Socioeconomic shocks, inequality and food systems in the Global South: an introduction

Osabuohien, Evans; Odularu, Gbadebo; Ufua, Daniel E.; Augustine, Darline; Osabohien, Romanus

doi:10.1080/21582041.2022.2059549

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“…Other issues arising from indirect impacts of climate change on food systems are pests‐related attacks, which often result in increased occurrence of spoilage and food safety hazards at various phases of the food supply chains from production to storage, processing, retail markets, through to consumption. Each of these factors may have deleterious impacts on human nutrition (Hodges et al, 2011; Osabuohien et al, 2022; Parfitt et al, 2010; Tirado et al, 2010).…”

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Integrating climate change, food safety, nutrition, and health outcomes in food systems policies and programs in Africa

Assoua,

Bomdzele,

Omosehin

et al. 2024

World Food Policy

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Integrating climate change, food safety, nutrition, and health outcomes in food systems policies and programs is crucial for addressing the multifaceted challenges African countries encounter. Climate change significantly impacts food production, food safety, and the provision of nutritious and healthy diets. Existing interventionist policies in Africa have not taken a comprehensive approach to addressing the bidirectional relationships among climate change, food safety, nutrition, and health outcomes. This hinders the formulation of comprehensive policies and programs that effectively address these interconnected issues. Also, limited evidence supports understanding the interplay among climate change, food safety, nutrition, and health outcomes within the African context. Thus, the study explores the pathways of interlinkages and complementarities among these factors and identifies the barriers to their effective implementation. In achieving its objective, this study adopts a food systems approach to examine the interrelaionships among climate change, food safety, nutrition, and health programs and policies. The study uses a comprehensive analysis of existing literature and empirical data to better understand these interrelationships within the food system. By identifying the interdependencies, the study is relevant for the development of integrative policies and programs that address these interconnected issues.Á

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Integrating climate change, food safety, nutrition, and health outcomes in food systems policies and programs in Africa

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“…The state of food insecurity in Nigeria is worsened by socio-economic shocks such as the loss of jobs, business failure, rising input costs, declining output prices, and escalating prices of essential food items, among other factors [ 5 ]; and environmental issues such as land investments, crop loss due to fire, adverse weather conditions like droughts and floods, pest and disease invasion that cause harvest failure, conflicts and wars, among others, are listed as the major issues responsible for food Insecurity [ [6] , [7] , [8] , [9] , [10] , [11] ]. This is complicated by a weak institutional framework required to time mitigate the aftermath impact [ [12] , [13] , [14] ].…”

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“…The occurrence of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and attendant socioeconomic challenges such as lockdown and restriction of movement and other socioeconomic activities have further affected food production and disrupted the entire food supply chain. Other burning issues in the Nigerian economy such as rising insecurity, farmer-herder conflicts, and youth unemployment among others have also culminated in food insecurity [ 19 ]. Food insecurity represents a significant concern within Nigeria.…”

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Large-scale agricultural land investments and food security in Nigeria

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Osabuohien,

Matthew

et al. 2023

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Green economy and food security in Africa

Osabohien,

Karakara,

Ashraf

et al. 2023

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The study is carried out with the objective of making contributions to the policy debate that is vital and relevant towards achieving sustainable development goals of ending poverty (SDG1), ensuring adequate food and nutrition (SDG2), promoting health and well-being (SDG3), ensuring sustainable management of water and sanitation (SGD6), building sustainable cities (SDG11), reducing emissions that cause climate change (SDG13), and protecting life in the ocean (SDG14) and on land (SDG15). The study used information from various data sources. This study made use of the data obtained from three main sources, notably, the FAO-Food and Agricultural Organisation, CPIA-Country Policy and Institutional Assessment and WDI-World Development Indicators to accomplish its goals. The data for the analysis cover the range of 2005 to 2020 for African countries that members of the International Development Association (37 nations). To handle the problem of endogeneity, they applied the GMMgeneralised method of moments. Findings revealed that when the economy is green, the state of food security increases. It proves that one proportionate increase in a green economy may lead to the improvement of food security in Africa by 0.24%. The findings from the GMM show that as an economy becomes greener, the condition of food insecurity reduces. In conclusion, the study submits that it is required for all relevant stakeholders to focus on policy and strategies to reach green economic growth. This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

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Socioeconomic shocks, inequality and food systems in the Global South: an introduction

Cited by 6 publications

References 11 publications

Integrating climate change, food safety, nutrition, and health outcomes in food systems policies and programs in Africa

Integrating climate change, food safety, nutrition, and health outcomes in food systems policies and programs in Africa

Large-scale agricultural land investments and food security in Nigeria

Green economy and food security in Africa

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