Migrants on the Move and Food (In)security: A Call for Research

Orjuela‐Grimm, Manuela; Deschak, Caroline Irene; Gama, C A Aragon; Carreño, Silvia Bhatt; Hoyos, Leslie; Mundo, Veronica; Bojórquez, Ietza; Carpio, Karen; Quero, Yolice; Xicotencatl, Alberto; Infante, César

doi:10.1007/s10903-021-01276-7

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“…Several scholars have argued for a greater general focus on the connections between migration and dietary diversity under conditions of rapid urbanisation in the Global South [59][60][61][62]. However, very few studies of dietary diversity in urban Kenya or other African cities identify the migration status of a household as a potential factor influencing dietary diversity.…”

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Food Insecurity and Dietary Deprivation: Migrant Households in Nairobi, Kenya

2023

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The current study focuses on food consumption and dietary diversity among internal migrant households in Kenya using data from a city-wide household survey of Nairobi conducted in 2018. The paper examined whether migrant households are more likely to experience inferior diets, low dietary diversity, and increased dietary deprivation than their local counterparts. Second, it assesses whether some migrant households experience greater dietary deprivation than others. Third, it analyses whether rural-urban links play a role in boosting dietary diversity among migrant households. Length of stay in the city, the strength of rural-urban links, and food transfers do not show a significant relationship with greater dietary diversity. Better predictors of whether a household is able to escape dietary deprivation include education, employment, and household income. Food price increases also decrease dietary diversity as migrant households adjust their purchasing and consumption patterns. The analysis shows that food security and dietary diversity have a strong relationship with one another: food insecure households also experience the lowest levels of dietary diversity, and food secure households the highest.

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Food Insecurity and Dietary Deprivation: Migrant Households in Nairobi, Kenya

2023

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“…In the context of the issues raised in the Introduction, Orjuela‐Grimm et al (2022) issue a call for a new interdisciplinary research agenda to document the food insecurity dynamics and experiences of migrants on the move. In the context of the pandemic, Oliva‐Arocas et al (2022) note that migrants are ‘a group specifically affected but poorly studied’.…”

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Pathways to food insecurity: Migration, hukou and COVID‐19 in Nanjing, China

Crush

Zhong

2022

Population Space and Place

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The COVID‐19 pandemic has issued significant challenges to food systems and the food security of migrants in cities. In China, there have been no studies to date focusing on the food security of migrants during the pandemic. To fill this gap, an online questionnaire survey of food security in Nanjing City, China, was conducted in March 2020. This paper situates the research findings in the general literature on the general migrant experience during the pandemic under COVID and the specifics of the Chinese policy of hukou. Using multiple linear regression and ordered logistic regression, the paper examines the impact of migration status on food security during the pandemic. The paper finds that during the COVID‐19 outbreak in 2020, households without local Nanjing hukou were more food insecure than those with Nanjing hukou. The differences related more to the absolute quantity of food intake, rather than reduction in food quality or in levels of anxiety over food access. Migrants in China and elsewhere during COVID‐19 experienced three pathways to food insecurity—an income gap, an accessibility gap, and a benefits gap. This conceptual framework is used to structure the discussion and interpretation of survey findings and also has wider potential applicability.

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“…While incidental evidence indicates that it is common to identify food insecurity in migrants, is not well documented. Both migration and food security are complex events, and migration presents both challenges and opportunities in food security, as they are heavily influenced by local conflicts, natural threats or disasters, climate change, and poverty, but they are also a vital component of the work force of the food processing industry and contribute to food security through agricultural labor ( 65 ).…”

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Are the first 1,000 days of life a neglected vital period to prevent the impact on maternal and infant morbimortality of infectious diseases in Latin America? Proceedings of a workshop of experts from the Latin American Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, SLIPE

Debbag,

Torres,

Falleiros-Arlant

et al. 2023

Front. Pediatr.

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While the first 1,000 days of life are a critical period in child's development, limited information on the main determinants affecting this period in the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region is available. Therefore, the Latin American Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (SLIPE) held an ad hoc workshop in May 2022 with an expert panel designed to analyze the main factors impacting the development of childhood in the region during this period and the main causes of maternal infant morbimortality. The aim was to identify priorities, generate recommendations, and advise practical actions to improve this situation. Considerations were made about the challenges involved in bridging the gap that separates the region from more developed countries regarding an optimal early childhood and maternal care. Extensive discussion was conducted to reach consensus recommendations on general strategies intended to reduce maternal and infant mortality associated with infections and immune-preventable diseases during the first 1,000 days of life in LAC.

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Migrants on the Move and Food (In)security: A Call for Research

Cited by 12 publications

References 27 publications

Food Insecurity and Dietary Deprivation: Migrant Households in Nairobi, Kenya

Food Insecurity and Dietary Deprivation: Migrant Households in Nairobi, Kenya

Pathways to food insecurity: Migration, hukou and COVID‐19 in Nanjing, China

Are the first 1,000 days of life a neglected vital period to prevent the impact on maternal and infant morbimortality of infectious diseases in Latin America? Proceedings of a workshop of experts from the Latin American Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, SLIPE

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