WS1 Cities (Precarity, Exclusion and Migrant Food Insecurity in Migrant Destinations) will research the prevalence, nature, determinants, and responses to the four dimensions of food (in)security amongst migrants living in 12 destinations across the South.
The project aims to evaluate the status of household food security and how food security and household food practices have been shaped by the COVID-19 pandemic in Quito, Ecuador. It will employ a representative survey approach to generate a city-wide dataset for a comparative study with other cities in the Hungry Cities Partnership. It also […]
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This study seeks to examine the impact of socio-economic factors on food security status of West African migrants living in urban Accra. The study’s specific objectives are: 1) to map out the status of food security among West African migrants in urban Accra; 2) to determine the impact of socio-economic factors on food security situation
This study seeks to examine the food security experiences of internal migrants in selected urban slum communities in Ghana. The study will examine their gendered coping strategies towards addressing food security. Specifically, this study seeks to 1) identify the various food security challenges encountered by internal migrants in the recent past before the onset of
This PhD research study aims to contribute to the emerging literature on labour migration from Ghana to the Gulf with a particular focus on Qatar. In particular, the project seeks to 1) understand the role of food insecurity as a driver of migration from Ghana to the Gulf; 2) examine the coping strategies and food
The project aims to understand the nature of food security among return female migrant workers (FMWs) in Kerala from the Gulf countries under heightened circumstances of social and economic precarity along with male migrant workers. The project will explore the following research questions: 1) What characterises food (in)security among return FMWs in Kerala compared to
The project aims to capture food insecurity among informally employed Indian migrants in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region and formulate targeted strategies to improve and ensure food security to protect their well-being. The project seeks to achieve the following objectives: 1) Document the prevalence, severity and unique characteristics of food insecurity faced by informally
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The project has the following objectives: 1) Explain and explore the conditions of labour in which female migrants are employed in GCC countries and the impact it has on their food security outcomes? 2) Inspect and justify the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on food security outcomes among low skilled migrant women in the Gulf.
An examination of the important public policy issue of contemporary significance of linkages between migration, urbanization and food and nutrition security in India, within the wider context of post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) agenda. The paper responds to the call by Crush (2013, p. 62) to bridge the “massive institutional and substantive disconnect” that currently
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The principal objective of the study is to determine the nature and extent of food (in)accessibility among remittance receiving households in Kingston, Jamaica, since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The research questions are: 1) What are the determinants of food (in)accessibility among remittance receiving households in Kingston? 2) Are there different determinants of food
Through empirical and qualitative research, the study intends to assess Somali migrant households’ food security situation in Nairobi. The overarching goal is to design a high-impact and knowledge mobilization research with an agenda focused on the often-overlooked interactions between migration and food security in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). In doing so, the study will contribute to
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