Resilience and Food Security in a Food Systems Context.

• Superior document: Palgrave Studies in Agricultural Economics and Food Policy Series
• Author: Béné, Christophe.
• TeilnehmendeR: Devereux, Stephen.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2023.; {copy}2023.
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Palgrave Studies in Agricultural Economics and Food Policy Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (428 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Contents -- Editors and Contributors -- About the Editors -- Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Resilience, Food Security and Food Systems: Setting the Scene -- Preamble: What This Book is About -- Clarifying the Concepts -- Food Security -- Resilience -- Food Systems -- Linking Resilience, Food Security and Food Systems-Some Initial Remarks -- Food Security, Shocks and Resilience… -- Food Security, Resilience and Food Systems -- Outline of the Volume -- Part I: From Concepts to Policy and Narratives -- Part II. Specific Issues and Empirical Analyses -- Concluding Chapter -- References -- 2 Achieving Food Security Through a Food Systems Lens -- Introduction -- The Evolution of Food Security and Its Framing -- Achieving Food Security Has Become More Complex in the Modern World -- Food Systems Lens to Tackling Food Security -- Functional Food Systems Do Not Always Equate to Food Security -- Conclusion -- References -- 3 The Global Food System is Not Broken but Its Resilience is Threatened -- Introduction -- The Global Food System is Resilient in Terms of Food Supply -- Many Reasons Why the Global Food System Needs a Profound Transformation -- How to Move Towards such a Transformation? -- Reticence and Obstacles Despite Alerts -- The Engagement of Science to Help Moving Beyond Obstacles -- Two Avenues to Illustrate the Journey From Obstacles to Transformation -- Impacting at Scale Through "Cross Scales Contamination" -- Generating a New Action Regime to Ensure the Convergence Between the Production of Private and Public Goods -- Conclusion -- References -- 4 Food Security and the Fractured Consensus on Food Resilience: An Analysis of Development Agency Narratives -- Introduction: Clarifying the Policy Language -- Aims, Methods and Approach -- Findings: 'Fractured Consensus' in What the Agencies Say They Mean.

Bilateral Development Agencies -- Food Security and Food Resilience Narratives -- Regional Development Banks -- Food Security and Food Resilience Narratives -- Multilateral Development Agencies -- Food Security and Food Resilience Narratives -- COVID-19, Food Resilience and Agency Responses -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Bilateral Development Agencies-Key Aspects of Food Security Narrative -- Appendix 2: Bilateral Development Agencies-Key Aspects of Resilience/Food Resilience Narratives -- Appendix 3: Regional Development Banks-Key Aspects in Food Security Narratives -- Appendix 4: Regional Development Banks-Key Aspects in Resilience/Food Resilience Narratives -- Appendix 5: Multilateral Agencies-Key Aspects in Food Security Narratives -- Appendix 6: International Agencies-Key Aspects of Resilience/Food Resilience Narratives -- References -- 5 Food Security and Resilience: The Potential for Coherence and the Reality of Fragmented Applications in Policy and Research -- Introduction -- Toward an Integrated Conceptual Model of Food Security Resilience -- Food Security: From Pillars to Systems and the Importance of Agency -- Resilience: Shocks, Stressors, and Resilience Capacities -- Toward an Integrated Model of Food Security and Resilience -- A Case Study: Lexical Analysis and Content Analysis of Food Security and Resilience -- Methods -- Document Selection -- Procedures for the Lexical Trends Analysis -- Procedures for Content Analysis -- Results of the Lexical Trend Analysis of SOFI Reports -- Results of Lexical Trends in Representative Peer-Reviewed Journals -- Results from the Content Analysis of the Use of "Resilience" in SOFI -- Content Analysis Results: The Use of "Resilience" in Global Food Security Articles -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- References -- 6 Food Systems, Resilience, and Their Implications for Public Action.

Introduction -- Building Blocks -- Linking Resilience to Food Systems -- Food Production Resilience -- Resilience in the Food Processing Sector -- Resilient Food Markets -- Food Security Resilience -- Implications for Public Action -- References -- 7 Food Security Under a Changing Climate: Exploring the Integration of Resilience in Research and Practice -- Introduction -- Resilience in the Academic Literature on Food Security and Climate Change -- Agricultural Food Production -- Distribution, Processing, and Marketing -- Food Preparation and Consumption -- Capacity Building in Institutions and Governance -- An Operational Problem -- Resilience in Practice-The Case of Projects Implemented Through the Adaptation Fund (AF) -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- References -- 8 Gender, Resilience, and Food Systems -- Introduction -- Conceptual Framework -- Application of the Framework to the Literature -- Gender Differences in Exposure and Sensitivity to Disturbances -- Gender and Exposure -- Gender and Sensitivity -- What Does a Food System Lens Add? -- Gendered Resilience Capacities in Food Systems -- Access to and Control Over Resources for Women's Empowerment and Resilience -- Livelihood Roles, Employment, and Income -- Access to Services: Extension, Information, and Financial Services -- Time Burden and Resilience -- Food Security and Nutritional Status -- The Decision-Making Space and Responses to Disturbances -- Decision-Making in Household and Community Spaces -- Gendered Preferences for Response Choices and the Implications for Food Security -- Pathways from Response Choices and Interventions to Differential Well-Being Outcomes -- Impact Pathways -- Well-Being Outcomes, Trade-Offs, and Feedback Loops -- Gender-Responsive Policies and Programs for Greater Resilience -- Conclusions -- References.

9 COVID-19, Household Resilience, and Rural Food Systems: Evidence from Southern and Eastern Africa -- Introduction -- Conceptual Framework -- Contexts and the COVID-19 Pandemic in Rural Malawi, Madagascar, and Kenya -- Malawi -- Madagascar -- Kenya -- COVID-19 and Policy Responses -- Malawi -- Madagascar -- Kenya -- Food Security Outcomes and Identified Mechanisms -- Food Security Outcomes -- Meso-Level Mechanism 1: Health Shocks -- Findings from Our Sites -- Meso-Level Mechanism 2: Mobility Restrictions -- Findings from Our Sites -- Meso-Level Mechanism 3: Livelihood Disruptions -- Findings from Our Sites -- Meso-Level Mechanism 4: Price Shocks -- Findings from Our Sites -- Discussion and Conclusion -- References -- 10 Place-Based Approaches to Food System Resilience: Emerging Trends and Lessons from South Africa -- Introduction -- Food Systems, Place and Resilience -- Experiences of Territorial Approaches to Food System Management -- Place-Based Food System Governance: Recent Experience in South Africa -- Conclusion: The Spirit of Place -- References -- 11 Urban Food Security and Resilience -- Introduction -- Urban Food Resilience and the 2nd Urban Transition -- Evolving Global Governance Positions -- Emerging Concepts and Positions -- Urban Agriculture as a Source of Food System Resilience -- Localized Food Systems as a Source of Resilience -- City Regional Food System as a Way of Building Resilience -- The Water-Energy-Food Nexus -- Understanding Resilience in the African Urban Food System -- Discussion and Conclusion -- References -- 12 Reflections and Conclusions -- The Elusiveness of Concepts -- The Food System is Broken… -- …Or Is It? -- Climate Changes Everything -- Food System Paradoxes -- Action for Resilience -- Food Security and COVID-19 -- Measuring Resilience -- Disaggregating Vulnerabilities -- Disaggregating Places -- Conclusion.

References -- Correction to: Resilience and Food Security in a Food Systems Context -- Correction to: C. Béné and S. Devereux (eds.), Resilience and Food Security in a Food Systems Context, Palgrave Studies in Agricultural Economics and Food Policy, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-23535-1 -- Index.