Understanding the food crises in southern Africa and the ways of transitioning the food systems to combat hunger
- Chakona, Gamuchirai, Mushangai, Dandira
- Authors: Chakona, Gamuchirai , Mushangai, Dandira
- Date: 2021
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , working paper
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/433956 , vital:73014 , ISBN working paper
- Description: Globally, almost one billion people are estimated to face hunger on a regular basis (Poppy et al., 2014) and more than two billion people suffer from micronutrient deficiencies (Barrett, 2010; FAO et al. 2020). The number of food-insecure people has been on the rise with subSaharan Africa having the greatest number of individuals who are both hungry (about 237 million people) and malnourished (almost 23% of the population) (FAO, 2018). Beyond hunger, FAO et al. (2020) noted that a growing number of people have had to reduce the quantity and quality of the food they consume. This makes it almost impossible to have a world with zero hunger by 2030 and achieve SDG 2 target 2.1 of ensuring access to safe, nutritious and sufficient food for all people and target 2.2 of eradicating all forms of malnutrition (UN 2015). Most governments globally have pledged to eradicate hunger in their nations by 2030, and one of their solutions is to increase agricultural productivity to meet the needs of all their people. However, Poppy et al. (2014) argued that increased yields and food supplies do not assure food security for all as some poorer societies and communities may not have access to sufficient quantity or quality food (Iram and Butt, 2004), which is a challenge in many African communities, especially in South Africa. This highlights the complexity of the food system within many countries.
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- Authors: Chakona, Gamuchirai , Mushangai, Dandira
- Date: 2021
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , working paper
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/433956 , vital:73014 , ISBN working paper
- Description: Globally, almost one billion people are estimated to face hunger on a regular basis (Poppy et al., 2014) and more than two billion people suffer from micronutrient deficiencies (Barrett, 2010; FAO et al. 2020). The number of food-insecure people has been on the rise with subSaharan Africa having the greatest number of individuals who are both hungry (about 237 million people) and malnourished (almost 23% of the population) (FAO, 2018). Beyond hunger, FAO et al. (2020) noted that a growing number of people have had to reduce the quantity and quality of the food they consume. This makes it almost impossible to have a world with zero hunger by 2030 and achieve SDG 2 target 2.1 of ensuring access to safe, nutritious and sufficient food for all people and target 2.2 of eradicating all forms of malnutrition (UN 2015). Most governments globally have pledged to eradicate hunger in their nations by 2030, and one of their solutions is to increase agricultural productivity to meet the needs of all their people. However, Poppy et al. (2014) argued that increased yields and food supplies do not assure food security for all as some poorer societies and communities may not have access to sufficient quantity or quality food (Iram and Butt, 2004), which is a challenge in many African communities, especially in South Africa. This highlights the complexity of the food system within many countries.
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Intra-versus inter-industry specialisation, labour market adjustment and poverty: implications for regional integration in Southern Africa
- Cattaneo, Nicolette S, Fryer, David
- Authors: Cattaneo, Nicolette S , Fryer, David
- Date: 2003
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , working paper
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/470188 , vital:77334 , ISBN
- Description: Although there is little doubt that increasing trade enhances overall welfare, the literature provides strong theoretical arguments and empirical evidence that there may be important adverse effects for particular groups and countries. It is useful to divide these into two categories. Firstly, there are the long run distributional consequences of trade, such as those highlighted by the Stolper-Samuelson theorem. Secondly, to the extent that the adjustment to equilibrium is not smooth, there are important dislocations associated with the movement of factors between industries in the transition period. These adverse effects are important, both because of their welfare implications, and because the affected groups or countries will constitute a source of political resistance to trade. Offsetting this picture, however, is the important view that such effects, both in terms of the long-run distributional consequences and the dislocations during adjustment, are likely to be less if liberalisation leads to intra-industry rather than inter-industry specialisation.
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- Authors: Cattaneo, Nicolette S , Fryer, David
- Date: 2003
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , working paper
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/470188 , vital:77334 , ISBN
- Description: Although there is little doubt that increasing trade enhances overall welfare, the literature provides strong theoretical arguments and empirical evidence that there may be important adverse effects for particular groups and countries. It is useful to divide these into two categories. Firstly, there are the long run distributional consequences of trade, such as those highlighted by the Stolper-Samuelson theorem. Secondly, to the extent that the adjustment to equilibrium is not smooth, there are important dislocations associated with the movement of factors between industries in the transition period. These adverse effects are important, both because of their welfare implications, and because the affected groups or countries will constitute a source of political resistance to trade. Offsetting this picture, however, is the important view that such effects, both in terms of the long-run distributional consequences and the dislocations during adjustment, are likely to be less if liberalisation leads to intra-industry rather than inter-industry specialisation.
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