompson, C. Turner, C. Venegas Hargous, S. Wertheim-Heck, W. Wills, C. Hawkes
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Searching for the essential: Exploring practitioners’ views on actions for re-orienting food systems towards healthy diets Glob. Food Secur. (IF 8.9) Pub Date : 2023-05-19 Stephanie Walton, Corinna Hawkes, Jessica Fanzo
To effectively accelerate action from policymakers on re-orienting food systems towards healthy diets, global stakeholders need to first determine which of the many actions under discussion are essential to delivering healthy diets. In this exploratory study, we sought to identify if there are any actions that are considered essential for re-orienting food systems towards healthy diets across a diverse
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Food sovereignty and autonomy for indigenous health as resistance to food globalization: Scoping review Glob. Food Secur. (IF 8.9) Pub Date : 2023-05-16 Juan Camilo Calderon Farfan, Diego Fernando Rosero Medina, Yeymi Acevedo Ninco, Sergio Cristancho Marulanda, Dolly Arias Torres
Background Indigenous peoples’ food systems refer to all the activities related to the food harvested in local ecosystems and traditional territories. Food sovereignty and food autonomy allow indigenous communities to decide on the production, distribution, and consumption of their own food. Objective This systematic scoping review summarizes the existing literature on indigenous peoples’ food sovereignty
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Knowledge needs in realising the full potential of seaweed for world food provisioning Glob. Food Secur. (IF 8.9) Pub Date : 2023-05-15 J.S. Snethlage, S. de Koning, E. Giesbers, J.A. Veraart, A.O. Debrot, I. Harkes, S.W.K. van den Burg, K.G. Hamon
Seaweed has been receiving increasing attention as a novel food source worldwide. To optimally develop seaweed’s food provisioning potential, the seaweed value chain requires further understanding. To this end, we used the Food System Approach to review the existing knowledge on seaweed as food source. We identified opportunities, constraints and knowledge needs relevant to fulfilling the potential
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How do food companies try to reach lower-income consumers, and do they succeed? Insights from a systematic review Glob. Food Secur. (IF 8.9) Pub Date : 2023-05-13 Stella Nordhagen, Kathrin M. Demmler
Lower-income populations in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) often face challenges accessing affordable, desirable, safe, and nutritious food, contributing to poor diet quality and malnutrition. As the main source of food for most of this population, private-sector firms could play a role in alleviating this. However, little is known about specific approaches they use to do so, or their effectiveness
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COVID-19: Solidarity initiatives for food security in the Mayan indigenous region of south-southeast Mexico Glob. Food Secur. (IF 8.9) Pub Date : 2023-05-08 Ana Nadal, Dominga Austreberta Nazar-Beutelspacher
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Assessing needs for interdisciplinarity in agriculture, nutrition, and health education Glob. Food Secur. (IF 8.9) Pub Date : 2023-05-13 Reshma P. Roshania, Joe Yates, Lauren McIntyre, Tim Chancellor, Emily Fivian, Michael Hill, Rosemary Isoto, Pamela Marinda, Sudha Narayanan, Louise Whatford, Francis Zotor, Shweta Khandelwal
Addressing all forms of malnutrition requires multi-sectoral actions. To accelerate progress, post-graduate education – of future researchers, policy-makers and practitioners – that promotes interdisciplinary knowledge and skills is imperative. We report findings from a mixed-methods needs assessment designed to assess enabling and constraining factors to integrated agriculture, nutrition, and health
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Conceptualising the drivers of ultra-processed food production and consumption and their environmental impacts: A group model-building exercise Glob. Food Secur. (IF 8.9) Pub Date : 2023-05-04 Kim Anastasiou, Phillip Baker, Gilly A. Hendrie, Michalis Hadjikakou, Sinead Boylan, Abhishek Chaudhary, Michael Clark, Fabrice A.J. DeClerck, Jessica Fanzo, Anthony Fardet, Fernanda Helena Marrocos Leite, Daniel Mason-D'Croz, Rob Percival, Christian Reynolds, Mark Lawrence
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Socio-economic and food system drivers of nutrition and health transitions in The Gambia from 1990 to 2017 Glob. Food Secur. (IF 8.9) Pub Date : 2023-05-02 Zakari Ali, Pauline F.D. Scheelbeek, Sarah Dalzell, Genevieve Hadida, Alcade C. Segnon, Sulayman M'boob, Andrew M. Prentice, Rosemary Green
In common with many nations undergoing a nutrition transition, micronutrient deficiencies, undernutrition and overnutrition coexist in The Gambia. Addressing these challenges simultaneously would require transformational changes in the country's food system. However, the evidence base that would enable informed decision-making in the Gambian food system has been scant, despite several sources of routinely-collected
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Assessing multicountry programs through a “Reach, Benefit, Empower, Transform” lens Glob. Food Secur. (IF 8.9) Pub Date : 2023-05-01 Agnes Quisumbing, Beatrice Gerli, Simone Faas, Jessica Heckert, Hazel Malapit, Catherine McCarron, Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Florencia Paz
We use the “Reach, Benefit, Empower, Transform” framework to analyze empowerment impacts of a multicountry program in Ethiopia, Niger, Nepal, and Kyrgyzstan. In most countries, women are more disempowered than men, with excessive workload and lack of group membership important contributors to disempowerment. The program improved women's aggregate empowerment measures and gender parity in all countries
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Towards a sustainable agriculture: Achievements and challenges of Sustainable Development Goal Indicator 2.4.1 Glob. Food Secur. (IF 8.9) Pub Date : 2023-04-18 Suyu Liu
This short perspective reviews the development of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Indicator 2.4.1. The progress of developing SDG Indicator 2.4.1, such as defining the concept of sustainable agriculture and selecting sub-indicators, reflect the achievements towards sustainable agriculture and the contribution of existing studies. However, the challenges and limitations of developing SDG Indicator
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COVID-19, Climate Change, and Conflict in Honduras: A food system disruption analysis Glob. Food Secur. (IF 8.9) Pub Date : 2023-04-17 Jonathan Lara-Arévalo, Lucía Escobar-Burgos, E.R.H. Moore, Roni Neff, Marie L. Spiker
In Honduras, as in many settings between 2020 and 2022, food security was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, and conflicts—what some refer to as “The Three Cs.” These challenges have had overlapping impacts on food supply chains, food assistance programs, food prices, household purchasing power, physical access to food, and food acceptability. This article applies a food system disruption
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What is wrong with biofortification Glob. Food Secur. (IF 8.9) Pub Date : 2023-04-13 Maarten van Ginkel, Jeremy Cherfas
Malnutrition is now the leading avoidable cause of death and disability in the world. One aspect of malnutrition is hidden hunger, a lack of micronutrients in the diet resulting in poor health that may not manifest for months or years. One form of so-called biofortification – breeding staple crops to contain higher levels of vitamins and minerals – has received much praise as a potential solution and