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

2009 - 2025

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Volume 15, issue 6, 2023

Patterns of research on food security, 2020–2022 pp. 1421-1429

Serge Savary

The 2023-24 El Niño event and its possible global consequences on food security with emphasis on India pp. 1431-1436

Manjari Singh, Sonam Sah and R. N. Singh

Food system resilience measurement: principles, framework and caveats pp. 1437-1458

Christophe Béné, Timothy R. Frankenberger, Suzanne Nelson, Mark Alexander Constas, Gregory Collins, Mark Langworthy and Karyn Fox

Sharing decision-making tools for pest management may foster implementation of Integrated Pest Management pp. 1459-1474

Vittorio Rossi, Tito Caffi, Irene Salotti and Giorgia Fedele

Burden of foodborne disease in low-income and middle-income countries and opportunities for scaling food safety interventions pp. 1475-1488

Delia Grace

Gendered investment differences among smallholder farmers: evidence from a microcredit programme in western kenya pp. 1489-1504

Keiji Jindo, Jens A. Andersson, Foluke Quist-Wessel, Jackonia Onyango and Johannes W. A. Langeveld

Where supply and demand meet: how consumer and vendor interactions create a market, a Nigerian example pp. 1505-1519

Stella Nordhagen, James Lee, Eva Monterrosa, Nwando Onuigbo-Chatta, Augustine Okoruwa, Elisabetta Lambertini and Gretel H. Pelto

Changes in school feeding operations during the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from 139 countries pp. 1521-1537

Elisabetta M. Ferrero, Ayala Wineman and Arlene Mitchell

Correction to: Changes in school feeding operations during the COVID‑19 pandemic: evidence from 139 countries pp. 1539-1539

Elisabetta M. Ferrero, Ayala Wineman and Arlene Mitchell

Do online agri-food sellers contribute to food security in Indonesia? A PCA-based composite index and a Tobit approach pp. 1541-1561

Risti Permani

Dietary quality in rural areas, secondary towns, and cities: Insights from Tanzania pp. 1563-1584

Hannah Ameye

Transforming the seafood supply system: challenges and strategies for resilience pp. 1585-1591

Ingrid Kelling, Marylyn Carrigan and Andrew F. Johnson

On increasing the contribution of locally produced fresh foods to school meals in the Caribbean pp. 1593-1609

Oacia Fair, Gordon M. Hickey, Arlette Saint Ville and Leroy E. Phillip

Monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) in farmer field schools on food security and adaptation to climate change: pilot testing of a framework in Malawi pp. 1611-1627

Henk Berg, Anderson Chikomola, Austin Bondo, Thomas Ameny, James Okoth, Noella Kamwendo, Marcel Dicke and Samuel Kirichu

Stories of Challenge in South Africa: changes in the enabling environment for nutrition among young children (1994–2021) pp. 1629-1645

Scott Drimie, Mara den Bold, Lisanne Plessis and Laura Casu

Evaluation of crises suitability of food systems: a comparison of alternative protein sources pp. 1647-1665

Andrea Boccardo, Geoffrey Hagelaar and Catriona Lakemond

Pest risk information, agricultural outcomes and food security: evidence from Ghana pp. 1667-1683

Justice A. Tambo, Fredrick Mbugua, Solomon Agyemang Duah, Birgitta Oppong-Mensah, Christopher Yao Ocloo and Frances Williams

It is beautiful: the uncommon knowledge of Elinor Ostrom. Erik Nordman (2021) The uncommon knowledge of Elinor Ostrom. Essential lessons for collective action pp. 1685-1686

Serge Savary

Volume 15, issue 5, 2023

Harnessing plant resistance against Striga spp. parasitism in major cereal crops for enhanced crop production and food security in Sub-Saharan Africa: a review pp. 1127-1149

William Makaza, Youness En-nahli and Moez Amri

The role of minor cereals in food and nutrition security in Bangladesh: constraints to sustainable production pp. 1151-1160

Md. Rafiqul Islam, Md. Abiar Rahman, Asif Reza Anik, Jiban Krishna Biswas, Shahrina Akhtar, Md. Nasir Uddin and Sharif Ahmed

Drivers and stressors of resilience to food insecurity: evidence from 35 countries pp. 1161-1183

Marco d’Errico, Jeanne Pinay, Ellestina Jumbe and Anh Hong Luu

Adoption and impact of improved amaranth cultivars in Tanzania using DNA fingerprinting pp. 1185-1196

Rosina Wanyama, Pepijn Schreinemachers, Justus Ochieng’, Omary Bwambo, Roselyne Alphonce, Fekadu Fufa Dinssa, Ya-ping Lin and Roland Schafleitner

Contrasting responses of spatiotemporal patterns of cropland to climate change in Northeast China pp. 1197-1214

Ziyang Yu, Zhenzhen Li, Haoxuan Yang, Yihao Wang, Yang Cui, Guoping Lei and Shuai Ye

An assessment of India's multiple national social protection schemes in improving nutrition and health pp. 1215-1229

Sudha Narayanan, Karthikeya Naraparaju and Nicolas Gerber

Understanding household and food system determinants of chicken and egg consumption in India pp. 1231-1254

Lavinia Scudiero, Mehroosh Tak, Pablo Alarcón and Bhavani Shankar

Spatial characteristics of food insecurity and food access in Los Angeles County during the COVID-19 pandemic pp. 1255-1271

Michelle Sarah Livings, John Wilson, Sydney Miller, Wändi Bruine de Bruin, Kate Weber, Marianna Babboni, Mengya Xu, Kenan Li and Kayla de la Haye

Correction to: Spatial characteristics of food insecurity and food access in Los Angeles County during the COVID‑19 pandemic pp. 1273-1273

Michelle Sarah Livings, John Wilson, Sydney Miller, Wändi Bruine de Bruin, Kate Weber, Marianna Babboni, Mengya Xu, Kenan Li and Kayla de la Haye

Resilience of food system actors to armed conflicts: empirical insights from Burkina Faso pp. 1275-1292

Elodie Maitre d’Hôtel, Chris Béné, Raphaël Pelloquin, Outman Badaoui, Faroukou Gharba and Jocelyne Sankima

Pathways from livestock to improved human nutrition: lessons learned in East Africa pp. 1293-1312

Valerie L. Flax, Emily A. Ouma, Isabelle Baltenweck, Esther Omosa, Amy Webb Girard, Nathaniel Jensen and Paula Dominguez-Salas

The effectiveness of food system policies to improve nutrition, nutrition-related inequalities and environmental sustainability: a scoping review pp. 1313-1344

Celia Burgaz, Vanessa Gorasso, Wouter M. J. Achten, Carolina Batis, Luciana Castronuovo, Adama Diouf, Gershim Asiki, Boyd A. Swinburn, Mishel Unar-Munguía, Brecht Devleesschauwer, Gary Sacks and Stefanie Vandevijvere

Food systems transformation, animal-source foods consumption, inequality, and nutrition in Myanmar pp. 1345-1364

Jessica M. Scott, Ben Belton, Kristi Mahrt, Shakuntala H. Thilsted and Jessica R. Bogard

Recent innovative seed treatment methods in the management of seedborne pathogens pp. 1365-1382

Marwa Moumni, Guro Brodal and Gianfranco Romanazzi

Application of item response theory modelling to measure an aggregate food security access score pp. 1383-1398

Vonai Charamba, Lawrence N. Kazembe and Ndeyapo Nickanor

Are agricultural extension systems ready to scale up ecological intensification in East Africa? A literature review with particular attention to the Push-Pull Technology (PPT) pp. 1399-1420

Ellinor Isgren, Yann Clough, Alice Murage and Elina Andersson

Volume 15, issue 4, 2023

Global honeybee health decline factors and potential conservation techniques pp. 855-875

Yinying Yang, Yuzheng Wu, Hexuan Long, Xuelin Ma, Kaavian Shariati, James Webb, Liang Guo, Yang Pan, Minglin Ma, Chao Deng, Peng Cao and Jing Chen

Correction to: Global honeybee health decline factors and potential conservation techniques pp. 877-877

Yinying Yang, Yuzheng Wu, Hexuan Long, Xuelin Ma, Kaavian Shariati, James Webb, Liang Guo, Yang Pan, Minglin Ma, Chao Deng, Peng Cao and Jing Chen

Maize storage losses, climate, and climate change in Zambia pp. 879-899

Hugo De Groote, Zachary M. Gitonga and Kai Sonder

Addressing child and maternal nutrition: a qualitative study on food prescriptions and proscriptions determining animal source food consumption in rural Kenya pp. 901-917

Mercy M. Musyoka, Salome A. Bukachi, Geoffrey Otieno Muga, Elkanah Otiang, Emmah N. Kwoba and Samuel M. Thumbi

A whole system approach to childhood obesity: how a supportive environment was created in the city of Brighton and Hove, United Kingdom pp. 919-935

Leah Salm, Nicholas Nisbett, Katie Cuming, Tabitha Hrynick, Alexandra Lulache and Hayley MacGregor

Determinants of smallholder farmers’ maize grain storage protection practices and understanding of the nutritional aspects of grain postharvest losses pp. 937-951

Patrick Ngwenyama, Shephard Siziba, Loveness K. Nyanga, Tanya E. Stathers, Macdonald Mubayiwa, Shaw Mlambo, Tinashe Nyabako, Aurélie Bechoff, Apurba Shee and Brighton M. Mvumi

Crowdsourcing food security: introducing food choice derivatives for sustainability pp. 953-965

Hana Trollman, Sandeep Jagtap and Frank Trollman

Household resilience capacity and food security: evidence from Kyrgyzstan pp. 967-988

Bekhzod Egamberdiev, Ihtiyor Bobojonov, Lena Kuhn and Thomas Glauben

Towards understanding vegetable and fruit markets for improved consumption and nutrition: The case of Ethiopia pp. 989-1005

Fantu Nisrane Bachewe and Bart Minten

Adoption and impacts of improved post-harvest technologies on food security and welfare of maize-farming households in Tanzania: a comparative assessment pp. 1007-1023

Christopher Mutungi, Julius Manda, Shiferaw Feleke, Adebayo Abass, Mateete Bekunda, Irmgard Hoschle-Zeledon and Gundula Fischer

Putting small fish on the table: the underutilized potential of small indigenous fish to improve food and nutrition security in East Africa pp. 1025-1039

Laura Wessels, Marian Kjellevold, Jeppe Kolding, Cyprian Odoli, Inger Aakre, Felix Reich and Johannes Pucher

COVID-19, food coping strategies and households resilience: the case of informal sector in Burkina Faso pp. 1041-1056

Natéwindé Sawadogo and Youmanli Ouoba

Local tastes and global flavors: food choice in the context of the nutrition transition in South India pp. 1057-1070

Asha Nadabar, Shailaja S. Patil, Ashlesha Datar, Rebecca Jones-Antwi and Solveig A. Cunningham

Method for selecting certification standards for food safety pp. 1071-1085

Joice Aline Aguiar Cruz Zanatta, Reginaldo Fidelis and Lyssa Setsuko Sakanaka

Community seed banks: Instruments for food security or unsustainable endeavour? A case study of Mkombezi Community Seed Bank in Malawi pp. 1087-1108

Viviana Meixner Vásquez and Regine Andersen

Opportunities to strengthen trade policy for food and nutrition security: an analysis of two agricultural trade policy decisions pp. 1109-1125

Ellen Johnson, Anne Marie Thow and Nicholas Nisbett

Volume 15, issue 3, 2023

The effect of extreme weather events on child nutrition and health pp. 571-596

Emily Injete Amondo, Emmanuel Nshakira-Rukundo and Alisher Mirzabaev

Changes in per capita wheat production in China in the context of climate change and population growth pp. 597-612

Haowei Sun, Jinghan Ma and Li Wang

Agriculture for the Anthropocene: novel applications of technology and the future of food pp. 613-627

Lenore Newman, Robert Newell, Colin Dring, Alesandros Glaros, Evan Fraser, Zsofia Mendly-Zambo, Arthur Gill Green and Krishna Bahadur Kc

Do climate change adaptation strategies improve farmers’ food security in Tanzania? pp. 629-647

Girma Gezimu Gebre, Yuichiro Amekawa, Asmiro Abeje Fikadu and Dil Rahut

Applying the ‘Candidacy’ Model to understand access to key nutrition, food & health services in LMIC contexts: a qualitative study in Odisha, India pp. 649-660

Rebecca Mitchell, Jessica Gordon, Gopal Krushna Bhoi and Nicholas Nisbett

Food insecurity is associated with an unhealthy lifestyle score in middle- and older-aged adults: findings from the EPIPorto cohort pp. 661-671

Isabel Maia, Andreia Oliveira and Ana Cristina Santos

Effects of conservation farming practices on agro-ecosystem services for sustainable food security in Bangladesh pp. 673-692

Mohummed Shofi Ullah Mazumder, Md. Sekender Ali, Mahbuba Moonmoon and Farzana Zannat Toshi

Gender dynamics in seed systems: female makeover or male takeover of specialized sweetpotato seed production, in Lake Zone Tanzania? pp. 693-710

Margaret A. McEwan, Moses S. Matui, Sarah Mayanja, Sam Namanda and Kwame Ogero

Fruit and vegetable processing and consumption: Knowledge, attitude, and practices among rural women in East Africa pp. 711-729

Jacob Sarfo, Elke Pawelzik and Gudrun B. Keding

Heterogeneous impacts of home-gardening on household food and nutrition security in Rwanda pp. 731-750

Gazali Issahaku, Lukas Kornher, Abu Hayat Md. Saiful Islam and Awal Abdul-Rahaman

Effect of use of tsetse repellant collar technology on the farm performance and household welfare of small-scale livestock farmers in Kenya pp. 751-770

Beatrice W. Muriithi, Kassie Menale, Gracious Diiro, Michael N. Okal and Daniel K. Masiga

Correction to: Effect of use of tsetse repellant collar technology on the farm performance and household welfare of small‑scale livestock farmers in Kenya pp. 771-771

Beatrice W. Muriithi, Kassie Menale, Gracious Diiro, Michael N. Okal and Daniel K. Masiga

A healthy diet for a growing population: a case study of Arua, Uganda pp. 773-789

Marleen I. Hermelink, Katherine H. Pittore, Adolfo Álvarez Aranguiz, Fatima I. Pereira da Silva, Marlene M. I. Roefs, Robert Kajobe, Richard Malingumu and Huib Hengsdijk

Cheap chicken in Africa: Would import restrictions be pro-poor? pp. 791-804

Isabel Knößlsdorfer and Matin Qaim

The feasibility of implementing food-based dietary guidelines and food graphics in Ethiopia pp. 805-822

Tesfaye Hailu Bekele, Namukolo Covic, Dawit Alemayehu, Laura E. Trijsburg, Inge D. Brouwer, Edith J. M. Feskens and Jeanne H. M. Vries

How are higher rice yields associated with dietary outcomes of smallholder farm households of Madagascar? pp. 823-838

Relwendé A. Nikiema, Sakiko Shiratori, Jules Rafalimanantsoa, Ryosuke Ozaki and Takeshi Sakurai

Plasma activated water offers food security opportunities by increasing shelf life of freshwater fisheries products in South Africa pp. 839-853

Kay Howard, Frederich Henneke, Olivia J. B. Chalwin-Milton, Carel J. Oosthuizen, Peter Johnston and Kirsty L. Bayliss

Volume 15, issue 2, 2023

Richard Strange 1938 – 2023 pp. 299-300

Peter Scott

Fuel for food: Access to clean cooking fuel and food security in India pp. 301-321

Dalia Fadly, Francisco Pereira Fontes and Miet Maertens

Evolution of energy and nutrient supply in Zambia (1961–2013) in the context of policy, political, social, economic, and climatic changes pp. 323-342

Ndashe Philemon Kapulu, Heather Clark, Simon Manda, Harriet Elizabeth Smith, Caroline Orfila and Jennie I. Macdiarmid

Changes in Nigeria’s enabling environment for nutrition from 2008 to 2019 and challenges for reducing malnutrition pp. 343-361

Olutayo Adeyemi, Mara Bold, Nicholas Nisbett and Namukolo Covic

Simple solutions for complex problems? What is missing in agriculture for nutrition interventions pp. 363-379

Caroline Hambloch, Kai Mausch, Costanza Conti and Andy Hall

Seasonality and nutrition-sensitive farming in rural Northern Ghana pp. 381-394

Ilse Jager, Gerrie W. J. Ven, Ken E. Giller and Inge D. Brouwer

The effects of safety certification and nutrition messaging on the demand for nutritionally enhanced food in urban Ethiopia pp. 395-409

Kaleb S. Jada, Mequanint Melesse and Marrit Berg

Combining market and nonmarket food sources provides rural households with more options to achieve better diets in Southern Benin pp. 411-422

Mauricio R. Bellon, Gervais Ntandou-Bouzitou, Janet E. Lauderdale and Francesco Caracciolo

Usefulness and misrepresentation of phone surveys on COVID-19 and food security in Africa pp. 423-453

Tilman Brück and Mekdim Regassa

The new Malthusian challenge in the Sahel: prospects for improving food security in Niger pp. 455-476

Kayenat Kabir, Uris Lantz C. Baldos and Thomas Hertel

Correction to: The new Malthusian challenge in the Sahel: prospects for improving food security in Niger pp. 477-477

Kayenat Kabir, Uris Lantz C. Baldos and Thomas Hertel

Effect of nutrition awareness on utilization of Orange Fleshed Sweetpotato among vulnerable populations in Kenya pp. 479-491

Chalmers K. Mulwa, Simon Heck, Joyce Maru, Josephine Mwema and Hugo Campos

Food insecurity and disasters: predicting disparities in total and first-time food pantry visits during the COVID-19 pandemic pp. 493-504

Alexandria J. Drake, Lora A. Phillips, Brajesh Karna, Shakthi Bharathi Murugesan, Lily K. Villa and Nathan A. Smith

Linking food security, food sovereignty and foodways in urban Southeast Asia: cases from Indonesia and Thailand pp. 505-517

Angga Dwiartama, Matthew Kelly and Jane Dixon

Identifying nutrition-sensitive development options in Madagascar through a positive deviance approach pp. 519-534

Arielle Sandrine Rafanomezantsoa, Claudia Coral, Narilala Randrianarison, Christoph Kubitza, Denis Randriamampionona, Harilala Andriamaniraka, Stefan Sieber, Sarah Tojo-Mandaharisoa and Jonathan Steinke

Stories of change in nutrition in Burkina Faso 1992–2018: a macro-level perspective pp. 535-554

Zuzanna Turowska, Emilie Buttarelli, Issa Sombié, Nicholas Nisbett, Mara den Bold and Elodie Becquey

Farmer demand for certified legume seeds and the viability of farmer seed enterprises: Evidence from Myanmar pp. 555-569

Myat Thida Win, Mywish K. Maredia and Duncan Boughton

Volume 15, issue 1, 2023

Fish consumption pathways and food security in an Indonesian fishing community pp. 1-19

Nicky Roberts, Buchari Mengge, Brietta Oaks, Novita Sari, Irsan and Austin Humphries

How effectively might agricultural input subsidies improve nutrition? A case study of Malawi’s Farm Input Subsidy Programme (FISP) pp. 21-39

Helen Walls, Deborah Johnston, Mirriam Matita, Ephraim Chirwa, Jacob Mazalale, Matthew Quaife, Tayamika Kamwanja and Richard Smith

Food insecurity among immigrant populations in the United States pp. 41-57

Joshua Berning, Caroline Norris and Rebecca Cleary

Resilience assessment of centralized and distributed food systems pp. 59-75

Ebrahim P. Karan, Sadegh Asgari and Somayeh Asadi

How costly is using livestock as a savings device? pp. 77-110

Wouter Zant

How specific resilience pillars mitigate the impact of drought on food security: Evidence from Uganda pp. 111-131

Nathan Sunday, Rehema Kahunde, Blessing Atwine, Adesoji Adelaja and Justin George

Stories of change in nutrition: lessons from a new generation of studies from Africa, Asia and Europe pp. 133-149

Nicholas Nisbett, Jody Harris, Derek Headey, Mara den Bold, Stuart Gillespie, Noora-Lisa Aberman, Olutayo Adeyemi, Richmond Aryeetey, Rasmi Avula, Elodie Becquey, Scott Drimie, Elyse Iruhiriye, Leah Salm and Zuzanna Turowska

Shifting the social determinants of food insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic: the Australian experience pp. 151-170

Christina Zorbas, Jennifer Browne, Alexandra Chung, Anna Peeters, Sue Booth, Christina Pollard, Steven Allender, Anna Isaacs, Corinna Hawkes and Kathryn Backholer

Food security under water scarcity: a comparative analysis of Egypt and Jordan pp. 171-185

Maria Christoforidou, Gerlo Borghuis, Chris Seijger, Gerardo E. Halsema and Petra Hellegers

The unbalanced development among legume species regarding sustainable and healthy agrifood systems in North-America and Europe: focus on food product innovations pp. 187-200

Marie-Benoît Magrini, Tristan Salord and Guillaume Cabanac

Public–private partnership generates economic benefits to smallholder bean growers in Uganda pp. 201-218

Paul Aseete, Andrew Barkley, Enid Katungi, Michael Adrogu Ugen and Eliud Birachi

COVID-19, food insecurity and dietary diversity of households: Survey evidence from Nigeria pp. 219-241

Bedru B. Balana, Adebayo Ogunniyi, Motunrayo Oyeyemi, Adetunji Fasoranti, Hyacinth Edeh and Kwaw Andam

Mapping the spatial dimension of food insecurity using GIS-based indicators: A case of Western Kenya pp. 243-260

Mwehe Mathenge, Ben G. J. S. Sonneveld and Jacqueline E. W. Broerse

A review of the effects of COVID-19 on food waste pp. 261-280

Giulia Borghesi and Piergiuseppe Morone

Conflict and nutrition: endogenous dietary responses in Nepal pp. 281-296

Keenan Marchesi and Marc Rockmore

Correction to: Conflict and nutrition: endogenous dietary responses in Nepal pp. 297-297

Keenan Marchesi and Marc Rockmore