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Policy engagement workshops held in Xai-Xai and Maputo, Mozambique to identify challenges facing cross-border traders and food entrepreneurs
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
Policy engagement workshops held in Xai-Xai and Maputo, Mozambique to identify challenges facing cross-border traders and food entrepreneurs
MiFOOD and IIMAD celebrate World Food Day with webinar on migration and food security
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Pandemic Shocks and the Food Security of Somali Migrants and Refugees in Nairobi, Kenya
The COVID-19 pandemic triggered severe shocks to food security for marginalized populations in urban areas. Somali migrants and refugees in Nairobi’s Eastleigh neighbourhood faced disproportionate impacts due to strict containment measures, disrupted food supply chains, and the shutdown of informal markets. These disruptions exacerbated existing socio-economic inequities, leading to heightened food insecurity. This paper examines the multi-dimensional effects of the…
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…
LATEST MiFOOD PAPERS
Pandemic Shocks and the Food Security of Somali Migrants and Refugees in Nairobi, Kenya
The COVID-19 pandemic triggered severe shocks to food security for marginalized populations in urban areas. Somali migrants and refugees in Nairobi’s Eastleigh neighbourhood faced disproportionate impacts due to strict containment measures, disrupted food supply chains, and the shutdown of informal markets. These disruptions exacerbated existing socio-economic inequities, leading to heightened food insecurity. This paper examines the multi-dimensional effects of the…
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…