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MiFOOD director Jonathan Crush coauthored a paper with team member Godfrey Tawodzera from the University of the Western Cape about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on migrant remittances. The paper titled “Digital Disruptions in the South Africa–Zimbabwe Remittance Corridor During COVID-19” is now published in the journal Migration and Development. The paper aims to […]

Zack Ahmed, a PhD candidate in Global Governance and a researcher on migration and food security with MiFOOD Network, recently represented BSIA and the World Food Forum (WFF) at a high-profile side event during the United Nations (UN) High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) in New York. The event, held on July 15, 2024, at the UN Headquarters,

Prof. S. Irudaya Rajan, the lead of the MiFOOD team in India, has unveiled findings from the Kerala Migration Survey 2023, conducted by the Gulati Institute of Finance and Taxation with support from MiFOOD partner, the International Institute of Migration and Development (IIMAD). The survey was conducted with 20,000 households across Kerala. The Kerala Migration

The MiFOOD Network and the Hungry Cities Partnership (HCP) are delighted to announce the award of a new three-year project grant by the Government of Canada through the New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF)’s 2023 International Joint Initiative for Research in Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Competition. This $2.4 million grant entitled “Remitting for Resilience

MiFOOD researchers in Singapore publish a new paper titled “Migrant domestic workers and transnational foodcare chains in pandemic times” in the journal Geographical Research. Drawing on migrant women’s experiences during the pandemic, as they sought to secure access to food for themselves and for left-behind children and family members in Indonesia and the Philippines, the

The MiFOOD team attended the 25th SALISES Conference at the University of the West Indies Mona campus in Kingston, Jamaica from May 1 to May 3, 2024. The conference entitled “Translating Thought into Action: Towards Decolonial Equity and Justice in the Caribbean” approach the theme of decolonial equity and justice through thought-provoking panels that cover

MiFOOD researchers contribute to the newly published book “Research Handbook on Migration, Gender and COVID-19” that investigates the immediate and longer-term implications of the pandemic on gender dynamics and roles in international migration. The book edited by Marie McAuliffe and Céline Bauloz is part of the “Elgar Handbooks in Migration” series. Chapters contributed by MiFOOD

The MiFOOD team in Ecuador organized the workshop and photo exhibit “Migration and Food (In)Security: Resilient Narratives and Post-pandemic Memory”. The project team presented the results from the first year of the MiFOOD Quito project and inauguration of the photo exhibition “Migration and Food Insecurity: Resilient Narratives and Post-Pandemic Memory” in the Centre for Contemporary

On Feb 21, 2024, the MiFOOD network launched its new website mifood.org. The Director of MiFOOD, Prof. Jonathan Crush and research manager Zhenzhong Si gave an overview of the MiFOOD project and outputs. The website developer Jacob Buurma from Vibrant Content talked about the key features and content of the website. The content of the

MiFOOD Team Leader, Professor S Irudaya Rajan, edits Special Issue of the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies on return migration to South and South East Asia during the COVID-19 pandemic. This special issue does a comprehensive coverage of several topics related to return migration. It has adopted an interdisciplinary lens in understanding issues related to return migration thereby