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Effect of social protection programmes on household food security: a case of the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) programme in the Tolon District of Ghana
Cash transfer programmes such as Ghana’s Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) have been identified as a strategy for poverty reduction among...
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COVID-19 and food security risk in Nkambe Cameroon: perceptions, drivers and household response measures
This study focuses on COVID-19 and food security risk, capturing perceptions, drivers and household response measures. Using a mixed research design,...
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Livestock ownership and household food security in Northern Ghana: is there a nexus?
Food insecurity and poverty have been widely reported in many regions of the world, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa. Livestock ownership by rural...
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Food security among cashew farming households in Kogi state, Nigeria
The effects of increasing the levels of cashew production on income, food security, nutrition and consumption among rural households are very...
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Poor Trade: Liberalization Agreements Undermine Development and Food Security
This article outlines various phases of the evolution of trade liberalization and globalization, and the changing division of labour in the world...
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Exploring food security as a multidimensional topic: twenty years of scientific publications and recent developments
The scientific literature dealing with food security is vast and fragmented, making it difficult to understand the state of the art and potential...
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Multisectoral intervention on food security in complex emergencies: a discourse on regional resilience praxis in Northeast Nigeria
Sustainable livelihood as an enabler of food security can be constrained by climate variability and violent conflicts, with dire consequences in...
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Agriculture and Food Security
This chapter discusses issues and challenges facing agriculture and food security in Malaysia. The evidence amassed shows that the contribution of...
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Food Security (Foodsec) (fs)
Food security, the tenth element of national security, is not about food alone but also nutrition and hunger removal. The objective of food security...
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Understanding Food Security and Hunger in Xai-Xai, Mozambique
The cyclical alternation of drought, cyclones and floods threaten food security for households in rapidly growing coastal cities such as Xai-Xai,...
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Correlates of access to ICT and food security of the poor in South Africa’s Soshanguve
This study discusses access to information and communication technology (ICT) in the context of food security in Soshanguve, a slum area of The City...
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An Impact Assessment of Farmer Participation on Food Security in Northwestern Ghana
This paper employed Arnstein’s typology of participation to examine the impact of participation on subsistence farmers’ food security. The study...
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Promoting Food Justice and the Right to Adequate Food in Social Work Education
Food justice is centered on the principle that food is a basic human right. Despite a mandate to include human rights and social justice content in...
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Rent as Ransom: Lodging and Food Security in Gweru, Zimbabwe
The early 1990s were a crucial turning point in Zimbabwe. Not only was the Structural Adjustment Program (ESAP) initiated in 1990, but the country...
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The Food Sovereignty Movement in Venezuela
Venezuela’s food sovereignty movement was part of a national strategy to transition from a capitalist-based economy to ‘Socialism of the Twenty-First...
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Exploring the Complexity of the Food Environment in India to Understand Healthy and Unhealthy Food
The chapter tries to study the perception of Indian people about food. The aim was to investigate what people consider as healthy and unhealthy food,...
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Gender-human security interface: critical perspectives with special reference to India
The theme of ‘Human Security’ was first articulated by Mahbub-ul-Haq in the United Nations Development Programme’s Human Development Report in 1994....
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Co-productive Urban Planning: Protecting and Expanding Food Security in Uganda’s Secondary Cities
Co-production, a strategy increasingly being adopted by urban planners, has potential for protecting and expanding urban food security. Its goals go...
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Ex-offenders’ Appraisal of Offender Reintegration Programmes in South Africa: A Human Rights Perspective
Offender reintegration programmes have become a mainstay of the criminal justice system, globally. They are embraced as a proactive way to reduce...
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Urban community gardens in Cape Town, South Africa: navigating land access and land tenure security
Land tenure security continues to pose a significant challenge to the sustainability of urban community gardens in global South cities. However, a...
