Is There an Informal Employment Penalty in Food Security? Evidence from Rural Vietnam

Pandemic impact boosts Latin American food insecurity

Emerald Expert Briefings ◽

10.1108/oxan-db266282 ◽

2021 ◽

Keyword(s):

Food Security ◽

North America ◽

Food Insecurity ◽

Central America ◽

Latin American ◽

Informal Employment ◽

Local Health ◽

Structural Factors ◽

Content Type ◽

The Caribbean

Significance While the pandemic undoubtedly played a significant role, the situation also resulted from structural factors and was worsened by LAC’s high levels of economic inequality. Impacts Deteriorating food security will put further pressure on local health systems at a time when the pandemic is far from over. The prevalence of informal employment will make much of the population vulnerable to food insecurity as their income remains uncertain. The situation will add to the factors that fuel migration from Central America and the Caribbean towards North America.

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Formal/informal employment and urban food security in Sub-Saharan Africa

Applied Geography ◽

10.1016/j.apgeog.2019.102131 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 114 ◽

pp. 102131 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Jordan Blekking ◽

Kurt Waldman ◽

Cascade Tuholske ◽

Tom Evans

Keyword(s):

Food Security ◽

Sub Saharan Africa ◽

Informal Employment ◽

Urban Food Security ◽

Sub Saharan

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Food security and COVID-19 in Latin America: A challenge to overcome

Gaceta Médica de Caracas - Supplement 1 ◽

10.47307/gmc.2020.128.s2.6 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 128 (S2) ◽

pp. S188-S195

Author(s):

Marianella Herrera Cuenca

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Latin America ◽

Food Security ◽

Informal Employment ◽

Economic Decline ◽

Large Magnitude ◽

Nutritional Security ◽

Population Policies ◽

Food And Nutritional Security

Latin America is a region full of challenges due to its characteristics. The COVID-19 pandemic arrived in an unprepared region that must take action for controlling an emergency of a large magnitude, which is not surprising because of the economic decline, the increase in hunger, and informal employment experienced in recent decades. Previous efforts to eradicate hunger and move closer to meeting the number two goal of sustainable development are facing now a setback given the slowdown in activities because of the pandemic. The projection of the increase in intraregional poverty reported by CEPAL is a call for attention to the reformulation of policies associated with the dimensions of poverty and in particular the food and nutritional security of the population. Policies should focus on two levels: an immediate level of attention to the vulnerable population and another dedicated to planning structural actions with a view to the middle and long term.

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Food Security Surveillance in the Palestinian Territories

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine ◽

10.1017/s1049023x00009389 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 17 (S2) ◽

pp. S20-S21

Author(s):

Gregg Greenough ◽

Ziad Abdeen ◽

Bdour Dandies ◽

Radwan Qasrawi

Keyword(s):

Food Security ◽

Palestinian Territories ◽

Security Surveillance

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Averting robo-bees: why free-flying robotic bees are a bad idea

Emerging Topics in Life Sciences ◽

10.1042/etls20190063 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 3 (6) ◽

pp. 723-729

Author(s):

Roslyn Gleadow ◽

Jim Hanan ◽

Alan Dorin

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Computer Simulation ◽

Food Security ◽

European Countries ◽

Plant Interactions ◽

Plant Insect Interactions ◽

Native Habitat ◽

Insect Pollinators ◽

Insect Interactions

Food security and the sustainability of native ecosystems depends on plant-insect interactions in countless ways. Recently reported rapid and immense declines in insect numbers due to climate change, the use of pesticides and herbicides, the introduction of agricultural monocultures, and the destruction of insect native habitat, are all potential contributors to this grave situation. Some researchers are working towards a future where natural insect pollinators might be replaced with free-flying robotic bees, an ecologically problematic proposal. We argue instead that creating environments that are friendly to bees and exploring the use of other species for pollination and bio-control, particularly in non-European countries, are more ecologically sound approaches. The computer simulation of insect-plant interactions is a far more measured application of technology that may assist in managing, or averting, ‘Insect Armageddon' from both practical and ethical viewpoints.

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