What drives food insecurity in southern Africa? a meta-analysis of household economy studies

By A. Misselhorn. 2005

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Subfields: General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, General Health Professions, Safety Research

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Vulnerability of the South African farming sector to climate change and variability: An indicator approach (2010, background): “Further, HIV/AIDS has been cited among the main drivers of food insecurity and poverty in rural southern Africa, undermining family structures and creating increasingly vulnerable and socially unstable communities (Misselhorn, 2005).”
Climate change, food security, and livelihoods in sub-Saharan Africa (2016, background): “Analyses that focus on availability and omit access and utilization can result in a skewed understanding of the extent of the food security situation (Misselhorn 2005).”
Sustainable livelihoods in the global land rush? Archetypes of livelihood vulnerability and sustainability potentials. Keynote presentation. (2016, background): “=3) have led particular state actors to gain or reinforce their control over land governance, for example by setting up foreign investment support agencies that are controlled at national levels (Moreda, 2015).”
Resilient Adaptation to Climate Change in African Agriculture (2010, background): “Poverty is one of the major factors accountable for the vulnerability and limited adaptive capacity of sub-Saharan Africa (Misselhorn 2005; Boko et al. 2007; World Bank 2007a; Ifejika Speranza et al. 2008).”
Droughts and famines: The underlying factors and the causal links among agro-pastoral households in semi-arid Makueni district, Kenya (2008, background): “Against the background that rainfed agriculture with a significant portion of subsistence production forms the backbone of food supply, the most important factor causing this situation is the high spatio-temporal variability of rainfall (cf. Misselhorn, 2005).”
Climate change and food security (2005, background): “For example, in studies of household food security in southern Africa, climate/environment was only one of some 33 drivers mentioned as important by householders (Misselhorn 2005).”
What determines gender inequality in household food security in Kenya? Application of exogenous switching treatment regression (2014, background): “More generally, food insecurity is linked to high food prices, poverty and low agricultural productivity (Nyangweso et al., 2007; Misselhorn, 2005; GoK 2008; Dávila 2010; Lewin 2011).”
Climate change and variability in Sub-Saharan Africa: a review of current and future trends and impacts on agriculture and food security (2011, background): “... change, food security is influence by an array of factors including wider issues of poverty, natural resource disparities, poor or corrupt governance, poor infrastructure, conflict, lack of markets, finance, high disease burden such as HIV/AIDS and malaria, unequal global trading arrangements an”
Urban food insecurity and the new international food security agenda (2011, background): “In southern Africa too, food insecurity is usually seen as a problem that affects rural populations and that to solve it small farmers must increase their production (Vogel & Smith, 2002; De Klerk et al., 2004; Misselhorn, 2004; Hendriks, 2005; Maunder & Wiggins, 2006; Aliber & Hart, 2009; Matshe, 2”