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IPaSS: Informality, Inclusive Growth and Food Security in Cities of the Global South

This foundation project of the Hungry Cities Partnership is funded by the SSHRC and IDRC under the International Partnerships for Sustainable Societies Program (IPaSS). The project has facilitated the formation of an initial seven-city research and policy network across the Global South linked to researchers at five Canadian universities. The project has embarked on a […]

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Consuming Urban Poverty (CUP) Project: Governing Food Systems to Alleviate Poverty in Secondary Cities in Africa

The CUP project is funded by the UK DFID-ESRC Urban Poverty Programme and focuses on the relationship between urban poverty and secondary urbanization in Kenya, Zambia and Zimbabwe Africa as viewed through a food lens. The project is based at the African Centre for Cities at the University of Cape Town, also a partner in

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Food Insecurity and Dietary Deprivation: Migrant Households in Nairobi, Kenya

The current study focuses on food consumption and dietary diversity among internal migrant households in Kenya using data from a city-wide household survey of Nairobi conducted in 2018. The paper examined whether migrant households are more likely to experience inferior diets, low dietary diversity, and increased dietary deprivation than their local counterparts. Second, it assesses

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The Household Food Security Implications of Disrupted Access to Basic Services in Five Cities in the Global South

COVID-19 has caused significant disruptions regarding the extent to which households can access basic services and resources in cities around the world. Previous studies have indicated a predictive relationship between the consistency of resource access and food access among urban households. These investigations, however, have predominantly been isolated to Southern Africa and have not accounted

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Gender and Urban Food Insecurity: A Case Study Analysis of Migrants in Nairobi, Kenya

With the current knowledge that COVID-19 has significantly impacted the food systems in Kenya, this research seeks to explore how COVID-19 has affected the food security of asylum seekers in Nairobi, Kenya. Migrants will be asked about food security, access to food, food availability, interventions, and innovations. The objectives of the study will be to

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Preparing for COVID-19: Household Food Insecurity and Vulnerability to Shocks in Nairobi, Kenya

An understanding of the types of shocks that disrupt and negatively impact urban household food security is of critical importance to develop relevant and targeted food security emergency preparedness policies and responses, a fact magnified by the current COVID-19 pandemic. This gap is addressed by the current study which draws from the Hungry Cities Partnership

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Migration, Food Remittances and Dietary Diversity in Nairobi, Kenya

This QES-AS project is using data from a representative Hungry Cities Partnership household food security survey to model the similarities and differences between migrant and non-migrant households in relation to various food security outcomes. Thematic issues addressed include housebold vulnerability to pre-COVID economic, political and environmental shocks, urban-rural links and food remittances, and the determinants

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Migration, Rural–Urban Connectivity, and Food Remittances in Kenya

This paper draws on data from a representative city-wide household food security survey of Nairobi conducted in 2017 to examine the importance of food remitting to households in contemporary Nairobi. The first section of the paper provides an overview of the urbanization and rapid growth of Nairobi, which has led to growing socio-economic inequality, precarious

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