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FEEDcities project A comprehensive characterization of the street food environment in cities (2019)

World Health Organization WHO (2019) C_WHO

Project protocol Introduction Ready-to-eat food sold in the street represents a global phenomenon, more common in urbanized areas, that constitutes an important dietary source in populations from low- and middle-income countries. However, research ... more

Global impact of war in Ukraine on food, energy and financy systems

United Nations UN (2022) CC

13 April 2022

The Ukraine war and threats to food and energy security

Benton, T.; et al. Chatham House (2022) CC

Cascading risks from rising prices and supply disruptions, April 2022. Global resource markets are still reeling from the impacts of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine; the two countries are major suppliers of energy, food and fertilizers. Supply disru... more

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Unpacking the Theory Behind One Health Food Safety Programs: A Vietnam Case Study

S. Lam, Nguyen H. T. T., Tuan H. N. H., et al. (2021) CC

Front. Vet. Sci., 01 December 2021

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The Ukraine War is Deepening Global Food Insecurity — What Can Be Done?

Usain, A. (2023) C2

Even before Russia invaded Ukraine, the global economy was suffering from the repercussions of several man-made conflicts, climate shocks, COVID-19 and rising costs — with devastating consequences for poor people in low-income and developing countries. The war in Ukraine — a major “breadbasket... more

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Russia's war on Ukraine: Impact on food security and EU response

Anna Caprile European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS) (2022) C2

Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, a country known as the 'breadbasket of Europe', is raising fears of a global food crisis, further exacerbating existing food security challenges worldwide. ... more

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Policies to protect children from the harmful impact of food marketing: WHO guideline

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO

Children continue to be exposed to powerful food marketing, which predominantly promotes foods high in saturated fatty acids, trans-fatty acids, free sugars and/or sodium and uses a wide variety of ... more

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OCHA Policy Brief on Gendered Drivers, Risks and Impacts of Food Insecurity in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (2023) CC

It is widely understood that the food insecurity crisis in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa is one of the world’s fastest growing and most neglected crises. It lacks sufficient global focus, resources and urgency. As in so many crises, women and g...irls are disproportionately affected and shoulder the consequences of protracted neglect, with unconscionable impacts on their safety, life chances and agency. Gaining a holistic view of the gendered drivers, risks and impacts of food insecurity in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa is difficult. This is due to a lack of data and prioritization, and the large geographical and socioeconomic terrain covered by both regions. However, what we do know about this crisis is more than enough to urgently address the needs of women and girls. An OCHA discussion paper on this topic (which will be published imminently, and from which this policy brief is drawn) found that there is: A strong risk of profound regression in gender equality gains made to date in the countries of concern, including on education, sexual and reproductive health, and the economic independence of women and girls (with knock-on effects on broader humanitarian and development outcomes). An increasing challenge to reverse what must be recognized as a protracted and growing gender-based violence (GBV) emergency in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa. The food insecurity crisis in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa is protracted, multidimensional and highly gendered, with spiralling impacts on gender equality and food security outcomes. It is driven by interwoven and overlapping factors, including climate change, political instability, conflict, socioeconomic conditions, migration and displacement and, more recently, COVID-19 and the war in Ukraine. Interlinked with these factors are gendered structural drivers of food insecurity, including deeply entrenched gender inequalities and harmful social norms. Gendered risks and impacts of food insecurity include alarming limitations on access to education, sexual and reproductive health rights, women’s agency and participation, and dramatic increases in different existing forms of GBV and the emergence of new ones. Recognition of such gendered dimensions of food insecurity and of the need for a multisectoral approach in the response is key to addressing the crisis, along-side sustained commitment and adequate allocation of resources. This policy brief draws out key findings from the OCHA discussion paper on this topic, which includes a desk review of studies, assessments and reports, and interviews with local women’s organizations on the front lines of the food insecurity crisis in communities across both regions. Below are the most pressing gendered drivers, risks and impacts of food insecurity (not in order of priority), as well as key gaps in the current humanitarian response to food insecurity, and recommendations to take forward. more

Floods: four tips to reduce food safety risks

World Health Organization WHO (2024) C_WHO

After a flood, food that has been in contact with flood-water may have become unsafe for human consumption. These flyers include tips to reduce food safety risks in the event of a flood for househol... more

Nutrition Gardens: A Sustainable Model for Food Security and Diversity

Suri, S. Observer Research Foundation (2020) CC

India may be the world’s second largest producer of food, but it has its second largest undernourished population. Further, more than half of women in India suffer from anaemia, which is one of the reasons for the high rate of low-birth weight bab... more

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Mental Health and Psychosocial Well-Being among Children in Severe Food Shortage Situations

Jodi Morris, Geetika Chopra, Leah Hathaway et al. WHO (2006) C_WHO

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Impact of the West African Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak on Food security

European Commission Joint Research Centre (2014)

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WHO guidelines on use of medically important antimicrobials in food-producing animals

World Health Organization WHO (2017) C_WHO

These guidelines present evidence-based recommendations and best practice statements on use of medically important antimicrobials in food-producing animals, based on the WHO list of critically important antimicrobials for human medicine (WHO CIA Lis... more

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LAW RELATING TO THE REGULATION AND INSPECTION OF FOOD AND PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS

Government of Rwanda (2013) C2

Official Gazette No Special of 17/01/2013 | LAW No 47/2012 OF 14/01/2013 RELATING TO THE REGULATION AND INSPECTION OF FOOD AND PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS

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Strategies of the Coalition in the Yemen War: Aerial bombardment and food war

Mundy, M. Tufts University (2018) CC

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) - Addressing the impacts of COVID-19 in food crises - April–December 2020

OCHA; Reliefweb; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2020) C2

FAO’s component of the Global COVID-19 Humanitarian Response Plan 18.5.2020

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An agroecological Europe by 2050: What impact on land use, trade and global food security?

Schiavo M., Le Mouël C., Poux X., et. al. (2021) C2

This Study presents the key results of a research that analyses the implications of an ambitious agroecological transition across Europe, following the TYFA scenario. Published in 2018, what it proposes by 2050 is fully aligned with the objectives that the European Farm to Fork and Biodiversity stra... more

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Farm to Fork strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system

European Commission (2021) CC

The Farm to Fork Strategy is at the heart of the European Green DealSearch for available translations of the preceding linkEN••• aiming to make food systems fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly.

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Long-Run Impacts of the Conflict in Ukraine on Food Security in Africa

Balma, L.; et al. (2022) CC

Kiel Policy Brief, Ukraine Special 1, March 2022.Many African countries heavily rely on imports of agricultural commodities and agricultural inputs from Ukraine and Russia, for example wheat, other grains, and fertilizer. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has disrupted global access to grains due to re... more

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How could the war in Ukraine impact global food supplies? (Charts)
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Ritchie, H. Our World in Data (2022) CC

Both Ukraine and Russia are some of the world’s largest food exporters. How could global food be impacted?

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