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MiFOOD scholar Sean Sithole publishes new Balsillie Paper on fintech, financial inclusion and digital remittances in Southern Africa
MiFOOD scholar Sean Sithole featured in IMRC podcast on fintech and remittances
MiFOOD Network hosts policy forum in Cape Town to advance inclusive food security governance for migrants and refugees
MiFOOD scholar Sean Sithole publishes new Balsillie Paper on fintech, financial inclusion and digital remittances in Southern Africa
MiFOOD scholar Sean Sithole featured in IMRC podcast on fintech and remittances
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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…
Gendered Migration, Food Insecurity, and Nepali Women Migrant Workers in the United Arab Emirates
This paper investigates the intersections of gender, food insecurity, and transnational labour using a qualitative study of Nepali women migrant workers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Drawing on multi-sited fieldwork conducted between May and November 2025, the analysis applies feminist food justice and intersectional frameworks to highlight how hunger, nourishment, and everyday food practices of these women are shaped…
Migration and Meatification: Ghana’s Urban Protein Economy
Africa is experiencing a rapid urban transformation that is fundamentally reconfiguring urban food environments, value chains, and consumption behaviour. At the heart of this shift is the meatification of urban diets, characterized by increased consumption of animal-source proteins. This paper examines the dynamics of Ghana’s urban protein economy, focusing on the critical yet invisible role of West African migrants in…
LATEST MiFOOD PAPERS
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…
Gendered Migration, Food Insecurity, and Nepali Women Migrant Workers in the United Arab Emirates
This paper investigates the intersections of gender, food insecurity, and transnational labour using a qualitative study of Nepali women migrant workers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Drawing on multi-sited fieldwork conducted between May and November 2025, the analysis applies feminist food justice and intersectional frameworks to highlight how hunger, nourishment, and everyday food practices of these women are shaped…