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

2009 - 2025

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Volume 10, issue 6, 2018

In this issue pp. 1297-1299

R. Strange

Re-building food systems: embedding assemblages, infrastructures and reflexive governance for food systems transformations in Europe pp. 1301-1309

Terry Marsden, Paul Hebinck and Erik Mathijs

Performing food and nutritional security in Europe: claims, promises and limitations pp. 1311-1324

Paul Hebinck and Henk Oostindie

Access to agricultural land in peri-urban spaces: social mobilisation and institutional frameworks in Rome and Valencia pp. 1325-1336

Pedro Cerrada-Serra, Luca Colombo, Dionisio Ortiz-Miranda and Stefano Grando

Reshaping urban political ecologies: an analysis of policy trajectories to deliver food security pp. 1337-1351

Ana Moragues-Faus and Bridin Carroll

Addressing food poverty in systems: governance of food assistance in three European countries pp. 1353-1370

Francesca Galli, Aniek Hebinck and Brídín Carroll

Exploring the contribution of alternative food networks to food security. A comparative analysis pp. 1371-1388

Pedro Cerrada-Serra, Ana Moragues-Faus, Tjitske Anna Zwart, Barbora Adlerova, Dionisio Ortiz-Miranda and Tessa Avermaete

Manoeuvring between regulations to achieve locally accepted results: analysis of school meals in Latvia and Finland pp. 1389-1400

Mikelis Grivins, Talis Tisenkopfs, Ville Tikka and Tiina Silvasti

The market impacts of shortening feed supply chains in Europe pp. 1401-1410

Andre Deppermann, Petr Havlík, Hugo Valin, Esther Boere, Mario Herrero, Joost Vervoort and Erik Mathijs

Politicizing food security governance through participation: opportunities and opposition pp. 1411-1424

Jessica Duncan and Priscilla Claeys

The impact of agricultural input subsidies on food and nutrition security: a systematic review pp. 1425-1436

Helen L. Walls, Deborah Johnston, Mehroosh Tak, Jane Dixon, Johanna Hanefeld, Elizabeth Hull and Richard D. Smith

Status and scope of kitchen gardening of green leafy vegetables in rural Tanzania: implications for nutrition interventions pp. 1437-1447

Constance Rybak, Hadijah Ally Mbwana, Michelle Bonatti, Stefan Sieber and Klaus Müller

Livelihood effects of crop diversification: a panel data analysis of rural farm households in Zambia pp. 1449-1462

Rhoda Mukuka and Munguzwe Hichaambwa

Does adopting legume-based cropping practices improve the food security of small-scale farm households? Panel survey evidence from Zambia pp. 1463-1478

Christine M. Sauer, Nicole M. Mason, Mywish Maredia and Rhoda Mukuka

Constraints in the fertilizer supply chain: evidence for fertilizer policy development from three African countries pp. 1479-1500

Todd Benson and Tewodaj Mogues

Factors affecting farmers’ willingness and ability to adopt and retain vitamin A-rich varieties of orange-fleshed sweet potato in Mozambique pp. 1501-1519

Mica Jenkins, Carmen Byker Shanks, Roland Brouwer and Bailey Houghtaling

Correction to: Factors affecting farmers’ willingness and ability to adopt and retain vitamin A-rich varieties of orange-fleshed sweet potato in Mozambique pp. 1521-1523

Mica Jenkins, Carmen Byker Shanks, Roland Brouwer and Bailey Houghtaling

Quantitative and quality losses caused by rodents in on-farm stored maize: a case study in the low land tropical zone of Kenya pp. 1525-1537

Kukom Edoh Ognakossan, Christopher M. Mutungi, Tobias O. Otieno, Hippolyte D. Affognon, Daniel N. Sila and Willis O. Owino

Aflatoxin content in cereal-legume blends on the Ghanaian market far exceeds the permissible limit pp. 1539-1545

Nelson Opoku, Matthew Atongbiik Achaglinkame and Francis Kweku Amagloh

The Brazilian food security scale for indigenous Guarani households: Development and validation pp. 1547-1559

Ana Maria Segall-Corrêa, Leticia Marín-Leon, Marta Maria Amaral Azevedo, Maria Beatriz R. Ferreira, Deoclécio Rocco Gruppi, Daniele F. M. Camargo, Rodrigo Pinheiro Toledo Vianna and Rafael Pérez-Escamilla

Pathways from agriculture-to-nutrition in India: implications for sustainable development goals pp. 1561-1576

Mousumi Das, Ajay Sharma and Suresh Chandra Babu

Are agriculture and nutrition policies and practice coherent? Stakeholder evidence from Afghanistan pp. 1577-1601

Nigel Poole, Chona Echavez and Dominic Rowland

The links between agricultural production and the nutritional status of children in rural Myanmar pp. 1603-1614

Anu Rammohan, Bill Pritchard, Michael Dibley and Mark Vicol

Impacts of rice intensification on rural households in the Mekong Delta: emerging relationships between agricultural production, wild food supply and food consumption pp. 1615-1629

Nguyen Van Kien, David Dumaresq and Jamie Pittock

Analysis of maize biomass use in Ethiopia and its implications for food security and the bioeconomy pp. 1631-1648

Tilahun Woldie Mengistu, Saurabh Gupta and Regina Birner

Effects of access to credit and income on dietary diversity in Ghana pp. 1649-1663

Samuel Kobina Annim and Raymond Frempong

IFPRI: Global Food Policy Report 2018 pp. 1665-1667

Ulrike Grote

Barbara Gemmill-Herren (Ed.): Pollination services to agriculture: sustaining and enhancing a key ecosystem service pp. 1669-1672

David S. Ingram

Volume 10, issue 5, 2018

In this issue pp. 1143-1144

R. Strange

Why rational argument fails the genetic modification (GM) debate pp. 1145-1161

Lucy Mallinson, Jean Russell, Duncan D. Cameron, Jurriaan Ton, Peter Horton and Margo E. Barker

Energy and nutrient supply according to food insecurity severity among Mexican households pp. 1163-1172

Mariana Romo-Aviles and Luis Ortiz-Hernández

Indigenous underutilized vegetables for food and nutritional security in an island ecosystem pp. 1173-1189

Shrawan Singh, L. B. Singh, D. R. Singh, Subhash Chand, S. K. Zamir Ahmed, V. N. Singh and S. Dam Roy

Yield gap of cassava crop as a measure of food security - an example for the main Brazilian producing regions pp. 1191-1202

Fábio de Araújo Visses, Paulo Cesar Sentelhas and André Belmont Pereira

African crop production trends are insufficient to guarantee food security in the sub-Saharan region by 2050 owing to persistent poverty pp. 1203-1219

Charles Onyutha

Potato bacterial wilt in Rwanda: occurrence, risk factors, farmers’ knowledge and attitudes pp. 1221-1235

Florence Uwamahoro, Anna Berlin, Charles Bucagu, Helena Bylund and Jonathan Yuen

Recognizing farmer-generated innovations through contests: insights from four African countries pp. 1237-1250

Justice A. Tambo

Conservation agriculture in western China increases productivity and profits without decreasing resilience pp. 1251-1262

Adam M. Komarek

Economic incentives to use fertilizer on maize under differing agro-ecological conditions in Burkina Faso pp. 1263-1277

Veronique Theriault, Melinda Smale and Hamza Haider

Generation of food waste in the hospitality and food retail and wholesale sectors: lessons from developed economies pp. 1279-1290

Ali Chalak, Chaza Abou-Daher and Mohamad G. Abiad

Mary Jane Angelo and Anél Du Plessis (eds). Research Handbook on Climate Change and Agricultural Law (2017) pp. 1291-1292

Peter J. Gregory

Harold Alderman, Ugo Gentilini and Ruslan Yemtsov: The 1.5 Billion People Question: Food, Vouchers, or Cash Transfers? pp. 1293-1295

Christopher Barrett

Volume 10, issue 4, 2018

In this issue pp. 769-770

R. Strange

Introduction to a Special Issue: Regional Food and Nutritional Security in Tanzania – Methods, Tools and Applications pp. 773-774

Stefan Sieber

Trans-SEC’s food security research in Tanzania: from constraints to adoption for out- and upscaling of agricultural innovations pp. 775-783

Stefan Sieber, Frieder Graef, T. S. Amjath-Babu, Khamaldin Daud Mutabazi, Siza D. Tumbo, Anja Faße, Sergio Gomez Y Paloma, Constance Rybak, Marcos Alberto Lana, Hycenth Tim Ndah, Götz Uckert, Johannes Schuler and Ulrike Grote

Drivers of rural-urban migration and impact on food security in rural Tanzania pp. 785-798

Isabell Duda, Anja Faße and Ulrike Grote

Can protectionism improve food security? Evidence from an imposed tariff on imported edible oil in Tanzania pp. 799-806

Charles Peter Mgeni, Stefan Sieber, T. S. Amjath-Babu and Khamaldin Daud Mutabazi

Nucleus-outgrower schemes as an alternative to traditional smallholder agriculture in Tanzania – strengths, weaknesses and policy requirements pp. 807-826

Michael Brüntrup, Fabian Schwarz, Thomas Absmayr, Jonas Dylla, Franziska Eckhard, Kerstin Remke and Konrad Sternisko

Food value chain linkages and household food security in Tanzania pp. 827-839

Raoul Herrmann, Ephraim Nkonya and Anja Faße

ScalA-FS: expert-based ex-ante assessments of local requirements and success potential of upgrading strategies for improving food security in rural Tanzania pp. 841-858

Götz Uckert, Frieder Graef, Anja Faße, Ludger Herrmann, Harry Hoffmann, Frederick C. Kahimba, Luitfred Kissoly, Hannes J. König, Christine Lambert, Henry Mahoo, Bashir Makoko, Leon Mrosso, Khamaldin D. Mutabazi, Lutengano Mwinuka, Meike P. Schäfer, Jana Schindler, Stefan Sieber, Elirehema Swai and Yusto M. Yustas

Participatory problem analysis of crop activities in rural Tanzania with attention to gender and wealth: ‘setting the scene’ to enhance relevance and avoid exclusion in pro-poor innovation projects pp. 859-880

Pamela Richardson-Ngwenya, Maria Höhne and Brigitte Kaufmann

Linking system perspectives with user perspectives to identify adoption barriers to food security innovations for smallholder farmers – evidence from rural Tanzania pp. 881-896

Anett Kuntosch and Bettina König

Is dry soil planting an adaptation strategy for maize cultivation in semi-arid Tanzania? pp. 897-910

Marcos A. Lana, Ana Carolina F. Vasconcelos, Christoph Gornott, Angela Schaffert, Michelle Bonatti, Johanna Volk, Frieder Graef, Kurt Christian Kersebaum and Stefan Sieber

Key factors influencing food security of smallholder farmers in Tanzania and the role of cassava as a strategic crop pp. 911-924

Katrin Reincke, Elisa Vilvert, Anja Faße, Frieder Graef, Stefan Sieber and Marcos A. Lana

Efficiency scenarios of charcoal production and consumption – a village case study from Western Tanzania pp. 925-938

Harry Hoffmann, Götz Uckert, Constance Rybak, Frieder Graef, Klas Sander and Stefan Sieber

The seafood supply chain from a fraudulent perspective pp. 939-963

Michaela Fox, Mike Mitchell, Moira Dean, Christopher Elliott and Katrina Campbell

Drivers of change in groundwater resources: a case study of the Indian Punjab pp. 965-979

Sukhwinder Singh and Julian Park

Evaluating the pathways from small-scale irrigation to dietary diversity: evidence from Ethiopia and Tanzania pp. 981-997

Simone Passarelli, Dawit Mekonnen, Elizabeth Bryan and Claudia Ringler

Food purchase patterns indicative of household food access insecurity, children’s dietary diversity and intake, and nutritional status using a newly developed and validated tool in the Peruvian Amazon pp. 999-1011

Ramya Ambikapathi, Jessica D. Rothstein, Pablo Peñataro Yori, Maribel Paredes Olortegui, Gwenyth Lee, Margaret N. Kosek and Laura E. Caulfield

Local agro-ecological condition-based food resources to promote infant food security: a case study from Benin pp. 1013-1031

Flora Josiane Chadare, Nadia Fanou Fogny, Yann Eméric Madode, Juvencio Odilon G. Ayosso, Sèwanou Hermann Honfo, Folachodé Pierre Polycarpe Kayodé, Anita Rachel Linnemann and Djidjoho Joseph Hounhouigan

Household resilience to food insecurity: evidence from Tanzania and Uganda pp. 1033-1054

Marco d’Errico, Donato Romano and Rebecca Pietrelli

Evolving high altitude livelihoods and climate change: a study from Rasuwa District, Nepal pp. 1055-1071

Douglas James Merrey, Abid Hussain, Deepak Dorje Tamang, Bhuwan Thapa and Anjal Prakash

Impact of climate-smart agriculture adoption on the food security of coastal farmers in Bangladesh pp. 1073-1088

Md Kamrul Hasan, Sam Desiere, Marijke D’Haese and Lalit Kumar

Maize seed systems in different agro-ecosystems; what works and what does not work for smallholder farmers pp. 1089-1103

J. Coosje Hoogendoorn, Genevieve Audet-Bélanger, Christian Böber, M. Laura Donnet, Kennedy Bisani Lweya, R. K. Malik and Peter R. Gildemacher

Improving policy coherence for food security and nutrition in South Africa: a qualitative policy analysis pp. 1105-1130

Anne Marie Thow, Stephen Greenberg, Mafaniso Hara, Sharon Friel, Andries duToit and David Sanders

Michael Clegg (Project Co-ordinator and Chair of Editorial Committee), et al.: Challenges and opportunities for food and nutrition security in the Americas - the view of the academies of sciences. IANAS regional report pp. 1131-1134

Stephen R. Waddington

Jos Bijman, Roldan Muradian, Jur Schuurman (eds.): Cooperatives, economic democratization and rural development pp. 1135-1137

David Skydmore

Correction to: Women and men farmer perceptions of economic and health benefits of orange fleshed sweet potato (OFSP) in Phalombe and Chikwawa districts in Malawi pp. 1139-1139

Netsayi N. Mudege, Sarah Mayanja and Tawanda Muzhingi

Erratum to: Roads to interdisciplinarity – working at the nexus among food systems, nutrition and health pp. 1141-1141

F. Picchioni, Elisabetta Aurino, L. Aleksandrowicz, M. Bruce, S. Chesterman, P. Dominguez-Salas, Z. Gersten, S. Kalamatianou, C. Turner and J. Yates

Volume 10, issue 3, 2018

In this issue pp. 501-503

R. Strange

Converting ‘trade-offs’ to ‘trade-ons’ for greatly enhanced food security in Africa: multiple environmental, economic and social benefits from ‘socially modified crops’ pp. 505-524

Roger R. B. Leakey

Rice bean: A healthy and cost-effective alternative for crop and food diversity pp. 525-535

Piverjeet Kaur Dhillon and Beenu Tanwar

Green water and African sustainability pp. 537-548

Patrick W. Keys and Malin Falkenmark

Contribution of cattle of different breeds to household food security in southern Mali pp. 549-560

Sékou Amadou Traoré, Christoph Reiber, Bekele Megersa and Anne Valle Zárate

Consumption patterns of edible insects in rural and urban areas of Zimbabwe: taste, nutritional value and availability are key elements for keeping the insect eating habit pp. 561-570

Faith A. Manditsera, Catriona M. M. Lakemond, Vincenzo Fogliano, Cuthbert J. Zvidzai and Pieternel A. Luning

On developing a scale to measure chronic household seed insecurity in semi-arid Kenya and the implications for food security policy pp. 571-587

Megan Mucioki, Bernard Pelletier, Timothy Johns, Lutta W. Muhammad and Gordon M. Hickey

Economic and food security benefits associated with raised-bed wheat production in Egypt pp. 589-601

Jeffrey Alwang, Samy Sabry, Kamel Shideed, Atef Swelam and Habib Halila

Why are farmers keeping cultivatable lands fallow even though there is food scarcity in Nepal? pp. 603-614

Uttam Khanal

Change in cost and affordability of a typical and nutritionally adequate diet among socio-economic groups in rural Nepal after the 2008 food price crisis pp. 615-629

Nasima Akhter, Naomi Saville, Bhim Shrestha, Dharma S. Manandhar, David Osrin, Anthony Costello and Andrew Seal

A network data envelopment analysis (NDEA) model of post-harvest handling: the case of Kenya’s rice processing industry pp. 631-648

Eucabeth Majiwa, Boon Lee, Clevo Wilson, Hidemichi Fujii and Shunsuke Managi

Improving household food security in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo: a comparative analysis of four interventions pp. 649-660

Shannon Doocy, Jillian Emerson, Elizabeth Colantouni, Johnathan Strong, Kimberly Amundson Mansen, Laura E. Caulfield, Rolf Klemm, Laura Brye, Sonya Funna, Jean-Pierre Nzanzu, Espoir Musa, Jozimo Santos Rocha and Joseph Menakuntuala

Research for development to improve health outcomes from agriculture for rural communities: what is needed? pp. 661-675

Jenny-Ann Toribio, Richard Markham, Lucy Carter, Archie Law, Robyn Alders, Michael Dibley, Merrilyn Walton, Lucas Shuttleworth and David Guest

How the international media framed ‘food riots’ during the global food crises of 2007–12 pp. 677-688

Naomi Hossain

Building bridges and deconstructing pathways in agriculture, nutrition and health pp. 689-700

Joe Yates, Swetha Manohar, Shiva Bhandari, Zachary Gersten, Sofia Kalamatianou and Arvin Saleh

Farm diversification and food and nutrition security in Bangladesh: empirical evidence from nationally representative household panel data pp. 701-720

Abu Hayat Md. Saiful Islam, Joachim von Braun, Andrew L. Thorne-Lyman and Akhter Ahmed

The changing food expenditure patterns and trends in Zambia: implications for agricultural policies pp. 721-740

Brian Chisanga and Olipa Zulu-Mbata

Factors influencing animal-source food consumption in Timor-Leste pp. 741-762

Johanna T. Wong, Brigitte Bagnol, Heather Grieve, Joanita Bendita Jong, Mu Li and Robyn G. Alders

Naomi Hossain and Patta Scott-Villiers (eds): Food riots, food rights and the politics of provision pp. 763-765

Norman Clark

Michael Ewing-Chow and Melanie Vilarasau Slade (eds): International trade and food security: exploring collective food security in Asia pp. 767-768

Malcolm Blackie

Volume 10, issue 2, 2018

In this issue pp. 239-241

R. Strange

Alerts for policy makers extracted from papers published during 2017 in volume 9 of Food Security pp. 243-246

Richard Strange

Response to Garcia and Wanner “gender inequality and food security: lessons for the gender-responsive work of the international food policy research institute and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation” Food Security (2017) 9:1091–1103 pp. 247-251

Ruth Meinzen-Dick and Agnes Quisumbing

Does gender matter in the adoption of push-pull pest management and other sustainable agricultural practices? Evidence from Western Kenya pp. 253-272

Beatrice Muriithi, Menale Kassie, Gracious Diiro and Geoffrey Muricho

Unlocking the multiple public good services from balanced fertilizers pp. 273-285

Prem S. Bindraban, Christian O. Dimkpa, Scott Angle and Rudy Rabbinge

Governance of food systems across scales in times of social-ecological change: a review of indicators pp. 287-310

Aogán Delaney, Tom Evans, John McGreevy, Jordan Blekking, Tyler Schlachter, Kaisa Korhonen-Kurki, Peter A. Tamás, Todd A. Crane, Hallie Eakin, Wiebke Förch, Lindsey Jones, Donald R. Nelson, Christoph Oberlack, Mark Purdon and Stephan Rist

Food loss and food waste research in the Arab world: a systematic review pp. 311-322

Mohamad G. Abiad and Lokman I. Meho

How diversified is cropping in Malawi? Patterns, determinants and policy implications pp. 323-338

Henry Kankwamba, Mariam Kadzamira and Karl Pauw

The dynamics of smallholder farmers’ acquisition and distribution of sweetpotato vines in the Lake Victoria Zone Region, Tanzania pp. 339-350

Rahma I. Adam, Lone Badstue and Kirimi Sindi

Exchanging and managing in-vitro elite germplasm to combat Cassava Brown Streak Disease (CBSD) and Cassava Mosaic Disease (CMD) in Eastern and Southern Africa pp. 351-368

Silver Tumwegamire, Edward Kanju, James Legg, Rudolph Shirima, Salehe Kombo, Geoffrey Mkamilo, Kiddo Mtunda, Karoline Sichalwe, Heneriko Kulembeka, Innocent Ndyetabura, Haji Saleh, Robert Kawuki, Titus Alicai, Gerald Adiga, Ibrahim Benesi, Albert Mhone, Anabela Zacarias, Sofrimento Fenias Matsimbe, Theresia Munga, Elijah Ateka, Lynet Navangi, Midatharahally Narasegowda Maruthi, Francis Mwatuni, George Ngundo, Maureen Mwangangi, Edward Mbugua, Joseph Ndunguru, Cyprian Rajabu and Deogratius Mark

Impacts of improved maize varieties in Nigeria: ex-post assessment of productivity and welfare outcomes pp. 369-379

Tahirou Abdoulaye, Tesfamicheal Wossen and Bola Awotide

Does minimum tillage improve the livelihood outcomes of smallholder farmers in Zambia? pp. 381-396

Hambulo Ngoma

Fertilizer subsidies and the role of targeting in crowding out: evidence from Kenya pp. 397-417

David L. Mather and Thomas Jayne

Post-harvest management and associated food losses and by-products of cassava in southern Ethiopia pp. 419-435

Aditya Parmar, Asnake Fikre, Barbara Sturm and Oliver Hensel

Food consumption and diet quality choices of Roma in Romania: a counterfactual analysis pp. 437-456

Pavel Ciaian, Andrej Cupak, Jan Pokrivcak and Marian Rizov

Targeting mechanisms for cash transfers using regional aggregates pp. 457-472

Jad Chaaban, Hala Ghattas, Alexandra Irani and Alban Thomas

An evolution in the middle: examining the rise of multinational investment in smallholder grain trading in Zambia pp. 473-488

Nicholas Sitko, Brian Chisanga, David Tschirley and Thomas Jayne

A planetary health approach to secure, safe, sustainable food systems: workshop report pp. 489-493

Robyn G. Alders, Natalie Ratanawongprasat, Hettie Schönfeldt and Darryl Stellmach

Suresh C Babu, Shailendra N Gajanan and J Arne Hallam: Nutrition Economics: Principles and policy applications pp. 495-497

Sheryl L Hendriks

Bailey B.A., Meindhart L.W. (Eds): Cacao diseases: a history of old enemies and new encounters pp. 499-500

Eric Boa

Volume 10, issue 1, 2018

In this issue pp. 1-2

R. Strange

Access to genes: linkages between genebanks and farmers’ seed systems pp. 9-25

Ola Tveitereid Westengen, Kristine Skarbø, Teshome Hunduma Mulesa and Trygve Berg

Why do maize farmers in Ghana have a limited choice of improved seed varieties? An assessment of the governance challenges in seed supply pp. 27-46

Adu-Gyamfi Poku, Regina Birner and Saurabh Gupta

Farm production diversity and dietary quality: linkages and measurement issues pp. 47-59

Kibrom Sibhatu and Matin Qaim

The effect of climbing bean adoption on the welfare of smallholder common bean growers in Rwanda pp. 61-79

Enid M. Katungi, Catherine Larochelle, Josephat R. Mugabo and Robin Buruchara

Impact of improved maize adoption on household food security of maize producing smallholder farmers in Ethiopia pp. 81-93

Moti Jaleta, Menale Kassie, Paswel Marenya, Chilot Yirga and Olaf Erenstein

The impact of the homestead food garden programme on food security in South Africa pp. 95-110

Yonas Bahta, Enoch Owusu-Sekyere, Emmanuel Donkor and Tlalang Boipelo Elizabeth

Home-grown school feeding: promoting local production systems diversification through nutrition sensitive agriculture pp. 111-119

Samrat Singh and Meenakshi Fernandes

Access to common resources and food security: Evidence from National Surveys in Nigeria pp. 121-140

Pedro Andrés Garzon Delvaux and Sergio Gomez Y Paloma

Relevance of informal institutions for achieving sustainable crop intensification in Uganda pp. 141-150

Mastewal Yami and Piet Asten

Information technology approaches to agriculture and nutrition in the developing world: a systems theory analysis of the mNutrition program in Malawi pp. 151-168

Chris Huggins and Alvaro Valverde

Fruit and vegetable desirability is lower in more rural built food environments of Montana, USA using the Produce Desirability (ProDes) Tool pp. 169-182

Selena Ahmed, Carmen Byker Shanks, Teresa Smith and Justin Shanks

Import vulnerability in the Middle East: effects of the Arab spring on Egyptian wheat trade pp. 183-194

Willeke Veninga and Rico Ihle

Policy integration in the EU governance of global food security pp. 195-209

Jeroen J. L. Candel and Robbert Biesbroek

Policy conflicts in global food assistance strategies: balancing local procurement and harmonization pp. 211-222

Lisa F. Clark

Food sovereignty: shifting debates on democratic food governance pp. 223-233

Koen Dekeyser, Lise Korsten and Lorenzo Fioramonti

Books briefings pp. 235-238

David S. Ingram