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

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Volume 13, issue 6, 2021

The effect of an objective weighting of the global food security index’s natural resources and resilience component on country scores and ranking pp. 1343-1357

Valiant O Odhiambo, Sheryl L Hendriks and Eness P Mutsvangwa-Sammie

Institutional and farm-level challenges limiting the diffusion of new varieties from public and CGIAR centers: The case of wheat in Morocco pp. 1359-1377

Yigezu A. Yigezu, Zewdie Bishaw, Abdoul Aziz Niane, Jeffrey Alwang, Tamer El-Shater, Mohamed Boughlala, Aden Aw-Hassan, Wuletaw Tadesse, Filippo M. Bassi, Ahmed Amri and Michael Baum

The geography of agricultural input markets in rural Tanzania pp. 1379-1391

Pieter Rutsaert, Jordan Chamberlin, Kevin Ong’are Oluoch, Victor Ochieng Kitoto and Jason Donovan

Food insecurity related to agricultural practices and household characteristics in rural communities of northeast Madagascar pp. 1393-1405

James P. Herrera, Jean Yves Rabezara, Ny Anjara Fifi Ravelomanantsoa, Miranda Metz, Courtni France, Ajilé Owens, Michelle Pender, Charles L. Nunn and Randall Kramer

Agricultural production diversity and child nutrition in Ethiopia pp. 1407-1422

Maryia Bakhtsiyarava and Kathryn Grace

Towards food systems transformation—five paradigm shifts for healthy, inclusive and sustainable food systems pp. 1423-1430

Ruerd Ruben, Romina Cavatassi, Leslie Lipper, Eric Smaling and Paul Winters

Small farms and development in sub-Saharan Africa: Farming for food, for income or for lack of better options? pp. 1431-1454

Ken E. Giller, Thomas Delaune, João Vasco Silva, Mark Wijk, James Hammond, Katrien Descheemaeker, Gerrie Ven, Antonius G. T. Schut, Godfrey Taulya, Regis Chikowo and Jens A. Andersson

One size doesn’t fit all: regional differences in priorities for food system transformation pp. 1455-1466

Just Dengerink, Florentine Dirks, Eunice Likoko and Joost Guijt

Multiple pathways towards achieving a living income for different types of smallholder tree-crop commodity farmers pp. 1467-1496

Y. R. Waarts, V. Janssen, R. Aryeetey, D. Onduru, D. Heriyanto, S. Tin Aprillya, A. N’Guessan, L. Courbois, D. Bakker and V. J. Ingram

Reverse thinking: taking a healthy diet perspective towards food systems transformations pp. 1497-1523

I. D. Brouwer, M. J. Liere, A. Brauw, P. Dominguez-Salas, A. Herforth, G. Kennedy, C. Lachat, E. B. Omosa, E. F. Talsma, S. Vandevijvere, J. Fanzo and Marie Ruel

Financing adaptation for resilient livelihoods under food system transformation: the role of Multilateral Development Banks pp. 1525-1540

Leslie Lipper, Romina Cavatassi, Ricci Symons, Alashiya Gordes and Oliver Page

How trade can drive inclusive and sustainable food system outcomes in food deficit low-income countries pp. 1541-1554

Siemen Berkum

Analysis of banana and cocoa export commodities in food system transformation, with special reference to certification schemes as drivers of change pp. 1555-1575

Carlos F. B. V. Alho, Amanda F. Silva, Chantal M. J. Hendriks, Jetse J. Stoorvogel, Peter J. M. Oosterveer and Eric M. A. Smaling

Quiet Revolution by SMEs in the midstream of value chains in developing regions: wholesale markets, wholesalers, logistics, and processing pp. 1577-1594

Thomas Reardon, Lenis Saweda O. Liverpool-Tasie and Bart Minten

Integrating the soybean-maize-chicken value chains to attain nutritious diets in Tanzania pp. 1595-1612

Wilson Charles Wilson, Maja Slingerland, Frederick P. Baijukya, Hannah Zanten, Simon Oosting and Ken E. Giller

Volume 13, issue 5, 2021

In this issue of food security—October 2021 pp. 1071-1072

Serge Savary

The future of farming: Who will produce our food? pp. 1073-1099

Ken E. Giller, Thomas Delaune, João Vasco Silva, Katrien Descheemaeker, Gerrie Ven, Antonius G.T. Schut, Mark Wijk, James Hammond, Zvi Hochman, Godfrey Taulya, Regis Chikowo, Sudha Narayanan, Avinash Kishore, Fabrizio Bresciani, Heitor Mancini Teixeira, Jens A. Andersson and Martin K. Ittersum

Women’s empowerment and gender equality in agricultural value chains: evidence from four countries in Asia and Africa pp. 1101-1124

Agnes Quisumbing, Jessica Heckert, Simone Faas, Gayathri Ramani, Kalyani Raghunathan and Hazel Malapit

Spatial dynamics across food systems transformation in IFAD investments: a machine learning approach pp. 1125-1143

Alessandra Garbero, Giuliano Resce and Bia Carneiro

Unravelling the interplay between water and food systems in arid and semi-arid environments: the case of Egypt pp. 1145-1161

Catharien Terwisscha van Scheltinga, Angel Miguel Garcia, Gert-Jan Wilbers, Hanneke Heesmans, Rutger Dankers and Eric Smaling

Contribution of traditional fermented foods to food systems transformation: value addition and inclusive entrepreneurship pp. 1163-1177

Valentina Cristiana Materia, Anita R Linnemann, Eddy J Smid and Sijmen E Schoustra

Exploring a food system index for understanding food system transformation processes pp. 1179-1191

Siemen Berkum and Ruerd Ruben

Livelihood, culture and patterns of food consumption in rural Burkina Faso pp. 1193-1213

Matthew D. Turner, Molly Teague and Augustine Ayantunde

Unpacking the value of traditional African vegetables for food and nutrition security pp. 1215-1226

Learnmore Mwadzingeni, Victor Afari-Sefa, Hussein Shimelis, Sognigbé N’Danikou, Sandiswa Figlan, Lutz Depenbusch, Admire I.T. Shayanowako, Takemore Chagomoka, Malven Mushayi, Pepijn Schreinemachers and John Derera

Empowerment and nutrition in Niger: insights from the Women’s Empowerment in Nutrition grid pp. 1227-1244

Erin Lentz, Elizabeth Bageant and Sudha Narayanan

Cross-national analysis of food security drivers: comparing results based on the Food Insecurity Experience Scale and Global Food Security Index pp. 1245-1261

Andrew Allee, Lee R. Lynd and Vikrant Vaze

“The street is ours”. A comparative analysis of street trading, Covid-19 and new street geographies in Harare, Zimbabwe and Kisumu, Kenya pp. 1263-1281

Richard Kiaka, Shiela Chikulo, Sacha Slootheer and Paul Hebinck

Changing the narrative of ASEAN progress in addressing hunger: ‘snoozing’ the alarm for SDG #2? pp. 1283-1284

Jose Ma. Luis Montesclaros

Making sense of farmers’ demand for seed of root, tuber and banana crops: a systematic review of methods pp. 1285-1301

Thomas Pircher and Conny J. M. Almekinders

The Social Construction of Food Security: The Israeli Case pp. 1303-1321

Shoshanna Griver and Itay Fischhendler

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on agricultural production, livelihoods, and food security in India: baseline results of a phone survey pp. 1323-1339

Lindsay M. Jaacks, Divya Veluguri, Rajesh Serupally, Aditi Roy, Poornima Prabhakaran and Ramanjaneyulu Gv

Correction to: Fish as a source of (micro)nutrients to combat hidden hunger in Zambia pp. 1341-1341

Nils Nölle, Sven Genschick, Klaus Schwadorf, Holger Hrenn, Sonja Brandner and Hans Konrad Biesalski

Volume 13, issue 4, 2021

In This Issue of Food Security—August 2021 pp. 757-759

Serge Savary

How food systems change (or not): governance implications for system transformation processes pp. 761-780

Cees Leeuwis, Birgit K. Boogaard and Kwesi Atta-Krah

Urbanisation as driver of food system transformation and opportunities for rural livelihoods pp. 781-798

Sophie Bruin, Just Dengerink and Jasper Vliet

Stories of change in nutrition from Africa and Asia: an introduction to a special series in Food Security pp. 799-802

Stuart Gillespie, Jody Harris, Nicholas Nisbett and Mara van den Bold

Nobody left behind? Equity and the drivers of stunting reduction in Vietnamese ethnic minority populations pp. 803-818

Jody Harris, Phuong Huynh, Hoa T. Nguyen, Nga Hoang, Lan Tran Mai, Le Danh Tuyen and Phuong Hong Nguyen

Dietary agrobiodiversity for improved nutrition and health outcomes within a transitioning indigenous Solomon Island food system pp. 819-847

Chris Vogliano, Jessica E. Raneri, Jane Coad, Shane Tutua, Carol Wham, Carl Lachat and Barbara Burlingame

A quantitative estimation of the water footprint of the Mexican diet, corrected for washing and cooking water pp. 849-874

Mariana Lares-Michel, Fatima Ezzahra Housni and Virginia Gabriela Aguilera Cervantes

Food coping strategies among migrant labourers on cocoa farms in southern Ghana pp. 875-894

Bismark Amfo, Robert Aidoo and James Osei Mensah

How effective is Ethiopia’s agricultural growth program at improving the total factor productivity of smallholder farmers? pp. 895-912

Hailemariam Teklewold

Adoption of climate-smart agriculture practices and differentiated nutritional outcome among rural households: a case of Punjab province, Pakistan pp. 913-931

Shamsheer ul Haq, Ismet Boz and Pomi Shahbaz

Explaining the impact of agroecology on farm-level transitions to food security in Malawi pp. 933-954

Sidney Madsen, Rachel Bezner Kerr, Noelle LaDue, Isaac Luginaah, Chipiliro Dzanja, Laifolo Dakishoni, Esther Lupafya, Lizzie Shumba and Catherine Hickey

Cropland use preferences under land, water and labour constraints— implications for wheat self-sufficiency in the Kabul River basin, Afghanistan pp. 955-979

Omaid Najmuddin, Faisal Mueen Qamer, Habib Gul, Weiqing Zhuang and Fan Zhang

Food security and food quality among vanilla farmers in Madagascar: the role of contract farming and livestock keeping pp. 981-1012

Jessica Noromalala Andriamparany, Hendrik Hänke and Eva Schlecht

Dietary quality and overnutrition among adults in Kenya: what role does ICT play? pp. 1013-1028

Elijah N. Muange and Marther W. Ngigi

Exploring climate change adaptation practices and household food security in the Middle Eastern context: a case of small family farms in Central Bekaa, Lebanon pp. 1029-1047

Aliaa Dirani, Gumataw Kifle Abebe, Rachel A. Bahn, Giuliano Martiniello and Isam Bashour

Coping Behaviours and the concept of Time Poverty: a review of perceived social and health outcomes of food insecurity on women and children pp. 1049-1068

Sriroop Chaudhuri, Mimi Roy, Louis M. McDonald and Yves Emendack

Correction to: Mapping the production-consumption gap of an urban food system: an empirical case study of food security and resilience pp. 1069-1069

Paul D. Jensen and Caroline Orfila

Volume 13, issue 3, 2021

In this issue of food security - June 2021 pp. 509-510

Serge Savary

Africa’s evolving vegetable seed sector: status, policy options and lessons from Asia pp. 511-523

Pepijn Schreinemachers, Julie Howard, Michael Turner, Simon N. Groot, Bhupen Dubey, Learnmore Mwadzingeni, Takemore Chagomoka, Michael Ngugi, Victor Afari-Sefa, Peter Hanson and Marco C. S. Wopereis

Multisectoral government programs and household food insecurity: evidence from a longitudinal study in the semiarid area of northeast, Brazil pp. 525-538

Poliana Araújo Palmeira, Ruben Araújo Mattos, Rafael Pérez-Escamilla and Rosana Salles-Costa

Inequities in the urban food environment of a Brazilian city pp. 539-549

Maria Alvim Leite, Maíra Macário Assis, Ariene Silva Carmo, Mário Círio Nogueira, Michele Pereira Netto and Larissa Loures Mendes

Mapping the production-consumption gap of an urban food system: an empirical case study of food security and resilience pp. 551-570

Paul D. Jensen and Caroline Orfila

Realizing urban food policy: a discursive institutionalist analysis of Ede municipality pp. 571-582

Lara V. Sibbing and Jeroen J. L. Candel

Changes and challenges in markets for animal source foods: a qualitative study among market vendors in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia pp. 583-595

Lilia Bliznashka, Simone Passarelli, Chelsey R. Canavan, Amare Worku Tadesse, Yemane Berhane and Wafaie W. Fawzi

Measuring disaggregate level food insecurity via multivariate small area modelling: evidence from rural districts of Uttar Pradesh, India pp. 597-615

Saurav Guha and Hukum Chandra

Development of a composite measure for mapping rural food and nutrition security: application and validation in the drought-prone Bundelkhand region of India pp. 617-635

Sudipta Paul, Nilimesh Mridha, Sangeetha Vellaichamy and Premlata Singh

Understanding the geographic pattern of diffusion of modern crop varieties in India: a multilevel modeling approach pp. 637-651

Anjani Kumar, Jaweriah Hazrana, Digvijay Negi, Pratap Birthal and Gaurav Tripathi

Food security impacts of smallholder farmers’ adoption of dual-purpose sweetpotato varieties in Rwanda pp. 653-668

Gideon Danso-Abbeam, Lloyd J. S. Baiyegunhi, Mark D. Laing and Hussein Shimelis

Homegarden diversity and food security in southern Mexico pp. 669-683

Jennifer Castañeda-Navarrete

On-farm trees are a safety net for the poorest households rather than a major contributor to food security in Rwanda pp. 685-699

Alain Ndoli, Athanase Mukuralinda, Antonius G. T. Schut, Miyuki Iiyama, Jean Damascene Ndayambaje, Jeremias G. Mowo, Ken E. Giller and Frédéric Baudron

The impact that cultural food security has on identity and well-being in the second-generation U.S. American minority college students pp. 701-715

Kathrine E. Wright, Julie E. Lucero, Jenanne K. Ferguson, Michelle L. Granner, Paul G. Devereux, Jennifer L. Pearson and Eric Crosbie

The importance of social financial support in reducing food insecurity among elderly people pp. 717-727

Robert Gajda and Marzena Jeżewska-Zychowicz

Living income benchmarking of rural households in low-income countries pp. 729-749

Gerrie W. J. Ven, Anne Valença, Wytze Marinus, Ilse Jager, Katrien K. E. Descheemaeker, Willem Hekman, Beyene Teklu Mellisse, Frederick Baijukya, Mwantumu Omari and Ken E. Giller

Keijiro Otsuka and Shenggen Fan, eds: Agricultural development: new perspectives in a changing world pp. 751-753

Stephen R. Waddington

Correction to: The association between crop and income diversity and farmer intra-household dietary diversity in India pp. 755-755

Sukhwinder Singh, Andrew D. Jones, Ruth S. DeFries and Meha Jain

Volume 13, issue 2, 2021

In this issue of food security - April 2021 pp. 245-246

Serge Savary

Pathogens which threaten food security: Phytophthora infestans, the potato late blight pathogen pp. 247-253

Jonathan Yuen

Communicative interventions for collective action in the management of potato late blight: evidence from a framed field game experiment in Ethiopia pp. 255-271

Elias Damtew, Cees Leeuwis, Paul C Struik, Francesco Cecchi, Barbara Mierlo, Rico Lie, Berga Lemaga and Katarzyna Cieslik

Institutional approaches for plant health provision as a collective action problem pp. 273-290

Sara Garcia-Figuera, Elizabeth E. Grafton-Cardwell, Bruce Babcock, Mark N. Lubell and Neil McRoberts

Does irrigation improve household’s food security? The case of Koga irrigation development project in northern Ethiopia pp. 291-307

Koyachew Enkuahone Kassie and Bamlaku Alamirew Alemu

Large scale land investments and food security in agropastoral areas of Ethiopia pp. 309-327

Adugna Eneyew Bekele, Liesbeth Dries, Wim Heijman and Dusan Drabik

Linkages between dietary diversity and indicators of agricultural biodiversity in Burkina Faso pp. 329-349

A. Lourme-Ruiz, S. Dury and Y. Martin-Prével

Nutritional diversity and community perceptions of health and importance of foods in Kiribati: a case study pp. 351-367

John Paul Cauchi, Hilary Bambrick, Stefano Moncada and Ignacio Correa-Velez

Food away from home and the reversal of the calorie intake decline in India pp. 369-384

Deepthi Kolady, Shivendra Kumar Srivastava, David Just and Jaspal Singh

Increased grain production of cultivated land by closing the existing cropping intensity gap in Southern China pp. 385-398

Li Jiang, Xin Chen, Lijun Meng, Guoliang Zhang, Zhihua Pan and Pingli An

An evidence-based systematic review on farmers’ adaptation strategies in India pp. 399-418

Chandra Sekhar Bahinipati, Vijay Kumar and P. K. Viswanathan

Adaptive strategies enhance smallholders’ livelihood resilience in Bihar, India pp. 419-437

Tiziana Pagnani, Elisabetta Gotor and Francesco Caracciolo

Climate change and household welfare in sub-Saharan Africa: empirical evidence from Swaziland pp. 439-455

Abdoul G. Sam, Babatunde O. Abidoye and Sihle Mashaba

Challenges and opportunities for enhancing food security and greenhouse gas mitigation in smallholder farming in sub-Saharan Africa. A review pp. 457-476

Dong-Gill Kim, Elisa Grieco, Antonio Bombelli, Jonathan E. Hickman and Alberto Sanz-Cobena

Adapting food systems to the twin challenges of phosphorus and climate vulnerability: the case of Sri Lanka pp. 477-492

Dana Cordell, Elsa Dominish, Mohamed Esham, Brent Jacobs and Madhuri Nanda

Combining household and price data to target food marketing interventions in Nigeria pp. 493-505

Patrick Hatzenbuehler and George Mavrotas

Correction to: Valuing genebanks pp. 507-507

Melinda Smale and Nelissa Jamora

Volume 13, issue 1, 2021

In this issue of food security - February 2021 pp. 1-2

Serge Savary

Homeless and hungry: food insecurity in the land of plenty pp. 3-12

Kevin M. Fitzpatrick and Don E. Willis

Prevalence, socio-economic predictors and health correlates of food insecurity among Italian children- findings from a cross-sectional study pp. 13-24

Drieda Zaҫe, Maria Luisa Di Pietro, Laura Reali, Chiara de Waure and Walter Ricciardi

Food waste in Italian households during the Covid-19 pandemic: a self-reporting approach pp. 25-37

Vera Amicarelli and Christian Bux

Beyond subsistence: the aggregate contribution of campesinos to the supply and conservation of native maize across Mexico pp. 39-53

Mauricio R. Bellon, Alicia Mastretta-Yanes, Alejandro Ponce-Mendoza, Daniel Ortiz-Santa María, Oswaldo Oliveros-Galindo, Hugo Perales, Francisca Acevedo and José Sarukhán

A nonparametric analysis of household-level food insecurity and its determinant factors: exploratory study in Ethiopia and Nigeria pp. 55-70

Maryia Bakhtsiyarava, Tim G. Williams, Andrew Verdin and Seth D. Guikema

Is food insecurity a problem among the elderly in Sharpeville, South Africa? pp. 71-81

Wilna Oldewage-Theron and Abdulkadir A. Egal

Trends in crop production and land productivity in northern Ghana: A case study of Tolon-Kumbung pp. 83-94

Katsushige Nakasone, Raju Ghimire and Murari Suvedi

Evolution of Fertiliser Use and its Impact on Maize Productivity in Kenya: Evidence from Multiple Surveys pp. 95-111

Pradyot Jena, Hugo De Groote, Bibhu Nayak and Annina Hittmeyer

Analysis and vulnerability of the international wheat trade network pp. 113-128

E. Gutiérrez-Moya, B. Adenso-Díaz and S. Lozano

Public-private cooperation and agricultural development in Sub-Saharan Africa: a review of Nigerian growth enhancement scheme and e-voucher program pp. 129-140

Emmanuel Olatunbosun Benjamin, Oreoluwa Ola, Hannes Lang and Gertrud Buchenrieder, neé Schrieder

Seasonal participation in maize markets in Zambia: Do agricultural input subsidies and gender matter? pp. 141-155

Franklin Simtowe and Hugo De Groote

Determinants, effects, and coping strategies for low-yield periods of harvest: a qualitative study in two communities in Nunavut, Canada pp. 157-179

Sappho Z. Gilbert, Deatra E. Walsh, Samantha N. Levy, Beverly Maksagak, Mona I. Milton, James D. Ford, Nicola L. Hawley and Robert Dubrow

Intra-household decision-making, production diversity, and dietary quality: a panel data analysis of Ethiopian rural households pp. 181-197

Orkhan Sariyev, Tim K. Loos and Ling Yee Khor

The contribution of small-scale, privately owned tropical aquaculture to food security and dietary diversity in Bolivia pp. 199-218

Sean Irwin, Mark S. Flaherty and Joachim Carolsfeld

The interaction of household agricultural landholding and Caste on food security in rural Uttar Pradesh, India pp. 219-237

Srinivas Goli, Anu Rammohan and Sri Priya Reddy

Correction to: The contribution of the international Rice Genebank to varietal improvement and crop productivity in Eastern India pp. 239-239

Donald Villanueva, Melinda Smale, Nelissa Jamora, Grace Lee Capilit and Ruaraidh Sackville Hamilton

Correction to: Andean potato diversity conserved in the International Potato Center genebank helps develop agriculture in Uganda: the example of the variety ‘Victoria’ pp. 241-241

Vivian Bernal-Galeano, George Norton, David Ellis, Noelle L. Anglin, Guy Hareau, Melinda Smale, Nelissa Jamora, Jeffrey Alwang and Willy Pradel

Correction to: Prevalence, socio-economic predictors and health correlates of food insecurity among Italian children- findings from a cross-sectional study pp. 243-243

Drieda Zaҫe, Maria Luisa Di Pietro, Laura Reali, Chiara de Waure and Walter Ricciardi