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MiFOOD and IIMAD Celebrate World Food Day with Webinar on Migration and Food Security

MiFOOD and IIMAD organized a webinar on migration and food security on October 18, 2024 to celebrate the World Food Day. The webinar, chaired by Prof. S. Irudaya Rajan of IIMAD, featured MiFOOD Director Jonathan Crush, who provided an overview of the MiFOOD network, its core objectives, and key outputs. The event also showcased recent […]

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MiFOOD Network participate in the Migration and Technology: Governance Innovation, Challenges and Future Directions that Leave No One Behind workshop

On October 8, 2024, several members of the MiFOOD Network participated in the Migration and Technology: Governance Innovation, Challenges and Future Directions that Leave No One Behind workshop at the Balsillie School of International Affairs. The International Migration Research Centre (IMRC), the MiFOOD Network, and the Balsillie School of International Affairs (BSIA) organized this workshop,

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MiFOOD team in Ecuador initiates “Manos Al Huerto” (Gardening Together) project

MiFOOD team in Ecuador initiates its “Manos Al Huerto” (Gardening Together) project by installing an irrigation system together with migrants from Venezuela and Colombia at the Foundation Nuestros Jovenes in Quito on September 22nd, 2024. The project is part of the MiFOOD SSHRC Project and involves the collaboration between ConQuito, FNJ, Agrupar and has been

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MiFOOD team in Ecuador launches recipe and oral history project “Wisdom and Flavours that Migrate”

MiFOOD team in Ecuador launches work for its Recipe and Oral History project “Sabores y Saberes que Migran”  (Wisdom and flavours that migrate). This project is one of the outputs of the research and community extension project of MiFOOD in Ecuador. It involves the collaboration of migrants, researchers, international and local organizations, including the World

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Team members of the Women Feeding Cities project attend the Mid-term Forum of NFRF-2022

More than 10 members of the Women Feeding Cities (WFC) project attended the Mid-term Forum of NFRF-2022 on September 12-13, 2024. Dr. Sujata Ramachandran presented, on behalf of the project, the project objectives, introduced the team members and highlighted the important outcomes of the project, including graduate students mentorship and training and policy audit reports

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MiFOOD researchers publish new paper on migrant remittances during the COVID-19 pandemic

MiFOOD director Jonathan Crush coauthored a paper with team member Godfrey Tawodzera from the University of the Western Cape about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on migrant remittances. The paper titled “Digital Disruptions in the South Africa–Zimbabwe Remittance Corridor During COVID-19” is now published in the journal Migration and Development. The paper aims to

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MiFOOD researcher Zack Ahmed addresses global audience at HLPF side event on the food security and nutrition in the world

Zack Ahmed, a PhD candidate in Global Governance and a researcher on migration and food security with MiFOOD Network, recently represented BSIA and the World Food Forum (WFF) at a high-profile side event during the United Nations (UN) High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) in New York. The event, held on July 15, 2024, at the UN Headquarters,

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MiFOOD partner in India reveals findings of migration trends in Kerala Migration Survey

Prof. S. Irudaya Rajan, the lead of the MiFOOD team in India, has unveiled findings from the Kerala Migration Survey 2023, conducted by the Gulati Institute of Finance and Taxation with support from MiFOOD partner, the International Institute of Migration and Development (IIMAD). The survey was conducted with 20,000 households across Kerala. The Kerala Migration

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New Project on Migration and Climate Adaptation

The MiFOOD Network and the Hungry Cities Partnership (HCP) are delighted to announce the award of a new three-year project grant by the Government of Canada through the New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF)’s 2023 International Joint Initiative for Research in Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Competition. This $2.4 million grant entitled “Remitting for Resilience

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