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 […]

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

The rapid expansion of platform-based food delivery has made gig-economy riders essential actors in urban food provisioning, even as they contend with long working hours and substantial employment precarity. To date, there has been limited research on riders’ own food security and household dietary diversity. This paper examines both the direct and indirect mechanisms through