This project aims to investigate the reciprocal relationship between labour migration and food security in the Kenya – Qatar migration corridor, with a strong emphasis on the gendered dynamics shaping experiences and outcomes in both origin and destination contexts. In alignment with the broader goals of the MiFOOD partnership, the research seeks to interrogate whether […]
In the backdrop of the growing linkages between informal remittance services and digital, mobile and financial technologies, further research is needed to explore post-pandemic remittance opportunities, challenges, and the role of transport carriers within the informal sector. The project aims to explore how informal cross-border remittance providers (transport carriers) in the Zimbabwe-South Africa corridor have
This project aims to understand the relationship between migration corridors and food security through collaborative workshops on refugee youth food insecurity. It also aims to understand how diets change as youth leave their home countries and migrate through these corridors and their strategies for procuring food while in transit. Refugee youth will have access to
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
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This project examines how return migrants, as well as fiscal and social remittances, have contributed to the emergence and expansion of restaurants and eateries serving Middle Eastern food in Kerala. Through this assessment, it explores the connections between the key themes of foodways, food systems, and the productive use of migrant remittances. The project addresses
Kerala, with its high Human Development Index and unique development model, has attracted a significant number of inter-state migrants seeking better livelihood opportunities. Our study aims to shed the light on the food insecurity challenges of the migrants and also evaluate the accessibility of the One Nation One Ration Card (ONORC) scheme in alleviating food
This project studies the different strategies employed by migrants, including both Mexican nationals and international migrants, as they pass through Mexican territory. It seeks to identify the individual strategies of migrants to access food, but it also seeks to understand the different formal and informal spaces (institutions, gatherings, social groups) to which they belong and
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This project aims to assess the food security, livelihood strategies, and quality of life among refugees in Ethiopia, with a specific focus on refugees living in the Bambasi refugee camp in western Ethiopia, which is located in a rural area far from Assosa town. The study seeks to assess the food security status of households
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A combination of political, economic and social factors continue to trigger large-scale migration from Zimbabwe. By far the most favourite destination for Zimbabwean migrants is South Africa. While there have been studies on the food security of Zimbabwean migrants at their destination in South Africa, little is known about the nature, magnitude and severity of
Namibia in recent years received an increasing number of migrants from Angola. The recent droughts in the Cunene and Huila provinces in Angola led to mass movements of Angolan migrants into Namibia. Driven out of their country of origin by unemployment, poverty, hunger and general insecurity, the experiences of these migrants when in transit is
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