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MiFOOD and IIMAD Celebrate World Food Day with Webinar on Migration and Food Security
MiFOOD Network participate in the Migration and Technology: Governance Innovation, Challenges and Future Directions that Leave No One Behind workshop
MiFOOD team in Ecuador initiates “Manos Al Huerto” (Gardening Together) project
MiFOOD and IIMAD Celebrate World Food Day with Webinar on Migration and Food Security
MiFOOD Network participate in the Migration and Technology: Governance Innovation, Challenges and Future Directions that Leave No One Behind workshop
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Translocal Households, Rural-Urban Links and Migrant Food Security in South Africa
This paper revisits the issue of rural-urban links in post-apartheid South Africa, challenging the assumption that the end of apartheid would lead to rapid urbanization and the dissolution of circular migration. Despite the abolition of influx controls and the significant increase in the urban population from 33% in 1980 to 55% in 2011 among black South Africans, rural-urban ties and…
Male Circular Migration, Rural-Urban and Gender Dynamics, and Food Security in India
This paper examines the ways in which male circular migration as a household livelihood strategy affects food access among rural households in India. Circular male labor migration is the dominant form of labor mobility in many parts of India. This migration pattern creates important rural-urban linkages through income transfers and alters the gender power relations within the migrant-sending households. Drawing…
Invisible Work, Visible Impacts: Gender, Migrants, and Informal Food Trade amid the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Global South
This paper examines the abrupt and far-reaching consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on women engaged in the informal food sector within the Global South. It highlights the deepening effects of the pandemic on food insecurity, gender inequality, and economic disparities. Based on a case study of three groups of women – internal migrants, international migrants, and cross-border traders – engaged…
LATEST MiFOOD PAPERS
Translocal Households, Rural-Urban Links and Migrant Food Security in South Africa
This paper revisits the issue of rural-urban links in post-apartheid South Africa, challenging the assumption that the end of apartheid would lead to rapid urbanization and the dissolution of circular migration. Despite the abolition of influx controls and the significant increase in the urban population from 33% in 1980 to 55% in 2011 among black South Africans, rural-urban ties and…
Male Circular Migration, Rural-Urban and Gender Dynamics, and Food Security in India
This paper examines the ways in which male circular migration as a household livelihood strategy affects food access among rural households in India. Circular male labor migration is the dominant form of labor mobility in many parts of India. This migration pattern creates important rural-urban linkages through income transfers and alters the gender power relations within the migrant-sending households. Drawing…