SOUTH AFRICA - Hunger in South Africa: study shows one in five are at risk [The Conversation, February 2023]

Title:

SOUTH AFRICA - Hunger in South Africa: study shows one in five are at risk 

 

Author:

Asanda Mtintsilana 

Postdoctoral researcher, University of the Witwatersrand

 

Published:

The Conversation, 15 February 2023

https://theconversation.com/hunger-in-south-africa-study-shows-one-in-five-are-at-risk-199133

 

From the article:

In terms of income distribution, South Africa is one of the most unequal countries in the world. The impact of COVID-19 on the economy has worsened this inequality and increased social vulnerability among poor people. Poverty is inherently associated with food insecurity – a state in which socially vulnerable people can’t get enough nutritious and safe food. 

 

University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), South Africa - Time to go back to the basics of African nutrition to solve the continent’s food insecurity problem

Title:

Time to go back to the basics of African nutrition to solve the continent’s food insecurity problem

 

Published:

Wits Business School, 1 June 2022

https://www.wbs.ac.za/news/time-to-go-back-to-the-basics-of-african-nutrition-to-solve-the-continents-food-insecurity-problem.php

 

From the article:

The impacts of climate change, violent conflicts and rising global food prices due to supply chain constraints are currently some of the main threats to food security on the African continent. To combat this persisting challenge, Professor Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba (PLO) – the founder of the PLO Lumumba Foundation – says it is time for Africa to return to its roots and explore the basics of African nutrition.

 

World Bank Group / UNICEF (March 2022) - The Impact of COVID-19 on the welfare of households with children: An overview based on High Frequency Phone Surveys

Title:

The Impact of COVID-19 on the welfare of households with children An overview based on High Frequency Phone Surveys

 

Published:

World Bank Group / UNICEF, March 2022

https://www.unicef.org/reports/impact-covid-19-welfare-households-children

 

Highlights from the survey:

“The effects of the Covid-19 pandemic have been widespread and disproportionately affected vulnerable segments of the population, including children and their families. The modest progress made in reducing child poverty has been reversed in all parts of the world by COVID-19. Impact of COVID-19 on the welfare of households with children – a joint World Bank and UNICEF publication - presents findings from data from high frequency phone surveys collected in 35 countries. The analysis identifies the impact of the crisis on households without and with (few or many) children, both focusing on the initial impact in 2020 but also the subsequent evolution of this impact. The analysis focus on key areas such as income and job loss, food insecurity, social protection programs and access to education, shedding light on the importance of placing children in poverty and their families highly on the agenda in the COVID-19 response and recovery.”

 

Food security on the college campus [Scholarly article - JAFSCD, January 2022]

Title:

Food insecurity on the college campus

 

Author:

Mark Lapping

University of Southern Maine

Published:

Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development (JAFSCD),  19 January 2022

https://www.foodsystemsjournal.org/index.php/fsj/article/view/1045

Abstract:

It is often said that one’s college years are “the best years of your life.” For a growing number of students facing food insecurity, these years may be anything but. These two very different books provide useful counterpoints on campus food inse­curity, a growing phenomenon only made worse by the COVID-19 pandemic. Henry’s volume uses an ethnographic approach of interviewing over 90 students who use the food pantry at her university, the University of North Texas, Denton. Broton and Cady focus on essays and case studies of what a number of institutions are doing to address the issue of campus food insecurity. Together they provide both a balanced treatment of the subject and some remarkably interesting insights and strategies that other college communities can utilize. . . .