This project builds on existing relationships with Mathare Roots, a grassroots youth organization, and focus on the food insecurity experience of youth who have migrated from rural areas to Mathare. It aims to understand how their diet has changed since moving to Mathare and their connection to their rural home concerning food after they arrive […]
The project aims to explore the rural-urban connections between households in Matangwe village and the neighbouring cities and small towns such as Kisumu city and Bondo Municipality in western Kenya and the contributions to food security and nutritional practices. We do this by engaging with local stakeholders and community partners (Caring Partners Global in Matangwe
This project aims to explore the gendered nexus of urban drought, migration and food insecurity from the perspective of migrant women and men in Gaborone. The resultant research objectives are to: (1) Identify key dimensions of urban droughts to better understand how they manifest spatially and temporally in the city; their core characteristics (for example,
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,
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The project studies food security and nutritional challenges of women left behind in scheduled tribe communities in Wayanad and Idukki in India by examining the rural-urban links between male out-migration and food security. It focuses on the lived experiences of women left behind and their strategies to manage food security in the absence of male
This study analyzes food security in a rural area of Mexico which has seen a significant outflux of migrants both to urban centers in Mexico as well as abroad, and where violence, climate change, and economic challenges have been contributing factors in propelling emigration. Empirically, the objectives of this proposed study are as follows: First,
This project explores the profile of international migrants in rural Eastern Cape (Tsolo, Qumbu, Mqanduli, Nqanqarhu, Mount Frere and Libode) where international migrants have been operating shops and small businesses. It focuses on their contribution to the food security of these rural communities, as well as the relationship between their remittance sending and food security
The study explores the relationship between rural-urban migration, remittances and food security in the Eastern Cape and Limpopo provinces of South Africa. The research questions are: (1) What are the key factors driving rural-urban migration and how do they relate to food security? (2) What kind of remittances flow between the migrants and migrant-sending households
This study assesses the impact of urban-rural linkages on migrants’ urban and rural households’ food security in Kenya, with a specific reference on household-level cash and food remittances, and on migrants living in urban informal settlements due to their low-income level and elevated food insecurity. The research objectives of the project include: (1) To establish
