This study assesses the direct impact of migrant remittances on household food security, the impact of gender differences on food security, and also the multiple uses of remittances and their indirect impact on food security. The key issues that this study aims to address include: how migrant remittances can improve household food access and consumption […]
This project aims to investigate the food security situation and the degree of rural-urban connection among rural end of migrant-sending households in Nanjing and its surrounding areas in China. The focus of this study is to understand how food security conditions of migrant-sending households are connected to household members who have migrated to urban areas,
Migrant Remittances and Food Security: The Case of Translocal Households in Rural China Read More »
During the 13th Five-Year Plan period from 2016 to 2020, China resettled 9.6 million people for the purpose of poverty alleviation, which has resulted in massive displacement and land loss for villagers, disrupting traditional agricultural livelihoods and food self-sufficiency on an unprecedented scale. The transition to urban resettlement communities has led to significant challenges in
Food Security and Informal Strategies after Poverty-alleviation Resettlement in China Read More »
The COVID-19 pandemic exposed significant disparities in food security, particularly among migrant populations in urban settings. Migrant workers, often occupying precarious, low-paying jobs, experienced disruptions to their food access due to job losses, mobility restrictions, and social exclusion during the pandemic. This policy brief highlights key findings from MiFOOD research conducted in Nanjing during the
Pandemic Impacts on Migrant Food Security in Nanjing, China Read More »
— Master’s Thesis — The transition and upgrading of grain security to food security, it is the deepening of China’s food security policy in the new era, as well as an important area of safeguarding and improving people’s livelihood. With the rapid socio-economic development leading to the increasingly diversified food consumption needs of residents, the importance
Impact of Online Food Purchasing on Urban Household Dietary Quality Read More »
— Master’s Thesis — With the support of national policies and the active participation of relevant enterprises, China’s new retail industry has grown rapidly and become one of the largest retail markets in the world. The combination of the new retail model and the fresh retail industry has given birth to a new way of purchasing
Urban food affordability is pivotal to achieving the second of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)—Zero Hunger. This paper introduces fresh evidence and innovative practices from the Global South, focusing on retailer-side strategies to address urban food affordability issues. Specifically, it investigates the impact of China’s policy on subsidizing and facilitating the establishment and
As part of sustainable agricultural innovations and the alternative food movement, agroecology provides important tools to achieve the sustainable development goals (SDGs). Yet very few existing studies have explicitly addressed their linkages. Synergies among the SDGs are often examined at the national level, overlooking nuanced opportunities revealed by small agroecology initiatives at the local scale.
