This dissertation focuses on two main research goals. First, this study identifies the
institutional roles that the South African state, civil society, and private sector play in …

While urban food insecurity has increased in the Global South, it has been overlooked
among academics, policymakers, and urban managers. To fill this research gap, this paper …

While urban food insecurity has increased in the Global South, it has been overlooked
among academics, policymakers, and urban managers. To fill this research gap, this paper …

Sub-Saharan African cities in the late 1990s face a daunting set of problems including rapid
growth, increasing poverty, deteriorating infrastructure, and inadequate capacity for service …

The burgeoning literature on global food (in) security suggests that sub-Saharan Africa
(SSA) is lagging behind the rest of the world despite a period of decline in the prevalence of …

Worldwide, most communities, villages, families and individuals are concerned about what
they are going to eat over a period. The World Food Summit of 1996 defined food security to …

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ERS The Africa Portal backgrounder series offers brief background information and …

This article analyses FoodBank Johannesburg's impact on the network of food security
organisations in Johannesburg, South Africa. The introduction of the American food banking …

Food security is political. The identification of food insecurity and the development and
implementation of responses to it are enveloped in layers of politics and power. This politics …

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13 Does scholarship on African food insecurity have a rural bias? YES: Jane Battersby …