scholarly journals Clinical-Community Partnerships to Identify Patients With Food Insecurity and Address Food Needs

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth A. Lundeen ◽  
Karen R. Siegel ◽  
Holly Calhoun ◽  
Sonia A. Kim ◽  
Sandra P. Garcia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Insecurity ◽  
Community Partnerships ◽  
Clinical Community ◽  
Food Needs

Sustaining Successful Clinical-community Partnerships in Medically Underserved Urban Areas: A Qualitative Case Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Tanya T. Olmos-Ochoa ◽  
Isomi M. Miake-Lye ◽  
Beth A. Glenn ◽  
Emmeline Chuang ◽  
O. Kenrik Duru ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Qualitative Case Study ◽  
Community Partnerships ◽  
Medically Underserved ◽  
Clinical Community

Impact of COVID-19 on Food Insecurity and Coping Mechanisms of Marginalized People in Bangladesh

2021 ◽  
pp. 241-254
Author(s):  
Emadul Islam ◽  
Ishtiaque Jahan Shoef ◽  
Mehadi Hasan
Keyword(s):  
Food Insecurity ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Coping Mechanisms ◽  
Index Score ◽  
Economic Recovery ◽  
Panel Survey ◽  
Food Needs ◽  
And Coping ◽  
The Impact

This chapter is part of an extensive panel survey conducted among the BRAC COVID-19 response HHs between April 2020 to September 2020. This chapter aims to describe the food insecurity status of BRAC-supported HHs and their coping strategies to combat the impact of COVID-19. A total of 6,086 HHs were interviewed in the 1st round (April 2020-June 2020), whilst these HHs were interviewed in the 2nd round (July 2020 to September 2020). Findings reveal that COVID-19 has created an unprecedented impact on HH food insecurity. The study prepared a food index score and found that 33% of HHs are extremely food insecure, whilst 19% are highly insecure. In terms of coping strategies to the current food needs of the HHs, dependency on the personal mechanism and institutional mechanisms were identified. The study argues that the COVID-19 crisis forces HHs into long-term loan burden, which may lead to another hurdle, causing delayed HHs economic recovery. Long-term GO and NGO sustainable economic recovery intervention could help marginalized people to build back better from COVID-19.

scholarly journals Water Efficient Cropping Systems for Semi-Arid Regions in Pakistan

2015 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 13-20
Author(s):  
A. Ahmad ◽  
Z.I. Ahmed ◽  
M. Shehzad ◽  
I. Aziz ◽  
K.S. Khan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Insecurity ◽  
Food Production ◽  
Cropping Systems ◽  
Farmyard Manure ◽  
Poultry Manure ◽  
Organic Amendments ◽  
Mineral Fertilizers ◽  
Dry Land ◽  
Cropping Patterns ◽  
Food Needs

Abstract Water scarcity and land degradation are emerging threats to global food production. The dry land regions of world are affected by climate change to a greater extent and facing food insecurity. The current pattern of food production has been estimated to be inadequate to meet demands of growing population and required around 38% increase to meet world`s food demands by 2025. Food insecurity in erosion hit dry land regions of Pakistan also demands development of resource-efficient cropping systems to meet the food needs of population growing. The research studies involved different cropping patterns such as fallow-wheat, mungbean-wheat, sorghum-wheat, fallow-lentil, mungbean-lentil, sorghum-lentil, fallow-barley, mungbean-barley and sorghum-barley. The organic amendments involved farmyard manure, NPK, poultry manure, compost and inoculation by phosphorus solubilizing microbes. The effect of cropping systems and soil amendments were evaluated at field scale in terms of water use efficiency measured in terms of economic terms. The results of the studies revealed that double cropping (mungbean-lentil and mungbean-barley) was feasible option in the dryland regions of Pakistan if integrated with the use of poultry manure as alternate environmental-friendly strategy to cut down the use of mineral fertilizers and eliminate summer fallowing.

scholarly journals Food bank drive-through distribution during COVID-19: A reflective essay

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Brittney Cavaliere ◽  
Carson Drew ◽  
Katie Martin
Keyword(s):  
Food Insecurity ◽  
New England ◽  
Free Food ◽  
People Of Color ◽  
Food Banks ◽  
Food Bank ◽  
Food Pantry ◽  
Regional Food ◽  
Food Needs ◽  
To Receive

The COVID-19 pandemic has created an unprece­dented surge in food insecurity and demand for free food. In response, Foodshare, the regional food bank serving Greater Hartford, Connecticut, created a drive-through distribution program to meet the immediate food needs of residents. Our team at Foodshare’s Institute for Hunger Research & Solutions conducted two surveys of people receiving food at the drive-through distribution to help inform Foodshare’s programming and response to the pandemic. Results show that 70% of households receiving food had never gone to a food pantry or other program to receive free food prior to COVID-19, and 67% said they come at least once a week. Additionally, 86% of guests are not going elsewhere to receive free food and only 37% know of other places to get free food. The majority of people receiving food at the drive-through distribution were people of color, who are those most affected by COVID-19 from both health and financial perspectives. From April to August 2020, Foodshare served an average of 1,500 households each day and more than 150,000 cars total at the drive-through distribution alone. Despite serving an immediate need for food, the drive-through model presents challenges, particu­larly during the New England winter with snow and freezing temperatures, and is an expensive endeavor. Foodshare and other food banks will need to pivot again from short-term pandemic assistance to longer-term approaches to create dignified, convenient, and sustainable access to healthy food for additional people struggling with food insecurity. Food banks can also leverage their extensive platforms of volunteers and donors to advocate for policy changes that will ensure eco­nomic stability and food security.

scholarly journals PELAKSANAAN DAN MANFAAT KEGIATAN PEMBERDAYAAN MASYARAKAT RAWAN PANGAN DI DKI JAKARTA

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 88
Author(s):  
Valeriana Darwis
Keyword(s):  
Food Insecurity ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Food Aid ◽  
Perceived Benefits ◽  
Processed Material ◽  
The Family ◽  
Food Needs ◽  
Food Reserves ◽  
Poor Communities

Food insecurity occurs in families experiencing difficulty meeting their food needs.  To  overcome  the  Ministry  of  Maritime  Affairs  and  Fisheries  Jakarta  has undertaken  activities  to  empower  poor  communities  in  Sub  Kalibaru  Cilincing. Empowerment through the provision of food aid processed. In practice there are some respondents  who  do  not  comply  with  the  requirements,  including:  having  no  fixed abode, regular income and not all respondents  had guidance from NGOs. While the perceived benefits are: (1) partially processed material assistance may be consumed directly, (2) increase the family income, (3) improve the well-being, (4) changes in the mindset of being accustomed to live in groups, save and prepare food reserves.

scholarly journals A HUMAN RIGHTS APPROACH TO FOOD INSECURITY IN INUIT NUNANGAT

Aletheia ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hannah Feldman
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Food Insecurity ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Critical Examination ◽  
Human Right ◽  
Adequate Food ◽  
International Reputation ◽  
The Government ◽  
Food Needs

The Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, the national organization for Inuit in Canada, has voiced serious concern about the food insecurity crisis in Inuit Nunangat, the Inuit homeland comprising Nunavut, Nunavik, Nunatsiavut, and the Northwest Territories (Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, 2019). The widespread and disproportionate experiences of food insecurity in Inuit Nunangat requires critical examination, especially when access to adequate food has been identified as a human right (OHCHR, 2010). My research paper aims to explore this topic of food insecurity as a human rights concern in Inuit Nunangat. A human rights approach acts as both a pathway to investigate, and a tool to inform, policy development. Such an investigation is especially relevant given Canada’s international reputation and constitutional mandate to grant equal protection of rights to all citizens. In this essay, I review international and domestic human rights frameworks that intersect with Inuit food insecurity, in addition to evaluating Canada’s current interventions. I ultimately argue that, based on Canada’s commitments to uphold rights to food, health, and Indigenous self-determination, the government must increase the enforceability of food rights in domestic policy and, second, there must be strengthened collaboration between the government and Inuit partners to more appropriately conceptualize, and respond to, food needs in Inuit Nunangat.

scholarly journals FOOD VULNERABILITY AND ALLUVIAL FARMING FOR FOOD SECURITY IN CENTRAL DRY ZONE AREA OF MYANMAR

2017 ◽  
Vol XLII-4/W5 ◽  
pp. 31-38
Author(s):  
M. S. Boori ◽  
K. Choudhary ◽  
M. Evers ◽  
A. Kupriyanov
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Food Insecurity ◽  
Land Degradation ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Sea Water ◽  
Monsoon Season ◽  
Poverty Line ◽  
Dry Zone ◽  
Food Needs ◽  
Food Vulnerability

The central dry zone area of Myanmar is the most water stressed and also one of the most food insecure regions in the country. In the Dry Zone area, the total population is 10.1 million people in 54 townships, in which approximately 43&amp;thinsp;% live in below poverty line and 40&amp;ndash;50&amp;thinsp;% of the rural population is landless. Agriculture is the most important economic sector in Myanmar as it is essential for national food security and a major source of livelihood for its people. In this region the adverse effects of climate change such as late or early onset of monsoon season, longer dry spells, erratic rainfall, increasing temperature, heavy rains, stronger typhoons, extreme spatial-temporal variability of rainfall, high intensities, limited rainfall events in the growing season, heat stress, drought, flooding, sea water intrusion, land degradation, desertification, deforestation and other natural disasters are believed to be a major constraint to food insecurity. For food vulnerability, we use following indicators: slope, precipitation, vegetation, soil, erosion, land degradation and harvest failure in ArcGIS software. The erosion is influenced by rainfall and slope, while land degradation is directly related to vegetation, drainage and soil. While harvest failure can be generate by rainfall and flood potential zones. Results show that around 45&amp;thinsp;% study area comes under very high erosion danger level, 70&amp;thinsp;% under average harvest failure, 59&amp;thinsp;% intermediate land degradation area and the overall around 45&amp;thinsp;% study area comes under insecure food vulnerability zone. Our analysis shows an increase in alluvial farming by 1745.33&amp;thinsp;km<sup>2</sup> since 1988 to reduce the insecure food vulnerability. Food vulnerability map is also relevant to increased population and low income areas. The extreme climatic events are likely increase in frequency and magnitude of serious drought periods and extreme floods. Food insecurity is an important thing that must be reviewed because it relates to the lives of many people. This paper is helpful for identifying the areas of food needs in central dry zone area of Myanmar.

scholarly journals Experiences of increased food insecurity, economic, and psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic among SNAP-enrolled food pantry clients

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-27
Author(s):  
Robin T. Higashi ◽  
Anubha Sood ◽  
Ana Belen Conrado ◽  
Kathryn L. Shahan ◽  
Tammy Leonard ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Food Insecurity ◽  
The United States ◽  
Food Prices ◽  
Economic Stress ◽  
Assistance Program ◽  
Food Pantry ◽  
State And Local ◽  
Food Needs ◽  
The Impact

ABSTRACT Objective: The COVID-19 pandemic initially doubled the rates of food insecurity across the United States, and tripled rates among households with children. Despite the association among food insecurity, chronic disease and psychological distress, narratives depicting the experiences of already-food insecure populations are notably underrepresented in the literature. This study assessed the impact of COVID-19 on clients of a food pantry who were also enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Design: A qualitative study probing the effects of the pandemic on daily living, food needs, food buying, and food insecurity. Interview transcripts were analyzed using a combined deductive and inductive approach. Setting: Interviews were conducted via telephone between May-June of 2020. Participants: Equal numbers of English- and Spanish-speaking clients (n=40 total). Results: Three main findings emerged: (1) The pandemic increased economic distress, such as from job loss or increased utility bills due to sustained home occupancy; (2) The pandemic increased food needs, food prices and food shortages. In combination with economic stressors, this led to greater food insecurity; (3) Increased economic stress and food insecurity contributed to increased psychological stress, such as from fear of infection, isolation, and children being confined at home. Conclusions: Despite federal legislation and state and local programs to alleviate food insecurity, COVID-19 exacerbated economic hardship, food insecurity, and psychological distress among urban SNAP and food pantry clients. Additional research is needed to identify the most effective policies and programs to ameliorate the short- and long-term health and economic inequities exacerbated by the pandemic.

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