IIMAD and MiFOOD’s Irudaya Rajan publishes article on return migration during COVID-19
IIMAD and MiFOOD’s Irudaya Rajan publishes article titled “Distress return migration amid COVID-19: Kerala’s response” in the Asian and Pacific Migration Journal. The paper explores the circumstances of return migration since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic by focusing on a case study of Kerala and provide insights on the future of emigration from this…
MiFOOD Paper No. 3 on migrant food security in urban China is posted
Nanjing University’s Taiyang Zhong coauthored the MiFOOD Paper No.3 with Fei Xu and Jonathan Crush entitled “COVID-19, the Hukou System and Migrant Food Security in Urban China”. Using multiple linear regression and ordered logistic regression, the paper examines the impact of migration status on food security during the pandemic. The paper finds that during the…
HCP’s Guénola Capron and Salomon Gonzalez publish a paper with Linda Moreno Sanchez on Supermarkets in Mexico
HCP Partners Guénola Capron and Salomon Gonzalez in Mexico publish a paper with Linda Moreno Sanchez on Supermarkets in Mexico in the journal Echogéo (in French). The paper is titled “Les supermarchés au Mexique et dans la Zone Métropolitaine de Mexico: Logiques d’implantation territoriale et inégalités socio-spatiales”. It could be accessed here.
HCP’s Taiyang Zhong publishes paper with Jonathan Crush on online food purchasing in China
HCP’s Taiyang Zhong publishes paper in the journal Land with Jonathan Crush on online food purchasing in China. It examines the relationship between the rapid growth of online food purchasing and household food security during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in China. The study demonstrated that online food purchase was especially important to…
MiFOOD Webinar Series features Dr. Jenna Hennebry on gender equality and migration
On June 28th 2022, Dr. Jenna Hennebry presents at the MiFOOD Webinar Series on gendering the Global Compact for Migration after COVID. In the webinar, Dr. Hennebry reflects on the capacity of the UN Network on Migration and the commitments of states and stakeholder to respond to the realities of gender inequality that have been…
HCP hosts MiFOOD Webinar Series No. 3 on Innovative Approaches to Migration and Food Security in Urbanizing Kenya
On May 17th 2022, HCP partners Dr. Sam Owuor from University of Nairobi and Dr. Cherie Enns from University of the Fraser Valley, Dr. Elizabeth Oyango, PhD candidates Jeremy Wagner and Zack Ahmed present their research on innovative approaches to migration and food security in urban Kenya. The webinar is the 3rd of the MiFOOD…
HCP holds Inception Workshop on Precarity, Exclusion and Migrant Food Insecurity in Cities of the Global South
Hungry Cities Partnership holds the Inception Workshop online on Precarity, Exclusion and Migrant Food Insecurity in Cities of the Global South on April 20 and 21, 2022. The workshop features presentations of research projects in partner countries that address the theme of WorkStream 1 of the MiFOOD project. The workshop allows the HCP community to…
HCP partner Marie Ruel speaks at the MiFOOD Webinar Series on Measuring Food Security in the Time of COVID-19
HCP Partner Marie Ruel from IFPRI Speaks at the MiFOOD Webinar Series on Measuring Food Security in the Time of COVID-19 on April 14, 2022. The presentation provides a brief overview of available indicators to measure different dimensions of food security and for different purposes, focusing on population level measurement. The webinar could be watched…
HCP’s Cameron McCordic and Bruce Frayne publish paper on gender differences in measuring household food insecurity in northern Ghana
HCP’s Cameron McCordic and Bruce Frayne co-author a paper with Siera Vercillo entitled “Considering gender differences in measuring household food insecurity in northern Ghana“. The paper published in the journal Development in Practice compares estimates of household food insecurity between men and women living within the same household to assess whether there is a gender…
MiFOOD Inception Workshop on Precarity, Exclusion and Migrant Food Insecurity in Cities of the Global South is Open for Registration
MiFOOD Inception Workshop on Precarity, Exclusion and Migrant Food Insecurity in Cities of the Global South is Open for Registration. MiFOOD partners from multiple cities in 13 countries will present their research projects on migration and food security in cities in the Global South. The two-day workshop aims to facilitate dialogues and community building among…