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MiFOOD scholar Sean Sithole publishes new Balsillie Paper on fintech, financial inclusion and digital remittances in Southern Africa
MiFOOD Network hosts policy forum in Cape Town to advance inclusive food security governance for migrants and refugees
MiFOOD hosts Nairobi conference presenting findings from the Women Feeding Cities project on gendered entrepreneurship and the urban informal food ecosystem
MiFOOD scholar Sean Sithole publishes new Balsillie Paper on fintech, financial inclusion and digital remittances in Southern Africa
MiFOOD Network hosts policy forum in Cape Town to advance inclusive food security governance for migrants and refugees
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The relationship between household composition and food security has been extensively studied, yet findings remain divergent, and the mechanisms linking the two are rarely made explicit. This leaves the relationship in something of a “black box.” This paper addresses three indirect pathways that may mediate the relationship: food affordability, household time constraints, and family food skills. Drawing on a citywide…
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LATEST MiFOOD PAPERS
Inside the Black Box: Pathways Between Food Security and Household Composition in Urban China
The relationship between household composition and food security has been extensively studied, yet findings remain divergent, and the mechanisms linking the two are rarely made explicit. This leaves the relationship in something of a “black box.” This paper addresses three indirect pathways that may mediate the relationship: food affordability, household time constraints, and family food skills. Drawing on a citywide…
Labour Migration, Cash Remittances, and Household Food Security in the Ghana-Qatar Corridor
While the relationship between migration and development has been extensively studied, the connection between migration and food security remains underexplored, particularly in the South-South context. This paper examines the linkages between international migration, cash remittances, and household food security in the Ghana–Qatar migration corridor. Quantitative methods, including multinomial regression analysis, were used to assess household food insecurity using the Household…