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Resilience and Food Security in a Food Systems Context.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Béné, Christophe.
Other Authors: Devereux, Stephen.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, 2023.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Palgrave Studies in Agricultural Economics and Food Policy Series
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Editors and Contributors
  • About the Editors
  • Contributors
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • 1 Resilience, Food Security and Food Systems: Setting the Scene
  • Preamble: What This Book is About
  • Clarifying the Concepts
  • Food Security
  • Resilience
  • Food Systems
  • Linking Resilience, Food Security and Food Systems-Some Initial Remarks
  • Food Security, Shocks and Resilience…
  • Food Security, Resilience and Food Systems
  • Outline of the Volume
  • Part I: From Concepts to Policy and Narratives
  • Part II. Specific Issues and Empirical Analyses
  • Concluding Chapter
  • References
  • 2 Achieving Food Security Through a Food Systems Lens
  • Introduction
  • The Evolution of Food Security and Its Framing
  • Achieving Food Security Has Become More Complex in the Modern World
  • Food Systems Lens to Tackling Food Security
  • Functional Food Systems Do Not Always Equate to Food Security
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • 3 The Global Food System is Not Broken but Its Resilience is Threatened
  • Introduction
  • The Global Food System is Resilient in Terms of Food Supply
  • Many Reasons Why the Global Food System Needs a Profound Transformation
  • How to Move Towards such a Transformation?
  • Reticence and Obstacles Despite Alerts
  • The Engagement of Science to Help Moving Beyond Obstacles
  • Two Avenues to Illustrate the Journey From Obstacles to Transformation
  • Impacting at Scale Through "Cross Scales Contamination"
  • Generating a New Action Regime to Ensure the Convergence Between the Production of Private and Public Goods
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • 4 Food Security and the Fractured Consensus on Food Resilience: An Analysis of Development Agency Narratives
  • Introduction: Clarifying the Policy Language
  • Aims, Methods and Approach
  • Findings: 'Fractured Consensus' in What the Agencies Say They Mean.
  • Bilateral Development Agencies
  • Food Security and Food Resilience Narratives
  • Regional Development Banks
  • Food Security and Food Resilience Narratives
  • Multilateral Development Agencies
  • Food Security and Food Resilience Narratives
  • COVID-19, Food Resilience and Agency Responses
  • Discussion
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix 1: Bilateral Development Agencies-Key Aspects of Food Security Narrative
  • Appendix 2: Bilateral Development Agencies-Key Aspects of Resilience/Food Resilience Narratives
  • Appendix 3: Regional Development Banks-Key Aspects in Food Security Narratives
  • Appendix 4: Regional Development Banks-Key Aspects in Resilience/Food Resilience Narratives
  • Appendix 5: Multilateral Agencies-Key Aspects in Food Security Narratives
  • Appendix 6: International Agencies-Key Aspects of Resilience/Food Resilience Narratives
  • References
  • 5 Food Security and Resilience: The Potential for Coherence and the Reality of Fragmented Applications in Policy and Research
  • Introduction
  • Toward an Integrated Conceptual Model of Food Security Resilience
  • Food Security: From Pillars to Systems and the Importance of Agency
  • Resilience: Shocks, Stressors, and Resilience Capacities
  • Toward an Integrated Model of Food Security and Resilience
  • A Case Study: Lexical Analysis and Content Analysis of Food Security and Resilience
  • Methods
  • Document Selection
  • Procedures for the Lexical Trends Analysis
  • Procedures for Content Analysis
  • Results of the Lexical Trend Analysis of SOFI Reports
  • Results of Lexical Trends in Representative Peer-Reviewed Journals
  • Results from the Content Analysis of the Use of "Resilience" in SOFI
  • Content Analysis Results: The Use of "Resilience" in Global Food Security Articles
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix
  • References
  • 6 Food Systems, Resilience, and Their Implications for Public Action.
  • Introduction
  • Building Blocks
  • Linking Resilience to Food Systems
  • Food Production Resilience
  • Resilience in the Food Processing Sector
  • Resilient Food Markets
  • Food Security Resilience
  • Implications for Public Action
  • References
  • 7 Food Security Under a Changing Climate: Exploring the Integration of Resilience in Research and Practice
  • Introduction
  • Resilience in the Academic Literature on Food Security and Climate Change
  • Agricultural Food Production
  • Distribution, Processing, and Marketing
  • Food Preparation and Consumption
  • Capacity Building in Institutions and Governance
  • An Operational Problem
  • Resilience in Practice-The Case of Projects Implemented Through the Adaptation Fund (AF)
  • Discussion
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • 8 Gender, Resilience, and Food Systems
  • Introduction
  • Conceptual Framework
  • Application of the Framework to the Literature
  • Gender Differences in Exposure and Sensitivity to Disturbances
  • Gender and Exposure
  • Gender and Sensitivity
  • What Does a Food System Lens Add?
  • Gendered Resilience Capacities in Food Systems
  • Access to and Control Over Resources for Women's Empowerment and Resilience
  • Livelihood Roles, Employment, and Income
  • Access to Services: Extension, Information, and Financial Services
  • Time Burden and Resilience
  • Food Security and Nutritional Status
  • The Decision-Making Space and Responses to Disturbances
  • Decision-Making in Household and Community Spaces
  • Gendered Preferences for Response Choices and the Implications for Food Security
  • Pathways from Response Choices and Interventions to Differential Well-Being Outcomes
  • Impact Pathways
  • Well-Being Outcomes, Trade-Offs, and Feedback Loops
  • Gender-Responsive Policies and Programs for Greater Resilience
  • Conclusions
  • References.
  • 9 COVID-19, Household Resilience, and Rural Food Systems: Evidence from Southern and Eastern Africa
  • Introduction
  • Conceptual Framework
  • Contexts and the COVID-19 Pandemic in Rural Malawi, Madagascar, and Kenya
  • Malawi
  • Madagascar
  • Kenya
  • COVID-19 and Policy Responses
  • Malawi
  • Madagascar
  • Kenya
  • Food Security Outcomes and Identified Mechanisms
  • Food Security Outcomes
  • Meso-Level Mechanism 1: Health Shocks
  • Findings from Our Sites
  • Meso-Level Mechanism 2: Mobility Restrictions
  • Findings from Our Sites
  • Meso-Level Mechanism 3: Livelihood Disruptions
  • Findings from Our Sites
  • Meso-Level Mechanism 4: Price Shocks
  • Findings from Our Sites
  • Discussion and Conclusion
  • References
  • 10 Place-Based Approaches to Food System Resilience: Emerging Trends and Lessons from South Africa
  • Introduction
  • Food Systems, Place and Resilience
  • Experiences of Territorial Approaches to Food System Management
  • Place-Based Food System Governance: Recent Experience in South Africa
  • Conclusion: The Spirit of Place
  • References
  • 11 Urban Food Security and Resilience
  • Introduction
  • Urban Food Resilience and the 2nd Urban Transition
  • Evolving Global Governance Positions
  • Emerging Concepts and Positions
  • Urban Agriculture as a Source of Food System Resilience
  • Localized Food Systems as a Source of Resilience
  • City Regional Food System as a Way of Building Resilience
  • The Water-Energy-Food Nexus
  • Understanding Resilience in the African Urban Food System
  • Discussion and Conclusion
  • References
  • 12 Reflections and Conclusions
  • The Elusiveness of Concepts
  • The Food System is Broken…
  • …Or Is It?
  • Climate Changes Everything
  • Food System Paradoxes
  • Action for Resilience
  • Food Security and COVID-19
  • Measuring Resilience
  • Disaggregating Vulnerabilities
  • Disaggregating Places
  • Conclusion.
  • References
  • Correction to: Resilience and Food Security in a Food Systems Context
  • Correction to: C. Béné and S. Devereux (eds.), Resilience and Food Security in a Food Systems Context, Palgrave Studies in Agricultural Economics and Food Policy, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-23535-1
  • Index.

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