Food Security: The Science, Sociology and Economics of Food Production and Access to Food

2009 - 2025

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Volume 17, issue 1, 2025

Required informational barriers to accessing groceries from food banks pp. 9-25

Alexis Millerschultz, Lawton Nalley, Brandon McFadden, Rodolfo Nayga and Wei Yang

An everyday political economy of food insecurity in Myanmar’s Central Dry Zone pp. 27-40

Mark Vicol, Aye Sandar Phyo and Bill Pritchard

Food consumption away from home had divergent impacts on diet nutrition quality across urban and rural China pp. 41-56

Huaqing Wu, Zhao Zhang, Jialu Xu, Jie Song, Jichong Han, Jing Zhang, Qinghang Mei, Fei Cheng, Huimin Zhuang and Shaokun Li

Competition for human edible feed resources in aquaculture - looking at tilapia farming pp. 57-72

Killian Chary, Patrik J. G. Henriksson and Max Troell

The nutritional feed gap: Seasonal variations in ruminant nutrition and knowledge gaps in relation to food security in Southern Africa pp. 73-100

Andrew S. Cooke, Honest Machekano, Lovemore C. Gwiriri, Jonathan H. I. Tinsley, Gleise M. Silva, Casper Nyamukondiwa, Andrew Safalaoh, Eric R. Morgan and Michael R. F. Lee

COVID-19, food insecurity and panic buying behavior: Evidence from rural Bangladesh pp. 101-125

Mohammad Abdul Malek, Hoa Thi Truong and Tetsushi Sonobe

Does participation in on-farm demonstrations improve aspirations formation and food security? Evidence from Ghana pp. 127-144

Edward Martey, John K. M. Kuwornu, Prince M. Etwire, Emmanuel K. Apiors, Samuel Kwabena Chaa Kyire, Patrick Maanikuu Muotono Izideen and Francis H. Kemeze

Food systems modelling to evaluate interventions for food and nutrition security in an African urban context pp. 145-160

Tom X Hackbarth, Julian D. May, Sinoxolo Magaya and Peter H Verburg

Is there unrecognized potential in neglected livestock species in Sub-Saharan Africa? A systematic review of four selected species pp. 161-183

Maria Oguche, Juliet Kariuki, Regina Birner and Mizeck Chagunda

Impacts of changes in climate extremes on maize yields over Mainland China pp. 185-205

Simin Deng, Xuezhi Tan and Bingjun Liu

Productivity effects of agroecological practices in Africa: insights from a systematic review and meta-analysis pp. 207-229

Miriam E. Romero Antonio, Amy Faye, Bibiana Betancur-Corredor, Heike Baumüller and Joachim Braun

How does agricultural transformation affect the household food self-sufficiency of smallholders in the upper Mekong region, Southwest China? pp. 231-255

Cong Pan, Shi Min and Hermann Waibel

Community-based food sovereignty assessments (FSAs): A review pp. 257-273

Marylynn Steckley

Assessing global price shocks and mitigation policies on welfare and food security in Nigeria pp. 275-292

Pierre Nziengui Mamboundou, Luis Enrique Escalante Ochoa and Oluwasola Emmanuel Omoju

Intra-household inequality in food expenditures and diet quality in the Philippines pp. 293-330

Zetianyu Wang, Anna Josephson and Felipe Dizon

Volume 16, issue 6, 2024

Dietary transitions in Indonesia: the case of urban, rural, and forested areas pp. 1313-1331

Mulia Nurhasan, Desy Leo Ariesta, Mia Mustika Hutria Utami, Mochamad Fahim, Nia Aprillyana, Agus Muhamad Maulana and Amy Ickowitz

A review of cultural acceptability and food utilization in India pp. 1333-1338

Navreet Kaur Rana

Triple duty actions to address the global syndemic of undernutrition, obesity and environmental sustainability: a scoping review pp. 1339-1362

Simone Michelle Gie, Geraldine McNeill and Elaine Bannerman

The effects of market-oriented farming on living standards, nutrition, and informal sharing arrangements of smallholder farmers: the case of African indigenous vegetables in Kenya pp. 1363-1379

Christoph Kubitza, Sarah Hackfort, Arnold Opiyo, Cornelia Rauh, Caroline S. Stokes and Susanne Huyskens-Keil

Unveiling the bountiful treasures of India’s fruit genetic resources pp. 1381-1418

Vartika Srivastava, K. Pradheep, Pragya Ranjan, R. Gowthami, J. K. Ranjan, Rahul Chandora, Neelam Shekhawat, D. P. Semwal, Anuradha Agrawal, Sanjay Kumar Singh and G. P. Singh

Food demand responses to global price shocks: Contrasts in sub-national evidence from Nigeria pp. 1419-1443

Rahul Dhar, Michael Adetayo Olabisi, Iredele Emmanuel Ogunbayo, Nathaniel Siji Olutegbe, Oreoluwa Ibukun Akano and David L. Tschirley

Impact of Integrated Soil Fertility Management Practices on the Welfare of Smallholder Farmers in Ethiopia pp. 1445-1457

Million Sileshi, Bekele Wegi Feyisa, Shibire Bekele Eshetu, Reuben M.J. Kadigi, Khamaldin Mutabazi and Stefan Sieber

Evaluating rational and healthy use options for small pelagic fish species in sub-Saharan Africa pp. 1459-1477

Stuart W. Bunting, Djiga Thiao, Molly Ahern, Yaw B. Ansah, Ansen Ward, Joshua Wesana, Rodrigue Yossa and Lena Westlund

Retrofitting food and nutrition programmes to curb the global syndemic of undernutrition, obesity and climate change pp. 1479-1500

Simone Michelle Gie, Geraldine McNeill and Elaine Bannerman

Agricultural commercialisation and food consumption: pathways and trade-offs across four African contexts pp. 1501-1528

Amrita Saha, Jody Harris, Nicholas Nisbett and John Thompson

Determining the sound signatures of insect pests in stored rice grain using an inexpensive acoustic system pp. 1529-1538

Carlito Balingbing, Sascha Kirchner, Hubertus Siebald, Nguyen Hung and Oliver Hensel

The effect of immigration policy regime change on state-level participation rates of the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children in the United States pp. 1539-1553

Keehyun Lee and Oral Capps

Associations between food insecurity and common mental health problems: a systematic review and meta-analyses of observational studies pp. 1555-1568

Fawzia Zahidi, Elnaz Daneshzad, Mohammad Ashraf Farahmand, Asma Noori, Mohsen Montazer, Batoul Ghosn, Pamela J. Surkan and Leila Azadbakht

A novel approach to assessing food insecurity for small geographic areas using household living budgets pp. 1569-1586

Cesar Montalvo, Vicki Lancaster, Joseph J. Salvo and Stephanie Shipp

Is the self-reliance strategy sustainable? Evidence from assistance programmes to refugees in Uganda pp. 1587-1617

Marina Mastrorillo, Antonio Scognamillo, Camille Ginet, Rebecca Pietrelli, Marco D’Errico and Adriana Ignaciuk

Assessment of wheat grain quality in China during harvest and storage using a mycobiome approach pp. 1619-1632

Zhihui Qi, Xin Zhou, Lin Tian, Haiyang Zhang, Yuqing Lei and Fang Tang

Volume 16, issue 5, 2024

The rice disease of the poor farmer returns a study in the Philippines shows the way pp. 1063-1065

Serge Savary

Management of maize-legume conservation agriculture systems rather than varietal choice fosters human nutrition in Malawi pp. 1067-1080

Tarirai Muoni, Blessing Mhlanga, Ingrid Öborn and Christian Thierfelder

City governance, urban livelihoods, and food security: insights from street food trade in Kumasi, Ghana pp. 1081-1098

Latif Apaassongo Ibrahim, Aidoo Robert and Osei Mensah James

Food security effects of forest sector participation in rural Liberia pp. 1099-1124

Festus O. Amadu and Daniel C. Miller

A new framework on climate-induced food-security risk for small-scale fishing communities in Tanzania pp. 1125-1145

Lara Paige Brodie, Smit Vasquez Caballero, Elena Ojea, Sarah F. W. Taylor, Michael Roberts, Patrick Vianello, Narriman Jiddawi, Shankar Aswani and Juan Bueno

Maize-grain zinc and iron concentrations as influenced by agronomic management and biophysical factors: a meta-analysis pp. 1147-1173

Job Kihara, Gudeta W Sileshi, Peter Bolo, Dominic Mutambu, Kalimuthu Senthilkumar, Andrew Sila, Mina Devkota and Kazuki Saito

Are residency and type of refugee settlement program associated with food (in)security among Syrian refugees who have resettled in Canada since 2015? pp. 1175-1202

Samer Al-Bazz, Lina Al-Kharabsheh, Daniel Béland, Ginny Lane, Rachel Engler-Stringer, Judy White, Mustafa Koc, Malek Batal, Joanie Chevrier and Hassan Vatanparast

Food environment change on wild food consumption in rural Tanzania pp. 1203-1221

Rasmus Skov Olesen, Bronwen Powell, Charles Joseph Kilawe and Laura Vang Rasmussen

Mapping actor networks in global multi-stakeholder initiatives for food system transformation pp. 1223-1234

Amber van den Akker, Alice Fabbri, Scott Slater, Anna B. Gilmore, Cecile Knai and Harry Rutter

Peri-urban agriculture and household food and nutrition security around Eldoret, Kenya pp. 1235-1263

Ivica Petrikova, Melvine Anyango Otieno, Gertrude Were, Mahmoud Eltholth, Ana Rodriguez Mateos, Seeromanie Harding, Victoria Moran, Odipo Osano and Jennifer Cole

The impact of forage condition on household food security in northern Kenya and southern Ethiopia pp. 1265-1289

Vincent Harry Alulu, Kelvin Mashisia Shikuku, Watson Lepariyo, Ambica Paliwal, Diba Galgallo, Wako Gobu and Rupsha Banerjee

Too poor to choose? Analyzing food agency in food insecure households in rural Burundi pp. 1291-1300

Wannes Slosse, Marijke D’Haese, Carl Lachat and Willy Désiré Emera

Potential response of Mexican consumers to a Ban on genetically modified Maize imports pp. 1301-1311

Brandon R. McFadden, Lawton Nalley, Alvaro Durand-Morat, Wei Yang and Katie Loethen

Volume 16, issue 4, 2024

Global meat consumption driver analysis with machine learning methods pp. 829-843

Junwen Jia, Fang Wu, Hao Yu, Jieming Chou, Qinmei Han and Xuefeng Cui

A network analysis of external shocks on the dynamics and resilience of the global staple food trade pp. 845-865

Xuxia Li, Huimin Wang, Ali Kharrazi, Brian D. Fath, Guijun Liu, Gang Liu, Yi Xiao and Xiaoying Lai

Examining the determinants of food waste behavior in China at the consumer level pp. 867-881

Ricardo Lima, Aizhi Yu, Qinghua Liu and Jingyi Liu

The association between crop diversity and children’s dietary diversity: multi-scalar and cross-national comparisons pp. 883-897

Carina Isbell, Daniel Tobin, Brian C. Thiede, Kristal Jones and Travis Reynolds

Inadequacy of nutrients in children’s diets across seasons along an agricultural intensification gradient in Ethiopia pp. 899-919

Tibebu Moges, Frédéric Baudron, Hanqi Luo, Inge D. Brouwer, Roseline Remans and Jeroen C. J. Groot

Short- and medium-term impacts of small-scale vegetable support on food security: evidence from Syria pp. 921-932

Ghassan Baliki, Melodie Al Daccache, Hala Ghattas and Tilman Brück

Food safety concerns and purchase choices among poor households in the urbanising global south: the case of Dhaka, Bangladesh pp. 933-950

Md. Latiful Haque, Peter Oosterveer and Raffaele Vignola

Fish contributions toward nutritional security in Kenya pp. 951-971

Johnstone O. Omukoto, Nicholas A. J. Graham and Christina C. Hicks

Changes and correlates of household food insecurity during COVID-19: a repeated cross-sectional survey of low-income households in peri-urban Peru pp. 973-987

Rebecca Pradeilles, Sabrina Eymard-Duvernay, Rossina Pareja, Michelle Holdsworth, Edwige Landais, Hilary M. Creed-Kanashiro and Emily K. Rousham

COVID-19 risk perception and food security in the MENA region: evidence from a multi-wave household survey pp. 989-1008

Assem Abu Hatab, Lena Krautscheid, Mohamed Elsayied and Franklin Amuakwa-Mensah

Impact of pre-existing depression and food insecurity on the trajectory of depressive symptomatology during the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak in South Africa: A panel analysis of nationally representative South African data pp. 1009-1018

Philile Dladla-Jaca, Busisiwe P. Ncama, Yoshan Moodley, Nafiisa Sobratee-Fajurally, Rashieda Davids, Mjabuliseni Simon C. Ngidi, Catherine Sutherland, Muthulisi Siwela, Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi, Albert T. Modi, Rob Slotow, Jonathan K. Burns and Andrew Tomita

Food expensiveness in remote areas of Scotland: a natural experiment measuring the out-shopping effect pp. 1019-1029

Carlo Russo and Cesar Revoredo-Giha

Land concentration and food insecurity: the Colombian case pp. 1031-1044

Yehisen Urbina, Nestor Garza and Rafael Viana

How is food safety regulation implemented? The key role of meso-institutions assessed through a cross-country comparison pp. 1045-1058

Claude Menard, Gaetano Martino, Gustavo Magalhães Oliveira, Annie Royer, Paula Sarita Bigio Schnaider and Maria Sylvia Macchione Saes

Book Review: Food Security Issues in Asia pp. 1059-1061

Nhat Mai Nguyen and Thi Ha Lien Le

Volume 16, issue 3, 2024

A systematic literature review on coping mechanisms and food security during pandemics pp. 551-570

Yeni Budiawati, Ronnie S. Natawidjaja, Dhanan Sarwo Utomo, Tomy Perdana and Maman H. Karmana

Increased farmer willingness to pay for quality cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) planting materials: evidence from experimental auctions in Cambodia and Lao PDR pp. 571-594

Erik Delaquis, Vanya Slavchevska, Conny J. M. Almekinders, Jonathan C. Newby, Chea Sareth, Chanphasouk Tanthapone and Paul C. Struik

Social and ethnic-racial inequities in the occurrence of food deserts in a Brazilian state capital pp. 595-606

Daniely Casagrande Borges, Júlio Celso Borello Vargas, Olivia Souza Honório, Larissa Loures Mendes and Raquel Canuto

Opportunities to improve goat production and food security in Botswana through forage nutrition and the use of supplemental feeds pp. 607-622

Andrew S. Cooke, Honest Machekano, Javier Ventura-Cordero, Aranzazu Louro-Lopez, Virgil Joseph, Lovemore C. Gwiriri, Taro Takahashi, Eric R. Morgan, Michael R. F. Lee and Casper Nyamukondiwa

Cultivating prosperity in Rwanda: the impact of high-yield biofortified bean seeds on farmers’ yield and income pp. 623-635

Jose Funes, Laixiang Sun, Todd Benson, Fernado Sedano, Giovanny Baiocchi and Ekin Birol

Voice, access, and ownership: enabling environments for nutrition advocacy in India and Nigeria pp. 637-658

Danielle Resnick, Kola Matthew Anigo, Olufolakemi Anjorin and Shilpa Deshpande

Food security and livelihoods in protracted crisis: the experience of rural residents in Syria’s war zones pp. 659-673

Kindah Ibrahim, Miroslava Bavorova and Edvin Zhllima

Bacillus thuringiensis promotes systemic immunity in tomato, controlling pests and pathogens and promoting yield pp. 675-690

Rupali Gupta, Ravindran Keppanan, Meirav Leibman-Markus, Sabina Matveev, Dalia Rav-David, Ran Shulhani, Yigal Elad, Dana Ment and Maya Bar

Addressing future food demand in The Gambia: can increased crop productivity and climate change adaptation close the supply–demand gap? pp. 691-704

Tony W. Carr, Felicity Addo, Amanda Palazzo, Peter Havlik, Katya Pérez-Guzmán, Zakari Ali, Rosemary Green, Genevieve Hadida, Alcade C. Segnon, Robert Zougmoré and Pauline Scheelbeek

The impact of Chinese rice support policies on rice acreages pp. 705-719

Yan Jin, Cornelis Gardebroek and Nico Heerink

How does the improvement of farmers' financial literacy affect food production? Analysis of behavior and constraints based on element substitution and planting structure adjustment pp. 721-733

Yichao Li, Xintong Xie, Guihua Liu and Dingde Xu

Food security and nutrition in refugee camps in the European Union: Development of a framework of analysis linking causes and effects pp. 735-755

Liliane Abdalla and Luis F. Goulao

Impact of adoption of better management practices and nutrition-sensitive training on the productivity, livelihoods and food security of small-scale aquaculture producers in Myanmar pp. 757-780

Eric Brako Dompreh, Cristiano M. Rossignoli, Don Griffiths, Quanli Wang, Khaing Kyaw Htoo, Hsu Myat Nway, Michael Akester and Alexandros Gasparatos

Reconciling grain production and environmental costs during rural livelihood transitions: a simulation-based approach in southern China pp. 781-799

Xiaoxing Qi, Jialong Xie, Hangyu Huang, Jianchun Li and Wenhua Yuan

Exploring resilience concepts and strategies within regional food systems: a systematic literature review pp. 801-825

Sheriden Keegan, Kimberley Reis, Anne Roiko and Cheryl Desha

“Shadow negotiators: how UN Organizations shape the rules of World Trade for Food Security” by: Matias E. Margulis pp. 827-828

Serge Savary

Volume 16, issue 2, 2024

Obituary: Klaus Lampe, 1932–2024 pp. 293-293

Paul P. S. Teng

Welfare benefits associated with access to agricultural extension services in Nigeria pp. 295-320

Toyib Aremu and Travis W. Reynolds

WTO and a permanent solution for food security: striving for a hunger-free world pp. 321-337

Sachin Kumar Sharma and Ahamed Ashiq Shajahan

Determinants of changes in harvested area and yields of major crops in China pp. 339-351

Fang Yin, Zhanli Sun, Liangzhi You and Daniel Müller

From subsistence to market-oriented farming: The role of groundwater irrigation in smallholder agriculture in eastern India pp. 353-369

Pallavi Rajkhowa

Controlled-environment agriculture for an urbanised world? A comparative analysis of the innovation systems in London, Nairobi and Singapore pp. 371-396

Victoria Dietze, Amna Alhashemi and Peter H. Feindt

Framework for conceptualising transition readiness from emergency response to rebuilding livelihoods in Mogadishu, Somalia pp. 397-409

Michael Hauser and John Mugonya

A more plant-based diet can boost public health and reduce environmental impact in China pp. 411-422

Xiaoyu Liu and Liangjie Xin

Exploring the adoption of food safety measures in smallholder dairy systems in Ethiopia: implications for food safety and public health pp. 423-435

Ndungu S. Nyokabi, Lilian Korir, Johanna F. Lindahl, Lisette Phelan, Gizachew Gemechu, Stefan Berg, Adane Mihret, James L. N. Wood and Henrietta L. Moore

Nutrition fragility in isolation: Food insecurity in Small Island Developing States pp. 437-453

Delia Atzori, Ben G. J. S. Sonneveld, A. Alfarra and Max D. Merbis

Increasing the contribution of Africa’s fisheries to food security through improved management pp. 455-470

Yimin Ye, Papa Gora Ndiaye and Mohsen Al-Husaini

E-grocery as a new site of financialization? Financial drivers of the rise and fall of China’s E-grocery sector pp. 471-485

Danny Ning Dai, Phoebe Stephens and Zhenzhong Si

Food-cash crop diversification and farm household welfare in the Forest-Savannah Transition Zone of Ghana pp. 487-509

Ishmael Hashmiu, Faizal Adams, Seth Etuah and Jonathan Quaye

Large-scale agricultural investments and local food security – Evidence from a mixed-method case study in Benin pp. 511-531

Anika Muder, Jonas Luckmann and Julia C. Schmid

Does household’s food and nutrient acquisition capacity predict linear growth in children? Analysis of longitudinal data from rural and small towns in Ethiopia pp. 533-550

Daniel Mekonnen

Volume 16, issue 1, 2024

Food choice responses to changes in the price of a staple crop: a discrete choice experiment of maize in rural Malawi pp. 1-16

M. Matita, J. Mazalale, M. Quaife, D. Johnston, L. Cornelsen, T. Kamwanja, R. Smith and H. Walls

Correction to: Food choice responses to changes in the price of a staple crop: a discrete choice experiment of maize in rural Malawi pp. 17-17

M. Matita, J. Mazalale, M. Quaife, D. Johnston, L. Cornelsen, T. Kamwanja, R. Smith and H. Walls

Gender dynamics in seed systems: an integrative review of seed promotion interventions in Africa pp. 19-45

Berber Kramer and Carly Trachtman

A method for estimating physical and economic food access at high spatial resolution pp. 47-64

Florencio Campomanes, Michael Marshall and Andrew Nelson

Consumers’ perceptions of food fraud in selected Southeast Asian countries: a cross sectional study pp. 65-77

Jan Mei Soon-Sinclair, Thanh Mai Ha, Iwan Vanany, Mark Raguindin Limon, Wandee Sirichokchatchawan, Ikarastika Rahayu Abdul Wahab, Ruhil Hayati Hamdan and Mohd Hafiz Jamaludin

Food systems thinking unpacked: a scoping review on industrial diets among adolescents in Ghana pp. 79-114

Winnie Chepng’etich Sambu, Fiorella Picchioni, Sara Stevano, Emmanuel A. Codjoe, Paul Nkegbe and Christopher Turner

Street traders’ contribution to food security: lessons from fresh produce traders’ experiences in South Africa during Covid-19 pp. 115-131

Marc C. A. Wegerif

Market engagement, crop diversity, dietary diversity, and food security: evidence from small-scale agricultural households in Uganda pp. 133-147

Katherine Morrissey, Travis Reynolds, Daniel Tobin and Carina Isbell

Water insecurity is associated with greater food insecurity and lower dietary diversity: panel data from sub-Saharan Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic pp. 149-160

Joshua D. Miller, Sera L. Young, Elizabeth Bryan and Claudia Ringler

Food vouchers and dietary diversity: evidence from social protection reform in Indonesia pp. 161-184

Anu Rammohan and Achmad Tohari

Vulnerability and resilience among farmers and market actors in local agri-food value chains in the face of COVID-19 disruptions: findings from Uganda and Kenya pp. 185-200

Verena Bitzer, Froukje Kruijssen, Johnny Mugisha, Lydiah Waswa, Judith Aliso and Betty Nakazzi

Exploring agriculture-child nutrition pathways: Evidence from Malawi’s Farm Input Subsidy Program pp. 201-221

Averi Chakrabarti, Aurélie P. Harou, Jessica Fanzo and Cheryl A. Palm

Using free Wi-Fi to assess impact of COVID-19 pandemic on traditional wet markets in Hanoi pp. 223-241

Louis Reymondin, Thibaud Vantalon, Huong Thi Mai Pham, Hieu Trung Le, Tuyen Thi Thanh Huynh, Ricardo Hernandez, Brice Even, Thang Cong Nguyen, Trong Van Phan, Kien Tri Nguyen and Christophe Béné

Actions to strengthen the contribution of small farms and small food businesses to food security in Europe pp. 243-259

Olga M. Moreno-Pérez, Laura Arnalte-Mur, Pedro Cerrada-Serra, Victor Martinez-Gomez, Anda Adamsone-Fiskovica, Bjørkhaug, Gianluca Brunori, Marta Czekaj, Dominic Duckett, Paola A. Hernández, Christina Noble, Teresa Pinto-Correia, Aleksandra Płonka, Paolo Prosperi, Mark Redman, Maria Rivera, Sandra Šūmane and Dionisio Ortiz-Miranda

Biofortification versus diversification to fight micronutrient deficiencies: an interdisciplinary review pp. 261-275

Eric Malézieux, Eric O. Verger, Sylvie Avallone, Arlène Alpha, Peter Biu Ngigi, Alissia Lourme-Ruiz, Didier Bazile, Nicolas Bricas, Isabelle Ehret, Yves Martin-Prevel and Marie Josèphe Amiot

Food retail in favelas of a Brazilian metropolis pp. 277-292

Luana Lara Rocha, Amélia Augusta Lima Friche, Gabriel Borges Vaz Melo, Nayhanne Gomes Cordeiro, Olivia Souza Honório, Letícia Oliveira Cardoso and Larissa Loures Mendes