Sustainable transformation agenda for enhanced global food and nutrition security: a narrative review

O Oluwole, O Ibidapo, T Arowosola, F Raji… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The world's population is currently growing at an exponential rate, which is estimated to be
over 8 billion inhabitants as reported by United Nations on November 15, 2022. According to …

Regional agriculture and food systems amid the COVID-19 pandemic: The case of the near east and north Africa Region

H El Bilali, T Ben Hassen - Foods, 2024 - mdpi.com
The COVID-19 pandemic affected agri-food systems worldwide. However, while the impacts
differed from one country/region to another, the scholarly literature seems to focus on …

Caught off guard and beaten: The Ukraine war and food security in the Middle East

M Al-Saidi - Frontiers in Nutrition, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The Ukraine war has led to a severe global food crisis due to complex supply disruptions
and price increases of agricultural inputs. Countries of the Middle East have been directly …

Gendered impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on food behaviors in North Africa: cases of Egypt, Morocco, and Tunisia

T Ben Hassen, H El Bilali, MS Allahyari… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The COVID-19 pandemic-related measures in the Near East and North Africa (NENA) region
have resulted in many lifestyle modifications, including changes in diet and food buying …

[HTML][HTML] Household food waste generation during COVID-19 pandemic and unprecedented economic crisis: the case of Lebanon

HF Hassan, Y Rizk, A Chalak, MG Abiad… - Journal of Agriculture and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background The COVID-19 pandemic has interrupted economies and food systems
globally, leading to substantial consequences on food waste, which is also influenced by …

Impact of the economic crisis on food consumption of Sri Lankans: An online cross-sectional survey

P Sooriyaarachchi, R Jayawardena - Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome …, 2023 - Elsevier
Aims This study investigated how the economic crisis has changed Sri Lankans' food
consumption. Methods A web-based cross-sectional survey was carried out in the month of …

Food insecurity and eating habits of Lebanese children aged 5–11 years during the COVID-19 pandemic and the socioeconomic crisis: a national study

R Gedeon, S Hallit, LH Wakim - BMC Public Health, 2022 - Springer
Background Food insecurity is the lack of access to nutritious healthy food due to economic
and financial insufficiencies. Food insecurity is expected to be higher during these difficult …

A systematic review of the direct and indirect COVID-19's impact on food security and its dimensions: pre-and post-comparative analysis

DT Gebeyehu, L East, S Wark, MS Islam - BMC Public Health, 2023 - Springer
Background Since its emergence, the COVID-19 pandemic has compromised the food
security both directly by impacting food supply chain and indirectly by overwhelming the …

Food insecurity status and its contributing factors in slums' dwellers of southwest Iran, 2021: a cross-sectional study

H Joulaei, P Keshani, Z Foroozanfar, S Afrashteh… - Archives of Public …, 2023 - Springer
Background One major factor causing food insecurity is believed to be poverty.
Approximately 20 million Iranians live in slums with a vulnerable socioeconomic context …

The large and diverse family of Mediterranean flat breads: A database

A Pasqualone, F Vurro, C Summo, MH Abd-El-Khalek… - Foods, 2022 - mdpi.com
An in-depth survey was conducted by collecting information from web sources,
supplemented by interviews with experts and/or bakers, to identify all the flat breads (FBs) …