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Food insecurity

Addressing the Effects of Fuel Subsidy removal on Food Insecurity

July 21, 2023

On May 29, 2023, Nigerian President Bola Tinubu announced, in his inaugural speech, the removal of the decade-long subsidy on petroleum products. The new president cited deficit budgetary concerns as the basis of his decision and echoed his desire …

Overloaded and underpaid – women and the role they play in feeding urban South Africa

Robyn Bowden

October 15, 2018

Food insecurity is one of the most persistent challenges facing humanity. Interventions that seek to address it tend to focus on rural food insecurity and increasing food production. However, with the rapid rate of urbanisation in the Global South, urban …