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1 Haggblade, S.; Hazell, P. B. R.; Reardon, T. (Eds.) 2007. Transforming the rural nonfarm economy: opportunities and threats in the developing world. Washington, DC, USA: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) 490p.
Agricultural economics ; Developing countries ; Marketing ; Households ; Income ; Diversification ; Poverty ; Food industry ; Policy ; Rural economy / Asia / China / India / Sri Lanka / Latin America / Africa
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 338.9 G000 HAG Record No: H041017)
2 de Zeeuw, H.; Drechsel, Pay. (Eds.) 2015. Cities and agriculture: developing resilient urban food systems. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. 431p.
Urbanization ; Urban agriculture ; Food policies ; Food industry ; Food security ; Food production ; Food consumption ; Food supply ; Food chains ; Nutrition ; Feeding habits ; Stakeholders ; Developing countries ; Urban wastes ; Organic wastes ; Organic matter ; Liquid wastes ; Solid wastes ; Excreta ; Waste treatment ; Wastewater treatment ; Water quality ; Climate change ; Horticulture ; Irrigation systems ; Aalternative agriculture ; Greenhouses ; Livestock ; Forestry ; Agroforestry ; Aquaculture ; Gender ; Equity ; Economic development ; Financing ; Income ; Flood control ; Health hazards ; Public health ; Environmental effects ; Pollution ; Households ; Urban farmers ; Sustainability
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H047224)
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3 Simons, L. 2015. Changing the food game: market transformation strategies for sustainable agriculture. Sheffield, UK: Greenleaf Publishing. 248p.
Sustainable agriculture ; Food production ; Food industry ; Food shortages ; Market structure ; Economic aspects ; Agricultural sector ; Palm oils ; Coffee industry ; Cocoa industry ; Standards ; Institution building ; State intervention ; Non governmental organizations ; Farmers ; Population growth ; Land use ; Biodiversity ; Climate change ; Subsidies ; Poverty / aFRICA / Guatemala
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 338.1 G000 SIM Record No: H047235)
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4 Goodwin, L. 2013. Reducing food waste to help tackle climate change. In Brittlebank, W.; Saunders, J. (Eds.). Climate action 2013-2014. [Produced for COP19 - United Nations Climate Change Conference, Warsaw, Poland, 11-22 November 2013]. London, UK: Climate Action; Nairobi, Kenya: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). pp.125-128.
Food wastes ; Climate change ; Food industry ; Food supply ; Food consumption ; Sustainability ; Environmental impact
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 577.22 G000 BRI Record No: H047249)
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5 Gebauer, H.; Gebrezgabher, Solomie. 2018. Power from swine manure for industry's internal use (Sadia, Concordia, Brazil) - Case Study. In Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.162-171.
Swine ; Organic fertilizers ; Industrial wastes ; Biogas ; Carbon credits ; Electricity ; Thermal energy ; Food industry ; Supply chain ; Greenhouse gases ; Emission reduction ; Environmental impact ; Water quality / Brazil / Concordia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H048638)
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6 Reynoso-Lobo, J.; Rao, Krishna C.; Schoebitz, L.; Strande, L. 2018. Power from manure and slaughterhouse waste for industry's internal use (SuKarne, Mexico) - Case Study. In Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.172-181.
Industrial wastes ; Organic fertilizers ; Biofertilizers ; Abattoirs ; Carbon credit ; Biogas ; Electricity ; Thermal energy ; Food industry ; Supply chain ; Methane ; Environmental impact ; Socioeconomic environment / Mexico / Culiacan
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H048639)
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7 Odero, J.; Rao, Krishna C.; Karanja, N. 2018. Power from slaughterhouse waste (Nyongara Slaughter House, Dagorretti, Kenya) - Case Study. In Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.248-256.
Industrial wastes ; Abattoirs ; Food industry ; Liquid wastes ; Solid wastes ; Biogas ; Biofertilizers ; Electricity generation ; Business models ; Supply chain ; Environmental impact ; Socioeconomic environment / Kenya / Dagoretti
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H048646)
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8 Karg, H.; Akoto-Danso, E. K.; Drechsel, Pay; Abubakari, A.-H.; Buerkert, A. 2019. Food- and feed-based nutrient flows in two West African cities. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems, 115(2):173-188. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10705-018-9944-4]
Food supply ; Food consumption ; Food industry ; Food production ; Food crop ; Nutrient content ; Resource recovery ; Urban areas ; Metabolism ; Animal feeding / West Africa / Burkina Faso / Ghana / Ouagadougou / Tamale
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048873)
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Recent studies have examined the urban metabolism of cities using urban consumption as a proxy for food inflows but very few studies have aimed at quantifying the role of cities as trade hubs and nutrient sinks of their hinterlands. We therefore examined the linkages between food and animal feed supply, their places of production and nutrient flows through the urban system in the two West African cities of Tamale (Ghana) and Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso). Using primary data on food and feed flows, and secondary data to assess the transformation of these flows into nutrient terms, we show that, besides urban consumption, the function of the two study sites as trade hubs significantly determines nutrient flows. In Tamale, > 50% of the nutrient inflows was neither consumed nor was lost in situ but left that city again for other destinations. At least 30% of the incoming cereals was stored in the city for later consumption or export. Ouagadougou relied more on imported goods with 40% of N imported from foreign countries compared to Tamale where only 10% of the N was imported, thus contributing to heavier nutrient extraction in remote production areas.
9 Stevano, S.; Johnston, D.; Codjoe, E. 2020. Better decisions for food security?: critical reflections on the economics of food choice and decision-making in development economics. Cambridge Journal of Economics, 44(4):813-833. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/cje/beaa012]
Food security ; Decision making ; Development economics ; Feeding preferences ; Nutrition ; Socioeconomic environment ; Food consumption ; Food industry ; Living standards ; Households ; Policies ; Case studies ; Urban areas ; Models / Ghana / Accra
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050000)
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With malnutrition recognised as a key public health issue, attention has been placed on how individuals can make better decisions to attain food and nutrition security. Nevertheless, food practice entails a complex set of decisions that are not fully understood. This paper interrogates the focus on food choice by investigating how socio-economic relations shape practices of food provisioning. Given the surge of behavioural approaches in development economics and our focus on a middle-income country, we contextualise food choice in the transformations of the conceptualisations of decision-making in development economics. We draw on mixed-method evidence on food consumption practices among schoolchildren in Accra, Ghana. We find that the food decision-making process is complex in that it entails multiple moments and people, and embodies contradictory motivations. Decisions are negotiated outcomes reflecting social relations of power among the actors involved. Socio-economic inequality fragments the urban food environment and material living conditions. Furthermore, the concentration of capital gives the food industry the power to shape material and cultural relations to food in ways that extraordinarily limit the scope for individual choice. This is a critical case study to understand the contemporary dynamics of malnutrition in the urban Global South, with broader relevance for the analysis of food poverty elsewhere.
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