scholarly journals Effects of the COVID-19 lockdown on the livelihood and food security of street food vendors and consumers in Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 106-114
Author(s):  
Oloko Majing ◽  
Ekpo Regina
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2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 62-65
Author(s):  
Marselinus Laga Nur ◽  
Anna Henny Talahatu ◽  
Christine Rohani Tadjo Tallo

Street Food provides an important contribution to the fulfillment of children's energy while in school, but street food is very risky for biological, physical, and chemical contamination. These problems caused by several factors, namely the knowledge, attitudes, and actions of the makers, sellers, and buyers, about the importance of food security. Therefore, one of the efforts made by the government to overcome food insecurity is by educating five keys of food safety measures for the school community, students, and vendors of Pupils street food. This study is descriptive research that aims to know the knowledge and attitudes of the pupils in choosing food and vendors in processing street food at SD Inpres Bertingkat Kelapa Lima II Kota Kupang dealing with the five food security keys. The samples in this study were 52 students and 4 food vendors. The results showed that the knowledge of 52 student respondents, specifically 35 (67.3%) students had good knowledge, 14 (26.9%) students had sufficient knowledge, and 3 (5.8%) students had less knowledge. The attitude of 52 Respondents were categorized as Positive (100%). The respondent's actions based on triangulation revealed that the most of respondents still had actions that were not in accordance with the 5 keys food safety measures in the Selection of Snacks for Students.


2020 ◽  
Vol 83 (8) ◽  
pp. 1345-1358
Author(s):  
CLAUDIA PATRÍCIA ALVAREZ CONTRERAS ◽  
RYZIA de CASSIA VIEIRA CARDOSO ◽  
LIS NERY NUNES da SILVA ◽  
RAFAEL EMILIO GONZALEZ CUELLO

ABSTRACT Public management of street food is a challenge in many countries. In Colombia, despite the extent of the economic, social, and food contributions of the segment and the concern from the public health perspective, the amount of research on the subject still remains insufficient. Thus, this study aimed to establish a panorama of the street food trade in Colombia, considering its mode of operation, food security, and regulatory context, based on the scientific literature published between 2000 and 2018. A literature review was carried out in the Medline, SciELO, LILACS, Scopus, Redalyc, and Google Scholar databases, as well as in the University of Colombia's institutional repositories and scientific books. A set of 19 publications were selected and evaluated for three dimensions—work and culture, food safety, and regulation—according to the objectives and methodologies applied. In category 1, relative to work and culture, five studies were retrieved (26.3%), highlighting the economic and social contribution of the sector and the protection of food cultural heritage. Category 2, referring to hygiene and microbiological safety in the activity, covers 11 publications (57.9%) and comprised the largest research field of interest in the country. Among the food pathogens surveyed, Salmonella spp. were the most investigated, registering nonconformity in the samples (6.55%). Category 3, with three articles (15.8%), covered public policies and regulation of the segment, highlighting the challenges to regulating the sector and the need for intersectional articulation in administrative policies. The results confirm both the relevance of the segment to food security and the concern with microbiological hazards, demanding strategies to improve its regulation and functioning in the country, with the aim of protecting the health of consumers. HIGHLIGHTS


Food Security ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
pp. 861-878 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kirit Patel ◽  
David Guenther ◽  
Kyle Wiebe ◽  
Ruth-Anne Seburn

Author(s):  
Ruchi Verma ◽  
Sunita Mishra

Street foods plays vital role for low and middle income group of urban peoples of developing countries, street foods meets food and nutritional requirements at very affordable prices for peoples all over the world. Mostly street foods are unhealthy foods, which is increased by high risk of contamination through physical, chemical and biological components which occurs a grave concern in the form of food safety and security. Street foods are nutritionally rich and these are rich source of carbohydrates and fats, eating which increases the risk of chronic non communicable diseases. Street foods may the increases risk of foodborne illnesses, which is the reason of food contamination through the microorganisms and so that food poisoning are developed. Due to lack of facilities, cheap raw materials, also lack of education and insufficient knowledge (GMP) of street food handlers, can cause foodborne diseases and chronic non-communicable diseases, and with which strongly influence on Food Safety, Nutritional Value and  health of school children’s and all  urban peoples of developing countries. To troubleshoot all these problems proper health authorities should regulate the marketing of street food products and start a proper training program for the urban street food handlers and school based street food handlers, which is related to food safety, food security, foodborne diseases and non communicable diseases. In addition, the inclusion of food safety and food security in school courses will provide opportunities for all peoples and school children’s to becomes aware about food safety, food security and nutrition. however, street foods are oftentimes an unhealthy diet and notwithstanding, street foods meet peoples dietary needs. Street food vending have occurred a vital public health issues and a major consideration to everybody. The objective of this study to describe nutritional issues of street foods to the diet, Nutritional Value of Street Foods, consumers eating habits and its impact on Health. It is necessary that, the standards suggested by the Codex Alimentarius Commission and WHO should be included, to contribute to nutritional security of street foods and public health.


2002 ◽  
Vol 17 (S2) ◽  
pp. S20-S21
Author(s):  
Gregg Greenough ◽  
Ziad Abdeen ◽  
Bdour Dandies ◽  
Radwan Qasrawi

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 723-729
Author(s):  
Roslyn Gleadow ◽  
Jim Hanan ◽  
Alan Dorin

Food security and the sustainability of native ecosystems depends on plant-insect interactions in countless ways. Recently reported rapid and immense declines in insect numbers due to climate change, the use of pesticides and herbicides, the introduction of agricultural monocultures, and the destruction of insect native habitat, are all potential contributors to this grave situation. Some researchers are working towards a future where natural insect pollinators might be replaced with free-flying robotic bees, an ecologically problematic proposal. We argue instead that creating environments that are friendly to bees and exploring the use of other species for pollination and bio-control, particularly in non-European countries, are more ecologically sound approaches. The computer simulation of insect-plant interactions is a far more measured application of technology that may assist in managing, or averting, ‘Insect Armageddon' from both practical and ethical viewpoints.


2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ariel-Ann Lyons ◽  
Connie Nelson
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