...Ioannis Sfendourakis; Nikoleta Ratsika; George Fragkiadakis; Christos Lemonakis Purpose This study aims to examine food security status and dietary integration patterns among long-term immigrants in Crete, Greece, investigating socioeconomic, cultural and demographic determinants of dietary...

... the relationship between dietary markers of Brazilian households and their four-level food security status. Design/methodology/approach The nutrition-focused Brazilian House Budget Survey 2017–2018 was used. Dietary markers were meal occasion and locations; energy food sources; and diet quality components...

... been taken to achieve food security globally and at the household level. However, the problem of food insecurity is still high in many parts of the world. Why are we failing to achieve food security? And where should we start? This study aims to answer these main questions. Design/methodology...

...Om Raj Katoch Purpose This paper aims to evaluate the progress made in achieving sustainable development goal-2 (SDG 2) in India, with a focus on ending hunger, ensuring food security, improving nutrition and promoting sustainable agriculture. The assessment uses data from SDG Index reports, which...

...Khalid Garba Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop a practical implementation blueprint for the attainment of food security for all Nigerians based on sustainable agricultural practices. Design/methodology/approach This paper conducted a critical review of 66 peer-reviewed empirical...

...Olena Aksonova; Dmytro Slivar; Dmytro Torianik; Sergey Gubsky Purpose The purpose of this study is to evaluate not only changes in eating behavior and food security parameters of the civilian population experiencing war but also the likelihood of developing a number of eating disorders against...

... cancer patients. Design/methodology/approach A cross-sectional study was conducted on 240 cancer patients in Iran. The socioeconomic and 18-item U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Security Questionnaires were used to measure general and socioeconomic characteristics, as well as food security...

... and to investigate whether dietary quality is associated with food security status in this population. Design/methodology/approach The 18-item household food security questionnaire was administered to 200 households from different parts of Isfahan, Iran. Households were selected by two-stage cluster randomized...

...Athanasios Michalis; Vassiliki Costarelli Purpose The paper aims to investigate food security research in Southern Europe and selected Eastern Mediterranean countries. Design/methodology/approach An electronic literature search was conducted using Medline/PubMed and Scopus, to identify...

... the elderly population. Design/methodology/approach This cross-sectional study was performed in 2016 on 720 elderly people of Qarchak city that were selected by the proportional stratified sampling method. Food insecurity was evaluated using the FaCPS-FSSM food security questionnaire; Geriatric Depression...

... a critical review of genetically modified (GM) foods and the use of GM and biofortified crops for food security in developing countries where foods are not adequately available and people are not food secured. Design/methodology/approach A critical review of GM foods was undertaken and the use of GM...

...María-Carolina Cuesta; Katherin Castro-Ríos Purpose This paper aims to address the issue of food security and its role in the inclusion of edible and medicinal mushrooms in the diets of nutritionally vulnerable populations in Colombia, allowing an overview of the nutritional situation and its main...

...Samuel Ayofemi Olalekan Adeyeye Purpose This paper aims to review scientific contributions that are essential to reduce the challenges to food security in Africa through food processing and appropriate storage technologies. Design/methodology/approach Several literature studies on the role...

... and the spoilage of whole and fresh-cut produces grown in the agricultural fields. Rashed Noor can be contacted at: noor.rashed@yahoo.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Bangladesh Food safety Agriculture Micro-organisms Food security Crops Microbiological quality management...

...Pipi Diansari; Teruaki Nanseki Purpose – The purpose of this study was to investigate the socioeconomic impact on perceived household food security in the North Luwu District of South Sulawesi Province in the eastern part of Indonesia. In Indonesia, 87 million people are presently vulnerable...

... food insecure areas in Ethiopia as well as in other parts of the world. Further reading Azeze , F. (1998), Unheard Voices – Drought, Famine and God in Ethiopian Oral Poetry , University Press , Addis Ababa. Guinand , Y.F. (1999), North and South Gonder – Food Security...