Workstream 2: Chains

WS2 Chains (Migrants in the Informal Sector of Transforming Urban Food Chains) will focus on the role and strategies of migrants in changing urban food systems with particular reference to precarious employment in the informal food sector and its role in mitigating household food insecurity.

Examining the Meat Food Value Chain and Food System in Accra, Ghana

Studies of the consumption patterns in ruminant livestock productions and supply chains have become necessary as important determinants of food security globally and good health. The main aim of this study is to examine the meat food system and food security, consumption patterns and the involvement of West African international migrants in the meat industry […]

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The Role of Somali Migrants in Informal Food Economy and Transformation of Urban Food Chains in Nairobi

This study aims to fill this gap by examining the role of Somali migrants in informal food economy and transformation of urban food chains in Nairobi. The study will also address various inter-related gaps in knowledge that appear when South-South migration is examined from a food perspective and global food security is examined from a

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The Impact of COVID-19 on Women Informal Food Vendors in Nairobi’s Informal Settlements

This project intends to investigate the impact of COVID-19 containment measures on women informal food vendors in Nairobi’s urban informal settlements. Although the feminization of the informal food sector has been recognized, its gendered dimensions, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic have not been fully grasped and researched. The negative economic, health-related and food security impacts

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Urban South Sudanese Refugees: Opportunities and Constraints Related to Food Supply Chains in Nairobi and Nakuru Kenya

This research project aims to understand the relationship between migration and food supply chains through collaborative workshops that bring young South Sudanese urban refugees together with stakeholders to promote the conversation about their involvement with agricultural production and businesses. The research will be conducted using three focus groups that encourage shared ideation between separate groups

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A Gendered Analysis of the Role of Women-led Informal Food Businesses in Urban Household Food Security and Wellbeing of Urban Dwellers Kisumu City, Kenya

The proposed study addresses the existing information and knowledge gap by examining how the pandemic and increased cost of living have affected the livelihood of female business owners and workers in the informal food economy in Kisumu City, Kenya. Additionally, the study will assess the contributions of the informal food sector on the urban household

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Urban Transformation, African Migrants and the Informal Food System in Cape Town

This study will make a significant contribution to the growing literature on migration and food security nexus by focusing on the contribution of migrant women food vendors to the informal food system in Cape Town. In addition,  the study will provide new empirical and conceptual insights into the role of informal food vending in urban

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Role of Migrants in Urban Food Retailing: Wet Market Vendors and Takeaway Riders

This research focuses on understanding the characteristics of migrant takeaway riders and migrant vendors in wet markets, how they operate their businesses, and their role in Nanjing’s urban food system. It aims to investigate the following questions: Firstly, we intend to analyze the characteristics of these migrant workers in the two sectors, employing a comparative

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Understanding of the Reciprocal Links Between Migration and Food Security in Nanjing and the Nearby Changzhou Cities, China

The core issue of this research is to analyze food access, nutritional intake and food safety cognition level and their influencing factors among the migrants in China. Subsequently, we further make a comparative study and heterogeneity analysis from the flow direction (rural-to-urban and urban-to-urban migrants) and urban scale (regional central city Nanjing and its nearby

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Beyond Informality: Migrants in the Popular Food Economy in Quito

Drawing on a broad notion of informality, conceptually linked to the category of the popular, this study aims to examine the case of Ecuador, in order to understand how migrants are inserted in the informal food market in Quito. We are interested in establishing a dialogue with the popular economies approach, to interrogate different types

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