Keywords: Conflict; Food security, Food system; Agriculture; Aid
Introduction
The Syrian crisis entered its 13th year, leaving 7 out of 10 Syrians in need of assistance (UNOCHA, 2024). This protracted crisis had several outcomes on the agriculture sector, such as damaged agricultural infrastructure, disrupted food value chains, and fluctuating food prices, which aggravated the...
Introduction
Against a backdrop of an increasingly globalised food marketplace and increasing availability of a varied and consistent supply of fresh products on a year-round basis (Spence, 2021), consuming food that is ‘in season’ is advocated as a radical lifestyle choice and a socio-politically and environmentally conscious decision to engage in ‘ethical eating’ that has positive...
Sub-Saharan Africa is rapidly urbanizing. Urbanization has been discerned as a salient driver of the nutrition transition, a shift of dietary patterns away from traditional diets to diets high in sugar, salt and fat (Popkin, 1999; Ruel et al., 2017). While this has been well documented in the literature (e.g., Ameye, 2023; Cockx et al., 2018; Hawkes et al., 2017), two important facets are...
Objectives: Food insecurity and malnutrition are major concerns worldwide linked to food price volatilities, financial crises, and climate change including weather shocks. Food insecurity can increase the risk of various forms of malnutrition and can have both severe short- and long-term impacts on health and well-being. Despite rapid economic growth and poverty reduction within the last three...
