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Urban Food Security in Ghana: a Policy Review

Author : Vincent Linderhof
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789463439688
Total Pages : 71 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (396 download)

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Download or read book Urban Food Security in Ghana: a Policy Review written by Vincent Linderhof and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This policy review aimed (i) to investigate how urgencies such as urbanisation and climate change are recognised in the current policies of a low-income country, and (ii) to investigate how food security, and urban food security in particular, interacts with these policies. Ghana is used as an example. The policy review revealed that the agricultural, nutrition and health, spatial development and climate policies dealt with one or more aspects of food security within the food system framework. The overall conclusion is that the aspects of food security are still covered by the traditional policies: agriculture mainly deals with production, distribution and exchange of food. Nutritional value and food safety, for instance, are main concerns of the health and nutrition policy. However, Ghana is developing the Long-Term National Development Plan (LTNDP) which combines several policies. Food safety is also increasingly considered for the exchange of food from an export perspective: export requires particular food quality standards. The results of our policy review confirm that the integration of food security elements is still in an early process of development. In addition, the urban aspect of food security was hardly considered in the policies relating to food security in Ghana. This review was explored for (urban) food security in Ghana. It is likely that results for other African countries or other low-income countries in other continents would have yielded similar results.

Measures and Determinants of Urban Food Security: Evidence from Accra, Ghana

Author : Tukolske, Cascade
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 21 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Book Synopsis Measures and Determinants of Urban Food Security: Evidence from Accra, Ghana by : Tukolske, Cascade

Download or read book Measures and Determinants of Urban Food Security: Evidence from Accra, Ghana written by Tukolske, Cascade and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2018-11-22 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The urban population in Africa south of the Sahara (SSA) is expected to expand rapidly from 376 million people in 2015 to more than 1.25 billion people by 2050. Measuring and ensuring food security among urban households will become an increasingly pertinent task for development researchers and practitioners. In this paper we characterize food security among a sample of low- and middle-income residents of Accra, Ghana, using 2017 survey data. We find that households tend to purchase food from traditional markets, local stalls and kiosks, and street hawkers, and rarely from modern supermarkets. We characterize food security using three established metrics: the Household Food Insecurity Access Scale (HFIAS); the Household Food Insecurity Access Prevalence (HFIAP); and the Food Consumption Score (FCS). We then estimate the determinants of food security using general linear models. The food security metrics are not strongly correlated. For example, according to HFIAP, as many as 70 percent of households sampled are food insecure, but only 2 percent fall below acceptable thresholds measured by FCS. Model results show that household education, assets, and dwelling characteristics are significantly associated with food security according to HFIAS and HFIAP, but not with FCS. The poor correlation and weak model agreement between the dietary recall metric, FCS, and the experience-based metrics, HFIAS and HFIAP, call for closer attention to measurement of urban food security. Given Africa’s urban future, our findings highlight the need for an urban-oriented comprehensive approach to the food security of urban households.

Urban Livelihoods and Food and Nutrition Security in Greater Accra, Ghana

Author : Daniel Maxwell
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
ISBN 13 : 0896291154
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (962 download)

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Book Synopsis Urban Livelihoods and Food and Nutrition Security in Greater Accra, Ghana by : Daniel Maxwell

Download or read book Urban Livelihoods and Food and Nutrition Security in Greater Accra, Ghana written by Daniel Maxwell and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2000 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report examines the nature of urban poverty and how it relates to food in-security and malnutrition in Accra, Ghana. By exploring the major determinants of food security and nutritional status, it develops indicators that are appropriate in an urban context, identifies vulnerable groups within the city, and suggests policies and programs to improve the lives of the urban poor. (Adapté du résumé).

The Food Price Crisis and Urban Food (in)security

Author : Marc J. Cohen
Publisher : IIED
ISBN 13 : 1843697394
Total Pages : 39 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (436 download)

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Book Synopsis The Food Price Crisis and Urban Food (in)security by : Marc J. Cohen

Download or read book The Food Price Crisis and Urban Food (in)security written by Marc J. Cohen and published by IIED. This book was released on 2009 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Handbook on Urban Food Security in the Global South

Author : Jonathan Crush
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1786431513
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Book Synopsis Handbook on Urban Food Security in the Global South by : Jonathan Crush

Download or read book Handbook on Urban Food Security in the Global South written by Jonathan Crush and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2020-12-25 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ways in which the rapid urbanization of the Global South is transforming food systems and food supply chains, and the food security of urban populations is an often neglected topic. This international group of authors addresses this profound transformation from a variety of different perspectives and disciplinary lenses, providing an important corrective to the dominant view that food insecurity is a rural problem requiring increases in agricultural production.

Food and nutrition security in transforming Ghana: A descriptive analysis of national trends and regional patterns

Author : Van Asselt, Joanna
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Book Synopsis Food and nutrition security in transforming Ghana: A descriptive analysis of national trends and regional patterns by : Van Asselt, Joanna

Download or read book Food and nutrition security in transforming Ghana: A descriptive analysis of national trends and regional patterns written by Van Asselt, Joanna and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2017-06-16 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent decades, Ghana has experienced high economic growth and transformation, which contributed to the nation achieving the Millennium Development Goal targets on reducing extreme poverty and hunger. Against this background and in view of achieving the food and nutrition security targets of the Sustainable Development Goals, Ghana started a process of reviewing its food security and nutrition strategies and policies, including the overarching Zero Hunger Strategy. This discussion paper aims to contribute to this process by providing an update on the state of Ghana’s food and nutrition security. In addition to providing an overview of long-term historical trends at the national level, this analysis provides an overview of regional patterns of food and nutrition insecurity and recent changes across Ghana’s 10 administrative regions. Finally, the analysis identifies regional “hot spots” of food and nutrition insecurity. This paper confirms that Ghana has achieved substantial improvements in food and nutrition security overall, especially over the past decade. Nationwide, progress has been made in improving households’ economic access to food by reducing poverty and extreme poverty and in reducing chronic and acute child undernutrition. However, progress in reducing micronutrient malnutrition—particularly anemia and especially among young children—has been more modest. Across Ghana, large rural-urban gaps and regional differences—mainly between the north and the south—remain for most dimensions of food and nutrition security. In addition, Ghana is increasingly facing new nutrition-related public health problems that result from overnutrition and diets too rich in calories. Overweight and obesity among adults are rising rapidly in both urban and rural areas, leading to an increase in the risk of noncommunicable diseases. The rising double burden of malnutrition—that is, the coexistence of overnutrition and undernutrition, including micronutrient deficiencies—constitutes a challenge to public health and social protection policy. These new nutritional realities may make some existing food and nutrition security policies obsolete or even detrimental to nutrition security.

Brief review of Ghana’s food system transformation pathways

Author : Asante, Felix A.
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 22 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Brief review of Ghana’s food system transformation pathways written by Asante, Felix A. and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2024-03-25 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Global estimates show over half a billion people go hungry (FAO, 2020) and close to 2 billion people are either obese or overweight with another 2 billion of the world’s population suffering from micronutrient deficiencies (Micha et al., 2020, Fresco et al., 2017). Inarguably, the world faces significant malnutrition problem (including micro- and macro-nutrient deficiencies, obesity, and diet related non-communicable diseases). This is evident in a recent analysis pointing out that effort in achieving the Global Nutrition Targets is likely to be missed. The observed malnutrition threat is accompanied by climate change, which is influencing food production and consumption trends, and thereby leading to undernutrition and affecting overall development. In addition, there are growing incomes, accelerated urbanization, and expanding middle classes which are also causing significant changes in consumer behaviour and nutritional choices, necessitating both public and private expenditures for better food market integration. As a result, there is a pressing need to examine our food systems to guarantee food and nutrition security and to advance sustainable development. It is likely that the COVID-19 impact may further exacerbates the worsening food insecurity and nutritional status of the most vulnerable groups including women, children and adolescents, refugees and displaced people, smallholders in rural areas, and the urban poor.

Cities and Agriculture

Author : Henk de Zeeuw
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317506618
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (175 download)

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Download or read book Cities and Agriculture written by Henk de Zeeuw and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-09-16 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As people increasingly migrate to urban settings and more than half of the world's population now lives in cities, it is vital to plan and provide for sustainable and resilient food systems which reflect this challenge. This volume presents experience and evidence-based "state of the art" chapters on the key dimensions of urban food challenges and types of intra- and peri-urban agriculture. The book provides urban planners, local policy makers and urban development practitioners with an overview of crucial aspects of urban food systems based on an up to date review of research results and practical experiences in both developed and developing countries. By doing so, the international team of authors provides a balanced textbook for students of the growing number of courses on sustainable agriculture, food and urban studies, as well as a solid basis for well-informed policy making, planning and implementation regarding the development of sustainable, resilient and just urban food systems.

Integrating Food into Urban Planning

Author : Yves Cabannes
Publisher : UCL Press
ISBN 13 : 178735377X
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (873 download)

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Download or read book Integrating Food into Urban Planning written by Yves Cabannes and published by UCL Press. This book was released on 2018-11-22 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The integration of food into urban planning is a crucial and emerging topic. Urban planners, alongside the local and regional authorities that have traditionally been less engaged in food-related issues, are now asked to take a central and active part in understanding how food is produced, processed, packaged, transported, marketed, consumed, disposed of and recycled in our cities. While there is a growing body of literature on the topic, the issue of planning cities in such a way they will increase food security and nutrition, not only for the affluent sections of society but primarily for the poor, is much less discussed, and much less informed by practices. This volume, a collaboration between the Bartlett Development Planning Unit at UCL and the Food Agricultural Organisation, aims to fill this gap by putting more than 20 city-based experiences in perspective, including studies from Toronto, New York City, Portland and Providence in North America; Milan in Europe and Cape Town in Africa; Belo Horizonte and Lima in South America; and, in Asia, Bangkok and Tokyo. By studying and comparing cities of different sizes, from both the Global North and South, in developed and developing regions, the contributors collectively argue for the importance and circulation of global knowledge rooted in local food planning practices, programmes and policies.

Spatial Patterns of Urban Food Security in Accra, Ghana

Author : Anna Carla Lopez
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781109483291
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (832 download)

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Book Synopsis Spatial Patterns of Urban Food Security in Accra, Ghana by : Anna Carla Lopez

Download or read book Spatial Patterns of Urban Food Security in Accra, Ghana written by Anna Carla Lopez and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Implications for policy include the need to engage urban planners when designing food policy. Tailoring food programs for urban areas of the developing world such as Accra would be a wise and worthwhile strategy for decision makers, at a time when most of the world is urbanized and when pressure on agricultural resources is intensified.

Urban Food Insecurity and Malnutrition in Developing Countries

Author : Johshin Von Braun
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
ISBN 13 : 9780896293267
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (932 download)

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Book Synopsis Urban Food Insecurity and Malnutrition in Developing Countries by : Johshin Von Braun

Download or read book Urban Food Insecurity and Malnutrition in Developing Countries written by Johshin Von Braun and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 1993 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conceptual issues and policy focus; Urbanization in the developing world: implications for growth and poverty; Urban food insecurity and malnutrition; Policy choices and research implications; Policy research priorities.

Negotiating the Social Contract in Urban Africa: Informal Food Traders in Ghanaian Cities

Author : Resnick, Danielle
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 49 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Book Synopsis Negotiating the Social Contract in Urban Africa: Informal Food Traders in Ghanaian Cities by : Resnick, Danielle

Download or read book Negotiating the Social Contract in Urban Africa: Informal Food Traders in Ghanaian Cities written by Resnick, Danielle and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2020-06-22 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do cities build a social contract with their diverse constituencies and foster political trust among the urban poor? This study focuses on informal traders, who constitute a major source of food security and employment in urban Africa. Centered on Ghana’s three main cities, we analyze interviews with metropolitan policymakers and a survey of approximately 1,200 informal traders. The findings show that expectations about reciprocity and procedural justice play a key role in shaping the probability of trusting one’s local government. Lower levels of trust were associated with disappointment over the lack of benefits that accompany tax payments to local assemblies. Moreover, those who had experienced harassment by city authorities were less likely to trust their local government. The analysis demonstrates that political trust at the subnational level deserves greater empirical attention, especially as countries continue to deepen decentralization initiatives and cities strive to meet global development goals around inclusivity.

Transforming Urban Food Systems in Secondary Cities in Africa

Author : Liam Riley
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030930726
Total Pages : 407 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book Transforming Urban Food Systems in Secondary Cities in Africa written by Liam Riley and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-11-02 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Countries across Africa are rapidly transitioning from rural to urban societies. The UN projects that 60% of people living in Africa will be in urban areas by 2050, with the urban population on the continent tripling over the next 50 years. The challenge of building inclusive and sustainable cities in the context of rapid urbanization is arguably the critical development issue of the 21st Century and creating food secure cities is key to promoting health, prosperity, equity, and ecological sustainability. The expansion of Africa’s urban population is taking place largely in secondary cities: these are broadly defined as cities with fewer than half a million people that are not national political or economic centres. The implications of secondary urbanization have recently been described by the Cities Alliance as “a real knowledge gap”, requiring much additional research not least because it poses new intellectual challenges for academic researchers and governance challenges for policy-makers. International researchers coming from multiple points of view including food studies, urban studies, and sustainability studies, are starting to heed the call for further research into the implications for food security of rapidly growing secondary cities in Africa. This book will combine this research and feature comparable case studies, intersecting trends, and shed light on broad concepts including governance, sustainability, health, economic development, and inclusivity. This is an open access book.

The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2018

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN 13 : 9251305722
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (513 download)

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Download or read book The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2018 written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2018-09-14 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New evidence this year corroborates the rise in world hunger observed in this report last year, sending a warning that more action is needed if we aspire to end world hunger and malnutrition in all its forms by 2030. Updated estimates show the number of people who suffer from hunger has been growing over the past three years, returning to prevailing levels from almost a decade ago. Although progress continues to be made in reducing child stunting, over 22 percent of children under five years of age are still affected. Other forms of malnutrition are also growing: adult obesity continues to increase in countries irrespective of their income levels, and many countries are coping with multiple forms of malnutrition at the same time – overweight and obesity, as well as anaemia in women, and child stunting and wasting.

Policies and Strategies for Food Security in Ghana

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Policies and Strategies for Food Security in Ghana written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Improving diets in rural Ghana

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN 13 : 9251345627
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (513 download)

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Book Synopsis Improving diets in rural Ghana by : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Download or read book Improving diets in rural Ghana written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2021-06-28 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication presents an in-depth analysis of the food system in Ghana with the dual purpose of providing an overview of the current situation, and identifying opportunities for leveraging the role of small and medium-sized enterprises for nutrition-sensitive food systems. The data collected and the results of the analysis enhance the understanding of some of the challenges that, in the Ghanaian context, contribute to determining diet-related issues; more importantly, the analysis identifies opportunities and entry points for improving diets by overcoming some of the challenges faced by small and medium-sized enterprises. The information provided could be of support not only for further analyses, but also for planning interventions and designing policies to improve nutrition in Ghana and in other contexts.

Climate Change and Food Security

Author : David B. Lobell
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9048129524
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (481 download)

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Download or read book Climate Change and Food Security written by David B. Lobell and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-12-21 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Roughly a billion people around the world continue to live in state of chronic hunger and food insecurity. Unfortunately, efforts to improve their livelihoods must now unfold in the context of a rapidly changing climate, in which warming temperatures and changing rainfall regimes could threaten the basic productivity of the agricultural systems on which most of the world’s poor directly depend. But whether climate change represents a minor impediment or an existential threat to development is an area of substantial controversy, with different conclusions wrought from different methodologies and based on different data. This book aims to resolve some of the controversy by exploring and comparing the different methodologies and data that scientists use to understand climate’s effects on food security. In explains the nature of the climate threat, the ways in which crops and farmers might respond, and the potential role for public and private investment to help agriculture adapt to a warmer world. This broader understanding should prove useful to both scientists charged with quantifying climate threats, and policy-makers responsible for crucial decisions about how to respond. The book is especially suitable as a companion to an interdisciplinary undergraduate or graduate level class.