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 and R2 seminar with Prof. Tim Brown shares findings from Zimbabwe field research

The MiFOOD Network and the Remitting for Resilience (R2) project hosted a seminar on July 10, 2026, with ...
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MiFOOD scholar Sean Sithole publishes new Balsillie Paper on fintech, financial inclusion and digital remittances in Southern Africa

MiFOOD Network scholar Dr. Sean T. Sithole has published a new Balsillie Paper, Fintech, Financial Inclusion and Digital ...
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MiFOOD scholar Sean Sithole featured in IMRC podcast on fintech and remittances

MiFOOD scholar Dr. Sean Sithole from University of the Western Cape in South Africa was recently featured in ...

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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…

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Jonathan Crush, Abel Chikanda, Sujata Ramachandran. (eds.) (2025). New Directions in South-South Migration. Springer Nature.

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…

LATEST PUBLICATIONS

THESIS

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…

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Nicola Piper, Kavita Datta. (eds.) (2024). The Elgar Companion to Migration and the Sustainable Development Goals. Edward Elgar Publishing.

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