Food riots: Media perspectives on the causes of food protest in Africa

Sneyd, Lauren Q.; Legwegoh, Alexander; Fraser, Evan D. G.

doi:10.1007/s12571-013-0272-x

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“…Higher food prices could not be absorbed by low-income families, which led to riots, civil unrest, and eventually to civil war in Syria, Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, and Yemen. What was termed The Arab Spring in 2011 was initiated by an increase in food prices, which widened to protests of broader political dissatisfaction (Lagi et al, 2011;Sternberg, 2012;Sneyd et al, 2013).…”

Section: Inequality Of Food Access Needs To Be Addressed Firstmentioning

confidence: 99%

Food Sovereignty: The Case and the Space for Community Led Agricultural Autonomy within the Global Strategic Framework for Food Security and Nutrition

Burdock¹,

Ampt²

2017

JAS

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Much has been written about food security, nutrition security and the ability of people to access their food needs. Food sovereignty and the associated ability of people to participate in the production, distribution and consumption decisions of their food have been at the fringe of this discussion. Linked with this is the debate on the question of pursuing policies of food self-sufficiency or policies of self-reliance where food imports are considered a natural extension of food security. Examining the elements of food security through the food system participation framework of food sovereignty is an opportunity worthy of further exploration. This paper seeks to add a dimension to the understanding of food security by considering the value that a food sovereignty perspective has on the right to access food that is nutritious and safe for consumption. Current themes are cited and reviewed, and the implications of both food security and food sovereignty perspectives for the food system are argued. Agricultural trade liberalisation has benefited some societies and harmed others. To this end, the Global Strategic Framework (the Framework) on Food Security and Nutrition has recently incorporated the philosophy of the food sovereignty movement into its guidelines. The Framework provides an opportunity to view food security through a lens of food sovereignty providing guidance for all societies on how to safeguard their food security.

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Section: Inequality Of Food Access Needs To Be Addressed Firstmentioning

confidence: 99%

Food Sovereignty: The Case and the Space for Community Led Agricultural Autonomy within the Global Strategic Framework for Food Security and Nutrition

Burdock¹,

Ampt²

2017

JAS

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“…Again, a direct causal link is not very likely but indirect effects via adverse economic or livelihood impacts are not inconceivable. Third, scholars, commentators, and policy makers alike should shy away from sensationalism and the tendency to see events exclusively through the scarcity lens [see Sneyd, Legwegoh and Fraser (2013) for an insightful analysis]. However, the other extreme, explicitly refraining from attempting to rank the relative importance of various conflict drivers is no better.…”

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Climate Change and Conflict: Taking Stock

Buhaug

2016

Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy

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Is climate change a major security threat? How has research on climate and conflict progressed in recent years? And where should it move forward? This brief essay reflects on some ways in which climatic changes could constitute a threat to peace and stability. Rather than assuming a direct causal link, the essay argues that climate change may exert an indirect and conditional effect on conflict risk, increasing the security gap between affluent societies well able to cope with climate change and societies already suffering from violence and instability, who are unlikely to achieve successful adaptation on their own. For this reason, peace building is quite possibly the most effective climate resilience policy in unstable corners of the world.

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“…The perception that food will always be available in cities was altered for many in 2008, when the food prices peaked and reached levels not seen since the 1970s [88]. The world's poor suffered the greatest blow as food prices rose to unattainable levels, rations decreased or disappeared, and frustrated people took to the streets in protest [89]. In particular, high global oil prices in 2008 sparked strikes and riots of taxi drivers in Douala and Yaoundé, Cameroon that halted the movement of food between cities [90].…”

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Wild Food, Prices, Diets and Development: Sustainability and Food Security in Urban Cameroon

Sneyd

2013

Sustainability

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This article analyses wild food consumption in urban areas of Cameroon. Building upon findings from Cameroon's Comprehensive Food Security and Vulnerability Analysis (CFSVA) this case study presents empirical data collected from 371 household and market surveys in Cameroonian cities. It employs the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food's framework for understanding challenges related to the availability, accessibility, and adequacy of food. The survey data suggest that many wild/traditional foods are physically available in Cameroonian cities most of the time, including fruits, vegetables, spices, and insects. Cameroonians spend considerable sums of their food budget on wild foods. However, low wages and the high cost of city living constrain the social and economic access most people have to these foods. The data also suggest that imports of non-traditional staple foods, such as low cost rice, have increasingly priced potentially more nutritious or safe traditional local foods out of markets after the 2008 food price crisis. As a result, diets are changing in Cameroon as the resource-constrained population continues to resort to the coping strategy of eating cheaper imported foods such as refined rice or to eating less frequently. Cameroon's nutrition transition continues to be driven by need and not necessarily by the preferences of Cameroonian consumers. The implications of this reality for sustainability are troubling.

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Food riots: Media perspectives on the causes of food protest in Africa

Cited by 58 publications

References 43 publications

Food Sovereignty: The Case and the Space for Community Led Agricultural Autonomy within the Global Strategic Framework for Food Security and Nutrition

Food Sovereignty: The Case and the Space for Community Led Agricultural Autonomy within the Global Strategic Framework for Food Security and Nutrition

Climate Change and Conflict: Taking Stock

Wild Food, Prices, Diets and Development: Sustainability and Food Security in Urban Cameroon

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