Urban Food Security

Battersby, Jane; Haysom, Gareth

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-25369-1_16

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“…While this is a consequence of changes in lifestyle, with the reduction or disappearance of physical exercise, it is also the result of dietary changes and the growing reliance on food with high levels of fats and sugar and the decline in consumption of nutrient-rich food such as fresh fruit and vegetable, often unaffordable for the urban poor. Demographic and Health Survey data from seven sub-Saharan countries (Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Niger and Tanzania) on the increase in urban overweight and obesity over a period of at least 10 years shows that the increase was highest among the poorest, at 50 percent, compared to the richest at only 7 percent [ 20 ].…”

Section: The Urbanization Of Hunger and Malnutritionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Food (In)Security in Rapidly Urbanising, Low-Income Contexts

Tacoli

2017

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Urbanisation in low and middle-income nations presents both opportunities and immense challenges. As urban centres grow rapidly, inadequate housing and the lack of basic infrastructure and services affect a large and growing proportion of their population. There is also a growing body of evidence on urban poverty and its links with environmental hazards. There is, however, limited knowledge of how these challenges affect the ways in which poor urban residents gain access to food and secure healthy and nutritious diets. With some important exceptions, current discussions on food security continue to focus on production, with limited attention to consumption. Moreover, urban consumers are typically treated as a homogenous group and access to food markets is assumed to be sufficient. This paper describes how, for the urban poor in low and middle-income countries, food affordability and utilisation are shaped by the income and non-income dimensions of poverty that include the urban space.

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Section: The Urbanization Of Hunger and Malnutritionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Food (In)Security in Rapidly Urbanising, Low-Income Contexts

Tacoli

2017

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“…In response, the 2011 Bonn conference emphasized the nexus between water and food (United Nations, 2014;Endo et al, 2017). Although the relationship between water and food is more evident in rural settings (Olschewski, 2013;Malinga et al, 2017), urban environments in the Global South rely increasingly on available water for household food security through farming (Battersby & Haysom, 2020;Mbiba, 2014). The strong emerging relationship between urban water and household food security can affect urban water service resilience, and sustainability requires sound governance acumen (Niasse & Varis, 2020).…”

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“…At the household level, food security is the ability to secure (by either production or purchase) adequate food to meet the dietary needs of all members of the household (Ham, 2020;FAO, 2015). However, the vulnerability of urban populations to food insecurity is growing (Battersby & Haysom, 2020;Niasse & Varis, 2020).…”

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Implications of the Urban Water and Food Systems Governance Nexus for Household Food Security in the City of Gweru, Zimbabwe

2021

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“…Como políticas de estado, en el mundo, el estudio de la seguridad alimentaria ha recibido poca o nula atención en el contexto de la investigación científica y la inversión, la escasa información existente sobre la problemática de la seguridad e inseguridad alimentaria es el resultado de estudios patrocinados por instituciones privadas, grupos de investigación y centros de educación superior (Battersby & Haysom, 2020).…”

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Relación de factores sociodemográficos y seguridad alimentaria: Un estudio basado en técnicas de análisis multivariadas

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Carpio-Arias

2023

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La seguridad alimentaria se considera como un derecho universal de las personas para acceder a alimentos. Los niveles de inseguridad alimentaria en los últimos años se han transformado en un problema de estudio dentro del desarrollo social. El objetivo de este estudio es identificar la relación entre factores sociodemográficos y niveles de seguridad alimentaria mediante técnicas multivariadas. Estudio de corte transversal con un alcance asociativo, datos recopilados entre diciembre del 2020 y febrero 2021. La base de datos consta de 4668 observaciones válidas. El estudio se realizó de acuerdo con la Declaración de Helsinki y cuenta con la aprobación de un comité de ética en seres humanos. El procesamiento de datos y el análisis multivariado se utilizó software Python y R. Como estadísticos se utilizó Chi cuadrado, V de Crammer, Lambda, Gamma. D Somers y análisis de correspondencias múltiples. El 31% de las personas corresponde al sexo masculino mientras que el 69% al femenino, el 34% de los hogares encuestados presenta una inseguridad alimentaria severa, el 14% leve y el 46% seguridad alimentaria. Respecto a la ocupación, el mayor porcentaje de inseguridad se encuentra en los estudiantes con un 19.4.%, nivel de educación superior con un 23%. Las variables ordinales que mejor se asocian con la seguridad alimentaria son número de Personas que viven en casa, Ingreso económicos y cambios de Ingresos durante la pandemia. Las variables nominales, retraso en pagos y perdida de trabajo estadísticamente, presenta una asociación con los niveles de inseguridad alimentaria. De acuerdo con los coeficientes de D Somers y Lambda respectivamente, las variables descritas permiten predecir los niveles de seguridad alimentaria. Estadísticamente, no todas las características sociodemográficas predicen los niveles de seguridad alimentaria. Por lo que las políticas públicas deben centrarse en los aspectos de mayor riesgo para reducir la inseguridad alimentaria.

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Urban Food Security

Cited by 8 publications

References 14 publications

Food (In)Security in Rapidly Urbanising, Low-Income Contexts

Food (In)Security in Rapidly Urbanising, Low-Income Contexts

Implications of the Urban Water and Food Systems Governance Nexus for Household Food Security in the City of Gweru, Zimbabwe

Relación de factores sociodemográficos y seguridad alimentaria: Un estudio basado en técnicas de análisis multivariadas

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