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, particularly in relation to agriculture, which are highly political and can have large effects on global, national, and local food systems. The aim of this study was to analyse two multilateral trade policy ... multilateral trade policy decisions relevant to food and nutrition security, to understand the political and power dynamics in the spaces in which these decisions are being made at the global level, in order to
presented an argument with a family resemblance to ours at a meeting of the International Political Economy Society in 2010. Their never-published paper deployed a different sample, unit of analysis ... Political instability by raising bread prices* relationship. As illustrated in the appendix, the underlying parameter estimates again show medium-to-high robustness for cereal prices. While our results are
An adequate supply of energy, micronutrients and macronutrients is essential to achieve food and nutrition security to prevent malnutrition. Socio-economic, political, and climatic events, however ... policy changes and political, socioeconomic and climatic events from 1961 to 2013 in Zambia. Due to the lack of national food consumption data, food supply data from the FAO food balance sheets, matched to
undermining and misdirecting extension. Finally, the political-economic underpinnings of extension require critical scrutiny and strategic interventions. While many challenges threaten extension effectiveness ... within the political economy of agrarian change” and thus shaped by powerful social and economic forces (Cook et al., 2021) . Extension in SSA has its roots in colonial administrations’ efforts to
political spheres. This makes finding solutions complex as traditional linear models of treatment and effect have proven only minimally successful or unfeasible at the population level. There is also a ... growing global challenge, and no country has yet reversed the upward trend in prevalence. The causes are multifaceted, spanning individual, societal, environmental, and political spheres. This makes finding
countries. Drawing from political economy and food system transformation discourses, we are using the popular intervention types of nutrition-sensitive value chains (marketization logic) and biofortification ... incorporating their embeddedness in the wider food systems and the relevant political-economic and social relations that influence the production and consumption of food. We conclude that the systemic nature of
–2017) and political commitment to- and policy coherence in- nutrition. We reviewed nutrition-relevant Rwandan policies and programs (2000–2018) and conducted 90 semi-structured interviews with national ... . Analysis consisted of thematic analysis and the assessment of events, policy developments, and strategies that influenced nutrition in Rwanda, including operationalization of political commitment and policy
, 6706, KN Wageningen , The Netherlands Violent political conflict has been documented to have comprehensive adverse effects on economic activity and, thus, substantially harm social welfare. As conflict ... corridors. Changes in market size; Conflict; Differentiated goods; Economic space; Food demand; Fresh food marketing; Israeli-Palestinian conflict; MENA; Palestine 1 Introduction Violent political conflict
processes of food production, distribution, retail, consumption, and the natural, technological, political, social, and economic environments within which they are embedded. These interlinkages are manifested ... level of analysis. In Table 2, the first food system domain relates to the policy environment. This domain is about national and international political and institutional actors, that shape ultra
advocacy, political attention, evidence around intervention coverage, civil society involvement, and activity of nutrition champions. These factors have been especially important in creating and sustaining ... implementation of nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive interventions. Enabling environment components that improved included the framing of nutrition as a multisectoral issue, nutrition advocacy, political
to include: economic, social, geographical, and political influences. Despite many similarities between the U.S. and Australia, several differences noted included: a broader definition of food security ... the programs can vary widely depending on political ideology, history, and needs. In the U.S., there are fifteen federal programs that are specific to food aid (i.e., food commodities and/or food
. Taking a largely political economy lens, he has focused primarily on food policy and the facilitation of new institutional arrangements for fo o d s ys t e m g ove r n a n c e . Scott has wide-ranging ... time – less is known about the “enabling environments” that are foundational for building political momentum and converting this momentum into results on the ground (Gillespie et al., 2013; Ruel
structural factors (including longstanding social inequities), and changes in political commitment, cross-sectoral coherence and capacity. Given the inherent multisectoral nature of nutrition, many countries ... environment, particularly with regard to political commitment, cross-sectoral coherence and capacity? 4.1 Trends and associations in determinants of change Table 2 summarises findings from regression
conditions (22–47%), and maternal factors (15–30%). Political and bureaucratic leadership engaged civil society and development partners facilitated change. Policy and program actions to address the ... maternal factors, socioeconomic conditions, coverage of health and nutrition interventions, under broader political and enabling societal conditions for achieving declines in stunting. These findings also
Review of JoEllen DeLucia's A Feminine Enlightenment: British Women Writers and the Philosophy of Progress, 1759-1820.
Review of JoEllen DeLucia's A Feminine Enlightenment: British Women Writers and the Philosophy of Progress, 1759-1820.
emergent properties of food systems (what we call food system synthesis) is a socio-political challenge that is affected by competing views regarding system boundaries and purposes, and limited possibilities ... directions - i.e. food system synthesis - need to grapple with issues proposed by different strands of system thinking (Table 1), including especially political/critical systems thinking, social/institutional
Malnutrition in all its forms continues to be a massive global challenge, and the past decade has seen a growing political attention to addressing malnutrition in different contexts. What has been ... demand from countries, is tangible, practical and rigorous insights and lessons (from other countries or contexts) on how to translate this burgeoning political momentum into effective policies and
the diversity of rural households, and an inadequate appreciation of the impact of rapid structural changes in markets, the physical environment, and the political economic context. A better ... Foreign Affairs and Trade. Prior to this he was Director of the Centre for Development Innovation at Wageningen University and Research Centre in the Netherlands. He holds a PhD in political economics and a
, although recognising the political benefits of a food security law. These disagreements were consistent throughout the formulation of the NFSA, and in turn cast the Act as a product of compromise. Although ... include: ecological stresses (Dasgupta & Sirohi, 2010; Gupta et al., 2015) , nutrition and public health (Baviskar, 2018; Mander, 2011) , political economy (Carolan, 2013; McMichael, 2009) , and
