Implications of supermarket expansion on urban food security in Cape Town, South Africa

Peyton, Stephen; Moseley, William G; Battersby, Jane

doi:10.1080/19376812.2014.1003307

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“…Although about 6% of processed foods in Ghana are imported from South Africa, they derive predominantly from continents other than Africa [65]. In South Africa, the food retail transition has unfolded extensively-shopping malls and supermarkets are rapidly expanding into erstwhile underserviced, impoverished neighbourhoods, as documented for Cape Town [66][67][68][69]. This expansion and the entry of more vertically-integrated networks of informal shops which employ more competitive business practices appears to be transforming the local informal economy [70].…”

Section: Changing Food Retail Environmentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Mapping Obesogenic Food Environments in South Africa and Ghana: Correlations and Contradictions

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In sub-Saharan Africa, urbanisation and food systems change contribute to rapid dietary transitions promoting obesity. It is unclear to what extent these changes are mediated by neighbourhood food environments or other factors. This paper correlates neighbourhood food provision with household consumption and poverty in Khayelitsha, South Africa and Ahodwo, Ghana. Georeferenced survey data of food consumption and provision were classified by obesity risk and protection. Outlets were mapped, and density and distribution correlated with risk classes. In Khayelitsha, 71% of households exceeded dietary obesity risk thresholds while 16% consumed protective diets. Obesogenic profiles were less (26%) and protective more prevalent (23%) in Ahodwo despite greater income poverty in Khayelitsha. Here, income-deprived households consumed significantly (p < 0.005) less obesogenic and protective diets. Small informal food outlets dominated numerically but supermarkets were key household food sources in Khayelitsha. Although density of food provision in Ahodwo was higher (76/km2), Khayelitsha outlets (61/km2) provided greater access to obesogenic (57% Khayelitsha; 39% Ahodwo) and protective (43% Khayelitsha; 16% Ahodwo) foods. Consumption and provision profiles correlate more strongly in Ahodwo than Khayelitsha (rKhayelitsha = 0.624; rAhodwo = 0.862). Higher obesogenic food consumption in Khayelitsha suggests that risky food environments and poverty together promote obesogenic diets.

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Section: Changing Food Retail Environmentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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“…Building on the belief that the first Green Revolution (an international effort to bring hybrid seeds, fertilisers, and pesticides to the Global South) had largely bypassed Africa, the idea was to (re)launch a similar effort more tailored to African crops and conditions (Annan, 2007;Toenniessen et al, 2008). This approach included an emphasis on linking farmers to global value chains (which may terminate in supermarkets for some more developed African urban markets (explored in this issue by Peyton et al, 2015).…”

Section: The Twists and Turns Of African Agricultural And Food Securimentioning

confidence: 98%

“…Note 1. Food deserts are areas where access to nutritious, affordable food is lacking, due to limitations stemming from the geographies of poverty, transportation, and food distribution (Peyton et al, 2015). This idea was first developed in the UK to recognise disparities in people's ability to access healthy food in urban areas (Wrigley, 2002).…”

Section: The Twists and Turns Of African Agricultural And Food Securimentioning

confidence: 99%

“…They describe complex and gendered labour dynamics within households that, together with shifting migration patterns, complicate the use of fertiliser and hybrid seed. Peyton, Moseley, and Battersby (2015) take us to Southern Africa where the supermarketization phenomenon is further advanced than in other region of the continent (Reardon & Hopkins, 2007). Here, the Government of South Africa has embraced the penetration of supermarkets into the poorest neighbourhoods as a solution to urban food insecurity.…”

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Interrogating the technocratic (neoliberal) agenda for agricultural development and hunger alleviation in Africa

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Kerr

2015

African Geographical Review

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This paper introduces a special issue that critically examines the dominant technocratic, neoliberal agenda for agricultural development and hunger alleviation in Africa. We briefly review the history of African agricultural and food security policy in the post-colonial period in order to contextualise the productionist approach embedded in the New Green Revolution for Africa, a strategy comprising the use of hybrid seeds, fertilisers, and pesticides to boost crop production. This approach is underpinned by a new and unprecedented level of public-private partnerships as donors actively work to promote the private sector and build links between African farmers, input suppliers, agro-dealers, agro-processors, and retailers. On the consumer end, increased supermarket penetration into poorer neighbourhoods is proffered as a solution to urban food insecurity. The papers in the special issue complicate understandings of this new approach and raise serious questions about its effectiveness as a strategy for increasing food production and alleviating hunger across the continent.

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“…Foremost, scholars often focus on alternative and local food institutions without adequately addressing the role that principal food systems institutions such as the central state and private agri-businesses play in reproducing the structure of the food system [3,17]. Although it is true that some recent scholarship has been dedicated to the role of food retail in the Southern African context [18] and food governance regimes and state formation in Southern Africa [19], more scholarship is needed which speaks to these important aspects of the food system.…”

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Methodological Challenges in Urban Food Systems Research: Case Study of Local Food Institutions in South Africa

Warshawsky

2018

Urban Science

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This paper examines how institutional power dynamics in South Africa's urban food system have restricted the quantity, quality, and type of data collected on food institutions and limited the range of research and policy as a result. In particular, while non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and local institutions speak openly with researchers or share data, key governing institutions such as the state and agri-businesses often refuse to work with scholars. This has not only limited access to data on food system flows and operations, but it has also resulted in a significant research gap about the principal institutions in food systems, as scholars and policy makers tend to disproportionately focus on alternative food movements or localized players. Given the number, scope, and creativity of informal livelihood strategies that residents utilize to access food, this paper suggests that new methods are needed to understand how people navigate complex pathways to food in Southern African cities.

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Implications of supermarket expansion on urban food security in Cape Town, South Africa

Cited by 79 publications

References 28 publications

Mapping Obesogenic Food Environments in South Africa and Ghana: Correlations and Contradictions

Mapping Obesogenic Food Environments in South Africa and Ghana: Correlations and Contradictions

Interrogating the technocratic (neoliberal) agenda for agricultural development and hunger alleviation in Africa

Methodological Challenges in Urban Food Systems Research: Case Study of Local Food Institutions in South Africa

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