The impact of Russian food security policy on the performance of the food system

The study focuses on analyzing the food self-sufficiency village program at household level in Indonesia. The before and after analysis and food and security composite analysis at household level are used as tools. It involved comparing the implication and impact between indicators before and after the implementation of policy. Quantitative data were used to compare major indicators and qualitative data for minor indicators. In general, the impact of the DMP Programme on the villages was positive. The level of poverty in each village has been significantly reduced by 8-40% after the introduction of the programme. Composite food security analysis at household level shows the positive impacts of DMP Programme implementation. This is shown by several indicators, including the rise of 4-7% availability, reduction in poverty by 8-40%, and decrease in people working fewer than 15 hours per week by 10-20%.

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Healthy Diets and Reduced Land Pressure: Towards a Double Gain for Future Food Systems in Nigeria

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su11030835 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (3) ◽

pp. 835 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Zuzana Smeets-Kristkova ◽

Thom Achterbosch ◽

Marijke Kuiper

Keyword(s):

Food Security ◽

Global Economy ◽

Food Systems ◽

Food System ◽

Production Systems ◽

Leverage Points ◽

Nutrition Security ◽

Positive Effects ◽

Healthy Diets ◽

The Impact

Nigeria is one of the most dynamic economies in Africa. Strong GDP and population growth coupled with urbanization trends place tremendous pressures on natural resources and the food systems that are dependent on them. Understanding the impact of these “mega trends” is important to identify key leverage points for navigating towards improved nutrition and food security in Nigeria. This paper contributes to the Foresight Project of the Food Systems for Healthier Diets which aims to analyse how the food system in Nigeria is expected to transform in the next decades, and to identify the leverage points for making sure that the transformation contributes to balanced consumer diets. For the food systems foresight, a well-established global economy-wide model, MAGNET, is applied that enables to capture the interlinkages among different food industry players in one consistent framework. By linking MAGNET to the GENUS nutritional database, it is further possible to relate the developments occurring on a macro-level with detailed macro and micronutrient consumption. Model projections suggest that a process of intensification of agriculture in combination with land substitution appears critical for the evolution of food and nutrition security, and for shifts towards healthy diets for the population. Intensification results in greater diversity of the production systems, which in turn cascades into positive effects on the diversity in the food supply and better food security outcomes.

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THE IMPACT OF T HE STATE ON CREATING CONDITIONS TO ENSURE FOOD SECURIT Y IN THE NATIONAL AND REGIONAL DIMENSION

Annals of the Polish Association of Agricultural and Agribusiness Economists ◽

10.5604/01.3001.0012.6716 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol XX (5) ◽

pp. 242-249 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Dariusz Żmija ◽

Katarzyna Żmija ◽

Marta Czekaj

Keyword(s):

Food Security ◽

Food System ◽

Regional Food ◽

Its Regions ◽

Regional Food System ◽

Technical Issues ◽

Access To Food ◽

The Impact ◽

Physical Availability ◽

Multidimensional Concept

The aim of the study was to identify the key directions of state influence which guarantee food security of the country and its regions, i.e. ensure physical availability of food, physical and economic access to food, its security and stability of the food system. The empirical study was based on the results of the workshops, which were organized in 2017 in the Rzeszów subregion, and whose participants were broadly understood stakeholders of the regional food system. The research results indicate that food security is a multidimensional concept referring to economic, political, demographic, social, cultural and technical issues. It requires to take various types of actions at the same time, carried out at various levels of state authorities, implemented in different areas.

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The Impact of Covid-19 on Livelihoods and Food Security

10.19088/core.2021.002 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Thompson, John Thompson, John ◽

Njuguna Ndung’u ◽

Miguel Albacete ◽

Abid Q. Suleri ◽

Junaid Zahid ◽

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Keyword(s):

Food Security ◽

Food Systems ◽

Social Protection ◽

Food System ◽

Small And Medium Enterprises ◽

Food Prices ◽

Sub Saharan Africa ◽

Policy And Practice ◽

The Impact ◽

Equity Core

Studies of livelihoods and food systems since the start of the global pandemic in 2020 have shown a consistent pattern: the primary risks to food and livelihood security are at the household level. Covid-19 is having a major impact on households’ production and access to quality, nutritious food, due to losses of income, combined with increasing food prices, and restrictions to movements of people, inputs and products. The studies included in this Research for Policy and Practice Report and supported by the Covid-19 Responses for Equity (CORE) Programme span several continents and are coordinated by leading research organisations with a detailed understanding of local food system dynamics and associated equity and livelihood issues in their regions: (1) the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on livelihoods in sub-Saharan Africa; (2) supporting small and medium enterprises, food security, and evolving social protection mechanisms to deal with Covid-19 in Pakistan; and (3) impact of Covid-19 on family farming and food security in Latin America: evidence-based public policy responses.

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Sustainable Agricultural Development under Climate Change in Bangladesh

Journal of Science Foundation ◽

10.3329/jsf.v11i1.19396 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. 17-28 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

MAA Faroque ◽

M Asaduzamman ◽

M Hossain

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Food Security ◽

Crop Production ◽

Food System ◽

Global Radiation ◽

Climatic Changes ◽

Radiation Balance ◽

Sea Level Changes ◽

High Yielding Varieties ◽

The Impact

Climate change is no more an environmental concern it has emerged as biggest developmental challenge for the most vulnerable Bangladesh. The whole international community is also scared of catastrophic adverse effects of future climatic changes on different spheres of man and nature, e.g. deglaciation and sea level changes, submergence of lands, nations and major coastal lowlands, atmospheric dynamics including evaporation and precipitation, global radiation balance, photosynthesis and ecological productivity, plant and animal community and many more. This paper tries to focus the adverse impacts of climatic changes on the crop production, food security, yield gap and sustainable agriculture by crop intensification and diversification. The impact of climate on agriculture could result in problems with food security and may threaten the livelihood activities upon which much of the population depends and thrives. Hilly committed research efforts showed technological progress as evidenced by release of 684 high yielding varieties of various crops and about 769 management technologies by NARS institutes, and universities. The greatest challenge for the future agriculture under climate change, we need improved and modified warning system, developed climate impact modules, build sufficient resilience of food system, comprehensive climate resilience strategies, develop database on climate. Also need top priority to mitigate the impact of climate change on agriculture through weather services, more research and extension service, agro advisories, insurance, community bank, intensify and diversify crop production system, modern high yielding varieties and management technologies for future sustainable agriculture.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jsf.v11i1.19396

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Food security policy choices: A review of the usefulness of public policy taxonomies

African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development ◽

10.18697/ajfand.94.20035 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 20 (06) ◽

pp. 16717-16737

Author(s):

Filippo Fossi ◽

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Sheryl L Hendriks ◽

Keyword(s):

Public Policy ◽

Food Security ◽

Security Policy ◽

Food Systems ◽

Food System ◽

Food Policy ◽

Security Policies ◽

Four Dimensions ◽

Dependent Variables ◽

Variable Problem

This paper addresses the "dependent variable"problem in food security policies, namely the difficulty in classifying food security policies that limits comparative policy studies. Policy comparisons require criteria that are general enough for broad application but sensitive to the context. A rigorous and objective basis for comparisons would allow for studying how policies, and food security policies in particular, emerge. This is important in Africa as, in the past, food security and nutrition crises have been attributed to the failure of government policies. This paper reviews the main key available public policy classifications based on their predictability, mutual-exclusivity and relevance. These include Lowi's and Wilson's typologies, the agricultural policies' classification by Norton and the FAO-FAPDA classification. The review found that available typologies do not accommodate multi-sectoral actions and are not entirely applicable to food security public policy classification. The domain shift from food policy to food security,and more recently to food systems demands that all elements in the food system to be taken into consideration in the policy process. This limits the use of policies as "dependent variables"and hence the study of how they emerge, particularly in Africa. A critique of available policy classes shows that these cannot be treated as "dependent variables". It is argued that a potential solution to the "dependent variable" problem of food security policies lies in the development of a taxonomy, simplifying their complexity with analytical shortcuts. Having reviewed Candel and Daugbjergs’ recent taxonomy, refinements are proposed to be applied in the African context. The proposed taxonomy represents an alternative to classify food security policies in Africa along four core dimensions. This classification offers prospects for researchers to study what factors drives policy-classes in one direction or the other, along the four dimensions. Although the scales and calibration of the four dimensions will need to be developed and tested, the proposed typology offers a way to treat the dimensions as “dependent variables”.

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Prioritizing Achievable Goals for Food Security in the Developing World

Global Journal of Medical Research ◽

10.34257/gjmrlvol21is1pg11 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 11-25

Author(s):

Sanjaya Rajaram ◽

Maarten van Ginkel

Keyword(s):

Food Security ◽

Food Systems ◽

Food System ◽

Systems Approach ◽

Climate Change Impacts ◽

Sub Saharan Africa ◽

Rapid Responses ◽

Sub Saharan ◽

New Research ◽

The Impact

Many solutions have been proposed to address food security. We present here a prioritized set of actions achievable within the next 2–10 years. By taking a systems approach we follow the impact pathway backwards starting from the needs and desires of the end-users to eventually define the research agenda that will exactly address those targeted solutions with positive impacts. The following actions emerge as high-priority and achievable in the near future: new research tools to study food systems; dis-aggregated intra-household surveys to reveal within-family inequalities in food access; increased scientific consensus on climate change impacts in sub-Saharan Africa; rapid response measures to address sudden emergencies, such as capturing excess rainfall water; financial tools to enable rapid responses with recovery measures afterwards; consideration of restrictions that excess heat and humidity impose on human productivity; secure land ownership and tenure rights to encourage long-term agricultural investment; mechanization at all stages along the food system.

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Analysis of Household Food Security Policy: Case of Food Security Village Programme, Indonesia

Asian Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development ◽

10.18488/journal.1005/2019.9.1/1005.1.19.32 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 19-32

Author(s):

Muhamad Rusliyadi ◽

Azaharaini Bin Hj Mohd Jamil ◽

Ratna Tri Kumalasari

Keyword(s):

Food Security ◽

Security Policy ◽

Security Analysis ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Household Food Security ◽

Household Level ◽

Central Java ◽

Self Sufficiency ◽

Before And After ◽

The Impact

The study analyses a food self-sufficiency village programme (DMP programme) at household level in the Central Java province of Indonesia. The data of the DMP programme was collected through unstructured and semi-structured questionnaires and focus-group discussions. The survey was conducted in four villages, each consisting of 100 samples based on a purposive and clustered sampling technique. The study compares the implication between indicators before and after the policy. It was found that the impact of the DMP programme on the villages was positive. The level of poverty in each village has been significantly reduced by 8-40% after the introduction of the programme. The composite food security analysis at the household level shows the positive impacts of the programme.

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Food Security Challenges in Rapidly Urbanizing Developing Countries: Insight from Indonesia

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su12229550 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (22) ◽

pp. 9550

Author(s):

Andi Syah Putra ◽

Guangji Tong ◽

Didit Okta Pribadi

Keyword(s):

Developing Countries ◽

Food Security ◽

Food Consumption ◽

Urban Areas ◽

Food System ◽

Supply And Demand ◽

Economic Benefits ◽

Food Composition ◽

Food Expenditures ◽

The Impact

Urbanization has become a global phenomenon that affects the food system. Some studies revealed that urbanization increases income/capita, thus transforming food consumption from cereals to animal products, vegetables, and fruits. Urbanization, particularly in developing countries, not only produces economic benefits but also various issues that might lessen peoples’ capacity to afford food. This study aims to analyze the impact of urbanization on food consumption, food composition, as well as farming performance. Series of consumption data since 1976 and statistical descriptive approaches were employed. The results showed a trend of declining the share of food expenditures, especially in urban areas, which is commonly regarded as a sign of increasing prosperity. Surprisingly, food composition remained stable, dominated by rice, due to lower-income and higher non-food expenditures of urban inhabitants mainly for housing, transportation, water and energy. The stagnancy of food composition provides less incentive for farmers; thus, farming is dominated by low-revenue paddy fields, uneducated laborers, and older farmers. Based on these findings, some recommendations can be suggested: (1) incorporating food composition and farming performance into food security policies, instead of merely focusing on the compliance of food supply and demand, (2) linking food issues with non-food issues, especially with urban planning, housing development, and transportation management to increase the income capacity of the society to purchase a greater variety of food, and (3) developing food diversification served by urban food vendors to support the benefits of the farming business.

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