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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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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…
Inside the System, Outside the Law: Informality and Political and Economic Geographies of Exclusion in Nairobi’s Food System
Rapid urbanisation across sub-Saharan Africa is reshaping urban food systems and shifting the geography of food insecurity from rural to urban areas. Using Nairobi, Kenya, as a case study, this paper examines how governance systems reproduce political and economic geographies of exclusion for the informal economy within a rapidly transforming urban food system. Drawing on systems thinking, stakeholder mapping, and…
The Unsold Food Pathway: Cold Storage Facilities and Dietary Diversity among Migrant Food Vendors in Nanjing, China
Previous studies have largely overlooked the potential impact of cold storage facilities on household dietary diversity. To address this gap, this study draws on survey data collected from migrant food vendors in wet markets in Nanjing City, China. It proposes two pathways linking cold storage sufficiency to vendors’ household dietary diversity and tests these mechanisms using path analysis based on…
LATEST MiFOOD PAPERS
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…
Inside the System, Outside the Law: Informality and Political and Economic Geographies of Exclusion in Nairobi’s Food System
Rapid urbanisation across sub-Saharan Africa is reshaping urban food systems and shifting the geography of food insecurity from rural to urban areas. Using Nairobi, Kenya, as a case study, this paper examines how governance systems reproduce political and economic geographies of exclusion for the informal economy within a rapidly transforming urban food system. Drawing on systems thinking, stakeholder mapping, and…