Food Security

Papers
(The median citation count of Food Security is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
Global maize production, consumption and trade: trends and R&D implications363
The future of farming: Who will produce our food?218
The contribution of fisheries and aquaculture to the global protein supply174
Food security vulnerability due to trade dependencies on Russia and Ukraine99
Small farms and development in sub-Saharan Africa: Farming for food, for income or for lack of better options?98
Food waste in Italian households during the Covid-19 pandemic: a self-reporting approach87
Why food insecurity persists in sub-Saharan Africa: A review of existing evidence72
How food systems change (or not): governance implications for system transformation processes66
Urbanisation as driver of food system transformation and opportunities for rural livelihoods62
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on agricultural production, livelihoods, and food security in India: baseline results of a phone survey59
Towards food systems transformation—five paradigm shifts for healthy, inclusive and sustainable food systems55
Food insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from a survey of low-income Americans47
Adoption of climate-smart agriculture practices and differentiated nutritional outcome among rural households: a case of Punjab province, Pakistan44
Analysis and vulnerability of the international wheat trade network42
Reverse thinking: taking a healthy diet perspective towards food systems transformations41
Cross-national analysis of food security drivers: comparing results based on the Food Insecurity Experience Scale and Global Food Security Index37
Pathogens which threaten food security: Phytophthora infestans, the potato late blight pathogen35
Food systems and rural wellbeing: challenges and opportunities34
Quiet Revolution by SMEs in the midstream of value chains in developing regions: wholesale markets, wholesalers, logistics, and processing32
Salinity and food security in southwest coastal Bangladesh: impacts on household food production and strategies for adaptation32
Mapping the production-consumption gap of an urban food system: an empirical case study of food security and resilience31
The decreasing area of hybrid rice production in China: causes and potential effects on Chinese rice self-sufficiency31
Challenges and opportunities for enhancing food security and greenhouse gas mitigation in smallholder farming in sub-Saharan Africa. A review30
Contribution of traditional fermented foods to food systems transformation: value addition and inclusive entrepreneurship28
Food insecurity related to agricultural practices and household characteristics in rural communities of northeast Madagascar27
COVID-19, food insecurity and dietary diversity of households: Survey evidence from Nigeria26
“The street is ours”. A comparative analysis of street trading, Covid-19 and new street geographies in Harare, Zimbabwe and Kisumu, Kenya26
Women’s empowerment and gender equality in agricultural value chains: evidence from four countries in Asia and Africa25
Do not transform food systems on the backs of the rural poor25
Farmed animal production in tropical circular food systems24
Food security and food quality among vanilla farmers in Madagascar: the role of contract farming and livestock keeping24
Agricultural seasonality, market access, and food security in Sierra Leone24
An evidence-based systematic review on farmers’ adaptation strategies in India24
How trade can drive inclusive and sustainable food system outcomes in food deficit low-income countries23
Homegarden diversity and food security in southern Mexico23
Revisiting food security in 2021: an overview of the past year22
Impacts of China’s bioethanol policy on the global maize market: a partial equilibrium analysis to 203022
Dietary agrobiodiversity for improved nutrition and health outcomes within a transitioning indigenous Solomon Island food system20
Explaining the impact of agroecology on farm-level transitions to food security in Malawi20
Africa’s evolving vegetable seed sector: status, policy options and lessons from Asia19
Sustainable management of transboundary pests requires holistic and inclusive solutions18
Food security under water scarcity: a comparative analysis of Egypt and Jordan18
Unpacking the value of traditional African vegetables for food and nutrition security17
A review of Ghana’s planting for food and jobs program: implementation, impacts, benefits, and costs17
COVID-19 pandemic and agriculture in Romania: effects on agricultural systems, compliance with restrictions and relations with authorities16
Changing rice cropping patterns and their impact on food security in southern China16
Multiple pathways towards achieving a living income for different types of smallholder tree-crop commodity farmers16
A holistic approach to food loss reduction in Africa: food loss analysis, integrated capacity development and policy implications15
Exploring climate change adaptation practices and household food security in the Middle Eastern context: a case of small family farms in Central Bekaa, Lebanon15
Burden of foodborne disease in low-income and middle-income countries and opportunities for scaling food safety interventions15
Agricultural production diversity and child nutrition in Ethiopia15
Measuring disaggregate level food insecurity via multivariate small area modelling: evidence from rural districts of Uttar Pradesh, India15
Institutional approaches for plant health provision as a collective action problem15
One size doesn’t fit all: regional differences in priorities for food system transformation15
Rice yield response to climate and price policy in high-latitude regions of China14
Revisiting Rwanda’s agricultural intensification policy: benefits of embracing farmer heterogeneity and crop-livestock integration strategies14
Linkages between dietary diversity and indicators of agricultural biodiversity in Burkina Faso14
A review of the effects of COVID-19 on food waste14
Cocoa eats the food: expansion of cocoa into food croplands in the Juabeso District, Ghana13
Is food insecurity a problem among the elderly in Sharpeville, South Africa?13
Beyond subsistence: the aggregate contribution of campesinos to the supply and conservation of native maize across Mexico13
The impact that cultural food security has on identity and well-being in the second-generation U.S. American minority college students13
Determinants, effects, and coping strategies for low-yield periods of harvest: a qualitative study in two communities in Nunavut, Canada13
The geography of agricultural input markets in rural Tanzania13
Perspectives on strengthening local food systems in Small Island Developing States13
Recent innovative seed treatment methods in the management of seedborne pathogens13
The effect of bureaucratic corruption on household food insecurity: evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa13
Coping Behaviours and the concept of Time Poverty: a review of perceived social and health outcomes of food insecurity on women and children13
Large scale land investments and food security in agropastoral areas of Ethiopia12
Does irrigation improve household’s food security? The case of Koga irrigation development project in northern Ethiopia12
On-farm trees are a safety net for the poorest households rather than a major contributor to food security in Rwanda12
Inequities in the urban food environment of a Brazilian city12
Do climate change adaptation strategies improve farmers’ food security in Tanzania?11
Informal ready-to-eat food vending: a social practice perspective on urban food provisioning in Nigeria11
Biodiversity in agricultural and food systems of jhum landscape in the West Garo Hills, North-eastern India11
“Too big to fail”: the resilience and entrenchment of food aid through food banks in the Netherlands during the COVID-19 pandemic11
Stories of Change in Nutrition in Ghana: a focus on stunting and anemia among children under-five years (2009 – 2018)11
Critical stages for post-harvest losses and nutrition outcomes in the value chains of bush beans and nightshade in Uganda10
A nonparametric analysis of household-level food insecurity and its determinant factors: exploratory study in Ethiopia and Nigeria10
COVID-19 and food insecurity in the Blackfeet Tribal Community10
Exploring a food system index for understanding food system transformation processes10
Connecting the food and agriculture sector to nutrition interventions for improved health outcomes10
Improving livelihoods through postharvest loss management: evidence from Nigeria10
Nobody left behind? Equity and the drivers of stunting reduction in Vietnamese ethnic minority populations10
Impact and distributional effects of a home garden and nutrition intervention in Cambodia10
Mapping the spatial dimension of food insecurity using GIS-based indicators: A case of Western Kenya10
Understanding drivers of stunting reduction in Nigeria from 2003 to 2018: a regression analysis10
Gendering post-harvest loss research: responsibilities of women and men to manage maize after harvest in southwestern Ethiopia9
Capacities of local maize seed enterprises in Mexico: Implications for seed systems development9
Homeless and hungry: food insecurity in the land of plenty9
Understanding household and food system determinants of chicken and egg consumption in India9
How effective is Ethiopia’s agricultural growth program at improving the total factor productivity of smallholder farmers?9
Diversify, produce or buy? An analysis of factors contributing to household dietary diversity among shrimp and non-shrimp farmers in coastal Bangladesh9
How effectively might agricultural input subsidies improve nutrition? A case study of Malawi’s Farm Input Subsidy Programme (FISP)9
Food accessibility of different socioeconomic groups in sub-Saharan African cities: a mixed-method analysis in Kampala, Uganda9
Putting small fish on the table: the underutilized potential of small indigenous fish to improve food and nutrition security in East Africa9
Estimation of nutritional postharvest losses along food value chains: A case study of three key food security commodities in sub-Saharan Africa9
Reducing childhood stunting in India: Insights from four subnational success cases9
Realizing urban food policy: a discursive institutionalist analysis of Ede municipality9
The effect of an objective weighting of the global food security index’s natural resources and resilience component on country scores and ranking8
How specific resilience pillars mitigate the impact of drought on food security: Evidence from Uganda8
Adoption and impacts of improved post-harvest technologies on food security and welfare of maize-farming households in Tanzania: a comparative assessment8
Understanding the geographic pattern of diffusion of modern crop varieties in India: a multilevel modeling approach8
Regional food preferences influence environmental impacts of diets8
Food coping strategies among migrant labourers on cocoa farms in southern Ghana8
Impacts of climate-smart crop varieties and livestock breeds on the food security of smallholder farmers in Kenya8
Drivers and stressors of resilience to food insecurity: evidence from 35 countries8
Public infrastructure for food and nutrition security in brazil: fufilling the constitutional commitment to the human right to adequate food8
The complex challenge of governing food systems: The case of South African food policy8
Stories of change in nutrition: lessons from a new generation of studies from Africa, Asia and Europe8
Heat shocks, maize yields, and child height in Tanzania7
Changes in Nigeria’s enabling environment for nutrition from 2008 to 2019 and challenges for reducing malnutrition7
Food security impacts of smallholder farmers’ adoption of dual-purpose sweetpotato varieties in Rwanda7
Integrating the soybean-maize-chicken value chains to attain nutritious diets in Tanzania7
Welfare impacts of improved groundnut varieties adoption and food security implications in the semi-arid areas of West Africa7
Institutional and farm-level challenges limiting the diffusion of new varieties from public and CGIAR centers: The case of wheat in Morocco7
Food system resilience measurement: principles, framework and caveats7
Global interdependence for fruit genetic resources: status and challenges in India7
Empowerment and nutrition in Niger: insights from the Women’s Empowerment in Nutrition grid7
Heterogeneous impacts of home-gardening on household food and nutrition security in Rwanda7
Food deserts and food swamps in a Brazilian metropolis: comparison of methods to evaluate the community food environment in Belo Horizonte7
Changes in per capita wheat production in China in the context of climate change and population growth7
Agriculture for the Anthropocene: novel applications of technology and the future of food7
Simple solutions for complex problems? What is missing in agriculture for nutrition interventions7
The impact of metal silos on rice storage and storage losses in China7
Livelihood, culture and patterns of food consumption in rural Burkina Faso7
Cheap chicken in Africa: Would import restrictions be pro-poor?7
Global honeybee health decline factors and potential conservation techniques7
Dietary quality and overnutrition among adults in Kenya: what role does ICT play?6
A quantitative estimation of the water footprint of the Mexican diet, corrected for washing and cooking water6
Spatial dynamics across food systems transformation in IFAD investments: a machine learning approach6
Linking food security, food sovereignty and foodways in urban Southeast Asia: cases from Indonesia and Thailand6
Assessing the readiness of small cities in Ghana to tackle overweight and obesity6
The forgotten agriculture-nutrition link: farm technologies and human energy requirements6
The effectiveness of food system policies to improve nutrition, nutrition-related inequalities and environmental sustainability: a scoping review6
Harnessing plant resistance against Striga spp. parasitism in major cereal crops for enhanced crop production and food security in Sub-Saharan Africa: a review6
Making sense of farmers’ demand for seed of root, tuber and banana crops: a systematic review of methods6
Identifying nutrition-sensitive development options in Madagascar through a positive deviance approach6
How COVID-19 impacted surplus food redistribution in the Netherlands: An explorative study6
Household resilience capacity and food security: evidence from Kyrgyzstan6
Stories of change in nutrition in Burkina Faso 1992–2018: a micro-level perspective6
Impact of climate change on the yield of tropical root and tuber crops vs. rice and potato in India6
Cropland use preferences under land, water and labour constraints— implications for wheat self-sufficiency in the Kabul River basin, Afghanistan6
Adapting food systems to the twin challenges of phosphorus and climate vulnerability: the case of Sri Lanka6
The importance of social financial support in reducing food insecurity among elderly people6
Economic evaluation of an early childhood development center–based agriculture and nutrition intervention in Malawi6
Addressing biohazards to food security in primary production5
Crowdsourcing food security: introducing food choice derivatives for sustainability5
Usefulness and misrepresentation of phone surveys on COVID-19 and food security in Africa5
Resilience assessment of centralized and distributed food systems5
The effect of extreme weather events on child nutrition and health5
Food insecurity among immigrant populations in the United States5
Farm wage and Rice Price dynamics in Bangladesh5
Trends in crop production and land productivity in northern Ghana: A case study of Tolon-Kumbung5
Shifting the social determinants of food insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic: the Australian experience5
Sharing decision-making tools for pest management may foster implementation of Integrated Pest Management5
Increased grain production of cultivated land by closing the existing cropping intensity gap in Southern China5
Public-private cooperation and agricultural development in Sub-Saharan Africa: a review of Nigerian growth enhancement scheme and e-voucher program5
The role of complementary feeding in India’s high child malnutrition rates: findings from a comprehensive analysis of NFHS IV (2015–2016) data5
Public–private partnership generates economic benefits to smallholder bean growers in Uganda5
Resilience of food system actors to armed conflicts: empirical insights from Burkina Faso5
Fish consumption pathways and food security in an Indonesian fishing community5
Financing adaptation for resilient livelihoods under food system transformation: the role of Multilateral Development Banks4
The Social Construction of Food Security: The Israeli Case4
Do agri-food market incentives improve food security and nutrition indicators? a microsimulation evaluation for Kenya4
Which financial stressors are linked to food insecurity among older adults in the United Kingdom, Germany, and the Netherlands? An exploratory study4
Unravelling the interplay between water and food systems in arid and semi-arid environments: the case of Egypt4
The unbalanced development among legume species regarding sustainable and healthy agrifood systems in North-America and Europe: focus on food product innovations4
The new Malthusian challenge in the Sahel: prospects for improving food security in Niger4
Putting consumers first in food systems analysis: identifying interventions to improve diets in rural Ghana4
A latent growth curve modelling approach to seasonal and spatial dynamics of food security heterogeneities in rural Lake Naivasha Basin, Kenya4
Food choice responses to changes in the price of a staple crop: a discrete choice experiment of maize in rural Malawi4
Food-cash crop diversification and farm household welfare in the Forest-Savannah Transition Zone of Ghana4
Analysis of banana and cocoa export commodities in food system transformation, with special reference to certification schemes as drivers of change4
Infrastructure investments, regional trade agreements and agricultural market integration in Mozambique4
England’s food policy coordination and the Covid-19 response4
Stories of change in nutrition from Africa and Asia: an introduction to a special series in Food Security4
Nutritional diversity and community perceptions of health and importance of foods in Kiribati: a case study4
Adoption and disadoption of the improved clay granary for maize storage: evidence from the northern and central regions of Benin4
Communicative interventions for collective action in the management of potato late blight: evidence from a framed field game experiment in Ethiopia3
Modelling crop portfolios that minimize human macronutrient deficiency on subsistence farms in Burundi3
Stories of change in nutrition in Burkina Faso 1992–2018: a macro-level perspective3
Uncertainties in estimating global potential yields and their impacts for long-term modeling3
Food insecurity and disasters: predicting disparities in total and first-time food pantry visits during the COVID-19 pandemic3
Does yield gap still matter? Evidence from rice production in China3
Food insecurity is associated with an unhealthy lifestyle score in middle- and older-aged adults: findings from the EPIPorto cohort3
Effects of conservation farming practices on agro-ecosystem services for sustainable food security in Bangladesh3
Combining market and nonmarket food sources provides rural households with more options to achieve better diets in Southern Benin3
Food systems transformation, animal-source foods consumption, inequality, and nutrition in Myanmar3
Tensions and coalitions: A new trade agreement affects the policy space for nutrition in Vietnam3
Food systems and structural and rural transformation: a quantitative synthesis for low and middle-income countries3
Translation of policy for reducing undernutrition from national to sub-national levels in Rwanda3
Understanding the policy discourse within the formulation of the 2013 Indian National Food Security Act3
Social protection and vulnerability to nutrition security: empirical evidence from Ethiopia3
Gender dynamics in seed systems: an integrative review of seed promotion interventions in Africa3
Determinants of smallholder farmers’ maize grain storage protection practices and understanding of the nutritional aspects of grain postharvest losses3
Are agricultural extension systems ready to scale up ecological intensification in East Africa? A literature review with particular attention to the Push-Pull Technology (PPT)3
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