The Hungry Cities Partnership (HCP) is an international network of partner organizations which focuses on the relationships between rapid urbanization, urban food systems and migration in the Global South.

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MiFOOD Research and Writing Workshop builds capacity, strengthens collaboration, and advances project outputs

The MiFOOD Network hosted its first-ever Research and Writing Workshop from August 5–8, 2025, at the Balsillie School ...
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MiFOOD workshop explores migrant food security and livelihood resilience in a time of global disruptions

On July 31, 2025, the MiFOOD Network hosted a half-day workshop at the Balsillie School of International Affairs ...
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MiFOOD team presents at the 6th ICCCASU Conference in Ottawa and receives special recognition

From July 28 to 30, MiFOOD team members participated in the 6th International Conference on Canadian, Chinese and ...

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South-South Migration: Examining the Links Between Food Security and Migration from Ghana to Qatar

Bernard Owusu

— PhD Thesis — This dissertation contributes to the migration-development literature by integrating food security into the analysis of South-South migration. While migration and development have been extensively studied, the connection between migration and food security remains underexplored, particularly in South-South migration contexts. The dissertation highlights the role of migration as both…

BOOK

Corin Bailey, Roy McCree, Latoya Lazarus, and Natalie Dietrich Jones. (eds.) (2024). The Routledge Companion to Applied Qualitative Research in the Caribbean. Taylor & Francis.

DISCUSSION PAPER

Invisible Work, Visible Impacts: Gender, Migrants, and Informal Food Trade amid the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Global South

Laeba Khan

MiFOOD Paper No. 27 — This paper examines the abrupt and far-reaching consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on women engaged in the informal food sector within the Global South. It highlights the deepening effects of the pandemic on food insecurity, gender inequality, and economic disparities. Based on a case study of…

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HCP REPORT

Inclusive Growth and the Informal Food Sector in Windhoek, Namibia

Ndeyapo Nickanor, Lawrence Kazembe, Jonathan Crush and Tobias Shinyemba

This report presents the results of the first comprehensive survey of the informal food sector in the Namibian capital of Windhoek. As such, it aims to shed light on the food system of the country’s largest urban centre. The informal food sector is critical to the food security of poor…

DISCUSSION PAPER

Invisible Work, Visible Impacts: Gender, Migrants, and Informal Food Trade amid the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Global South

Laeba Khan

MiFOOD Paper No. 27 — This paper examines the abrupt and far-reaching consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on women engaged in the informal food sector within the Global South. It highlights the deepening effects of the pandemic on food insecurity, gender inequality, and economic disparities. Based on a case study of…

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