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Context is key to understand and improve livestock production systems

IF 9.8 1区经济学 Q1 FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment

Pub Date : 2025-03-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.gfs.2025.100840

Clare E. Kazanski , Mulubhran Balehegn , Kristal Jones , Harriet Bartlett , Alicia Calle , Edenise Garcia , Heidi-Jayne Hawkins , Dianne Mayberry , Eve McDonald-Madden , Wilfred O. Odadi , Jessica Zionts , Michael Clark , Tara Garnett , Mario Herrero , Hannah VanZanten , John Ritten , Giovanni Mallmann , Matthew Tom Harrison , Deborah Bossio , Sasha Gennet

Ruminant livestock production is arguably the most varied, complex, impactful, and controversial land use sector of our global food system today. Despite calls for improved sustainability across the sector, progress has been limited. To advance effective solutions, there is a need to understand livestock systems and outcomes at regional scales, grounded enough in local conditions to be relevant, yet broad enough to be generalizable for policy or funding interventions. Using a comparative qualitative analysis of ten expert-led case studies from diverse agroecological regions and production systems around the world, we offer an updated approach to categorizing livestock systems, discuss relevant outcomes, and offer insight into the key contextual factors that influence current systems and potential for change. We find that in addition to livestock production system classes, economic (local, regional, and global economics and markets), environmental (biome suitability for ruminant grazing, land condition, precipitation), and social and cultural factors (land tenure, cultural embeddedness of livestock) are important to consider. Our case study analysis also shows that livestock management is typically motivated by at least five outcomes, with priority outcomes shifting from region to region, highlighting that livestock plays different roles, with different implications, in different places. We conclude that use of a context-based lens considering multiple outcomes and perspectives will likely improve the pace of progress toward environmental and social sustainability of livestock production.

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Remittances, food insecurity, and coping strategies of West African migrants in Accra, Ghana

IF 9.8 1区经济学 Q1 FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment

Pub Date : 2025-03-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.gfs.2025.100846

Ralph Armah , Mary B. Setrana , Peter Quartey , Aba Crentsil , Cynthia Addoquaye Tagoe , Innocent Agbelie

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Subnational and lifecycle-specific estimates of diet costs support nutrition-sensitive policies and programmes

IF 9.8 1区经济学 Q1 FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment

Pub Date : 2025-03-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.gfs.2025.100838

Janosch Klemm , Zuzanna Turowska , Gregory Sclama , Saskia de Pee

National level estimates of diet costs are increasingly being published and serve to track global goals and compare costs across countries. Subnational level estimates, which can be aggregated to a national average, can be used to inform local policies and programmes. This study has two objectives: First, to assess whether national level diet costs from the Fill the Nutrient Gap (FNG) analysis are in line with national estimates from the Food Prices for Nutrition (FPN) Project and discuss methodological differences. Second, to review the added value of subnational and lifecycle-specific estimates from FNG to inform design of policies and programmes for improving nutrition of the most vulnerable groups. We examined the subnational estimates and national level averages of the cost of energy-sufficient and nutrient-adequate diets calculated in 26 FNG country analyses. We assessed the correlation with the corresponding national-level estimates for 2017 that were published in the FPN DataHub for energy-sufficient (r = 0.79, p < 0.001) and nutrient-adequate diets (r = 0.61, p = 0.001). For many countries, subnational variation of diet costs within the country was as large as variation across countries. Of individuals considered in the FNG approach, the cost of a nutrient-adequate diet was found to be highest for the adolescent girl. Subnational and lifecycle-specific estimates of the cost of nutrient needs from FNG analyses provided valuable additional information that has successfully informed policies and programmes in health, education and social protection sectors.

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Nutrient production, water consumption, and stresses of large-scale versus small-scale agriculture: A global comparative analysis based on a gridded crop model

IF 9.8 1区经济学 Q1 FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment

Pub Date : 2025-03-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.gfs.2025.100844

Han Su , Timothy Foster , Rick J. Hogeboom , Diana V. Luna-Gonzalez , Oleksandr Mialyk , Bárbara Willaarts , Yafei Wang , Maarten S. Krol

Agricultural water consumption is the main contributor to water scarcity worldwide, while small-scale and large-scale agriculture have distinguishing characteristics. Significant gaps remain in the process-based agricultural production and water consumption estimates distinguishing small-scale and large-scale agriculture, which inhibits our deep understanding of where, how, and by whom crops are produced and against what water outcomes. We close this gap by leveraging a gridded crop model, covering 61% of the global harvested area using a 2010 baseline. Results show small-scale agriculture accounts for 43% of the total harvested area, however, contributes to relatively less nutrient production despite cultivating more food crops (relative to their total harvested area) than large-scale agriculture. This result challenges the assumption made by existing global scale studies when allocating national agricultural production to small-scale and large-scale agriculture, which (partly) ignores the differences in climate conditions, soil characteristics, input level, and type of irrigation that small-scale versus large-scale agriculture may have. The lower contribution is due to both water and soil fertility stress. Small-scale agriculture overrepresents in water-scarce regions but consumes much less blue water (38%) compared to its harvested area (54%). In water-scarce regions, soil fertility stress causes small-scale agriculture the unproductive green water utilization and a 70–90% unmet crop production potential. Our findings demonstrate the unequal exposure and contribution to water scarcity between small-scale and large-scale agriculture and between food and non-food crops. Understanding such disparities is one of the first and necessary steps toward enhancing the resilience and sustainability of agricultural systems.

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Global review of consumer preferences and willingness to pay for edible insects and derived products

IF 9.8 1区经济学 Q1 FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment

Pub Date : 2025-03-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.gfs.2025.100834

Zewdu Abro , Kibrom T. Sibhatu , Gebeyehu Manie Fetene , Mohammed Hussen Alemu , Chrysantus M. Tanga , Subramanian Sevga , Menale Kassie

The rising global demand for protein, driven by population growth, urbanization, economic development, and climate change, underscores the need for sustainable alternative protein sources. Edible insects have emerged as a viable solution to enhance foodfeed and nutritional security while contributing to waste management. This study reviews 128 peer-reviewed publications to assess consumer preferences and willingness to pay (WTP) for edible insects and their derivatives. Findings reveal that studies predominantly focus on Europe and insect-based foods, with limited research on insect-based feeds and derived products. Consumers in Africa, Asia, and Latin America show higher acceptance of insect-based food compared to those in Western nations, where psychological barriers such as neophobia, disgust, and limited awareness hinder adoption. WTP for insect-based foods varies, with some consumers willing to pay a premium while others expect lower prices than conventional options. Integrating edible insects into sustainable food and feed ssytems requires public education, innovative marketing, and scaling up production.

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Resilience of food supply systems to sudden shocks: A global review and narrative synthesis

IF 9.8 1区经济学 Q1 FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment

Pub Date : 2025-03-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.gfs.2025.100842

Iona Y. Huang , Oscar A. Forero , Erika V. Wagner-Medina , Hernando Florez Diaz , Ourania Tremma , Xavier Fargetton , James Lowenberg-DeBoer

Global food supply systems (FSS) are increasingly tested by sudden shocks such as pandemics, geopolitical conflicts, and extreme weather events, that demand adaptive and transformative responses. This systematic review analyses 26 empirical studies published between 2016 and 2023, each examining an abrupt disruption in FSS. Of these, 22 focus on exposure to COVID-19 and four on natural disasters. Findings reveal that the most resilient food supply systems are those that combine strong operational, relational, and structural attributes with well-developed capacities at each shock phase (pre-, during-, and post-). These elements, taken together, not only enable effective recovery (returning to near-normal function) but also foster adaptation (dynamic adjustments to new conditions) and transformational shifts (permanent, beneficial reconfigurations) whenever disruptive events strike. However, many studies indicate that the capacity to “bounce forward” remains limited: short-term coping actions are often not converted into long-term structural reforms. This gap is particularly noticeable in settings with weak policy frameworks or resource constraints, undermining broader resilience gains. Although FSS often exhibit significant adaptability during disruptions, deeper transformation requires sustained efforts and alignment among governmental, private-sector, and community actors. The integrated framework of resilience proposed in this review clarifies how attributes underpin capacities that, when activated through concrete actions, shape resilience outcomes. By emphasising both short-term coping and long-term systemic change, stakeholders can strengthen future resilience strategies across diverse FSS contexts. Enhanced conceptual clarity, multi-scalar approaches, and expanded empirical evidence are crucial for guiding policy and practice, ultimately enabling FSS to withstand and learn from sudden shocks.

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What policy support do smallholders in high-income countries need to contribute to healthy, sustainable food systems? A scoping review

IF 9.8 1区经济学 Q1 FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment

Pub Date : 2025-03-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.gfs.2025.100839

Kerri-Anne Gill , Navid Teimouri , Jessica Bogard , Katherine Cullerton

Global food systems face complex challenges and need to transform to meet increasing demand for food, sustainably. Smallholders are a significant population of food producers and need to be considered in this transformation. However, international policy advice and much of the existing research has focused only on smallholders in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) without considering what support smallholders in high-income countries (HICs) need, or currently receive.

A systematic scoping review was undertaken to identify peer-reviewed articles describing needs of, and public policies supporting, smallholders in HICs, from four databases. Fifty-six articles were included in the review. Needs and policy recommendations extracted from these articles were compared to a framework developed by thematically analysing three policy advice documents from FAO’s Committee on World Food Security (CFS) to isolate 13 specific policy recommendations.

The scoping review found support among HIC smallholders for ten of the 13 CFS recommendations but no support for developing a broad smallholder vision or policy, maintaining smallholder data systems or using public procurement to support smallholders. Eight additional needs were elicited from the data that were not identified in CFS advice.

This study highlights gaps between HIC smallholder needs, existing policies and international policy advice with implications for policy, namely, that policymakers should collaborate with smallholders to develop simple, targeted policies and focus on strengthening rural communities.

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Feeding hope: Zimbabwean migrants in South Africa and the evolving landscape of cross-border remittances 哺育希望：在南非的津巴布韦移民和不断变化的跨境汇款情况

IF 9.8 1区经济学 Q1 FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment

Pub Date : 2025-03-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.gfs.2025.100843

Sean T. Sithole , Daniel Tevera , Mulugeta F. Dinbabo

Cross-border food remittances contribute to household food security in the receiving countries in the Global South. This paper draws on recent research on Zimbabwean cross-border food remittances from South Africa to Zimbabwe to explore the impact on food security back home. This is achieved by examining food remittance flows from South Africa through digital channels and informal land corridors using cross-border transporters. The paper discusses both the recent widespread use of digital and mobile technology-based pathways and other traditional channels to remit food back home to Zimbabwe and the factors that have contributed to the shift. The study is based on a desktop methodology that involves an in-depth analysis of peer-reviewed journal articles and reports on food remittances by Zimbabwean migrants based in South Africa. The findings reveal complex and interesting insights into past and current cross-border food flows. First, the food remitting channels are diverse and include hybrid food remitting processes. Second, cross-border food remittances impact local food systems, although households with family members in the diaspora generally enjoy improved food and nutrition security. The paper also examines the impact of the shift to digital food transfers on households, cross-border food transfers, and local food producers, particularly in terms of accessibility, affordability, and nutritional diversity.

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Water-cropland resources and agricultural management shape the main interactions with food self-sufficiency goals

IF 9.8 1区经济学 Q1 FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment

Pub Date : 2025-02-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.gfs.2025.100841

Achraf Mamassi , Nicolas Guilpart , Lucile Muneret , Francesco Accatino

Regional and national food policies must seek to attain equilibrium among social, economic, political, agricultural, and environmental factors. As a developmental objective, food self-sufficiency (FSS) responds to a region's need for increased autonomy and control over its own food supply. In this systematic review, we employed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) protocol to assess the state of the art, then, we explored 109 final selected studies, focusing on the main interactions associated to achieving FSS goals. We found that FSS objectives can be realised through context-dependent interactions with 47 identified factors. The main limitations associated with attaining FSS goals emerge from the confluence of trade-offs with water and agricultural land. The positive interplay between FSS and agricultural management highlights the synergies that result from adopting advanced sustainable technologies and practices and optimizing resource-use efficiency, which holds promise for achieving FSS goals. We identified a shortage of studies focusing on food consumption, distribution, and access related factors, despite their relevance in promoting FSS and food security. We identified four primary developmental strategies rooted in local agricultural management practices, each aimed at addressing the achievement of FSS goals while mitigating associated trade-offs: cropland expansion/cropland-water resource management, yield gap closure, cropping systems diversification/integrated crop management, and urban agriculture. In conclusion, identifying factors that limit or strengthen FSS can help to facilitate the transition away from siloed government strategies to arbitrate between different holistic development strategies according to local contexts.

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The role of social protection in achieving resilient and inclusive rural transformation

IF 9.8 1区经济学 Q1 FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment

Pub Date : 2025-02-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.gfs.2025.100836

Mari Kangasniemi , Garima Bhalla , Marco Knowles , Karen Codazzi Pereira , Ugo Gentilini

Rural and structural transformation can lead to large improvements in welfare, but the outcomes depend on the inclusivity of transformation processes. Climate change, transitions to low productivity employment and divergent nutrition trends make resilient and inclusive transformation increasingly challenging to achieve. By bringing together findings on the diverse range of impacts of social protection from different strains of literature, this paper argues that social protection can make rural transformation more resilient and inclusive through two key pathways: i) increased human capital including healthy diets and nutrition and ii) improved resource allocation and risk management. However, this requires implementing social protection as an integral part of rural transformation policies, expansion of social protection coverage to enhance resilience and inclusivity and acknowledging trade-offs from multiple policy objectives.

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