Ecological phenomena act on various spatial and temporal scales. To understand what causes animal populations to build and decline depends heavily on abiotic and biotic conditions which vary spatiotemporally throughout the biosphere. One excellent example of animal populations d…
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There are many mechanisms by which landraces evolve in a contemporary agricultural setting; however, the influence of forced human migration on landrace redistribution and evolution has received little attention in comparison to the stochastic effects of drift, mutation, and gen…
Edible insects have great potential in alleviating some of the food insecurities that are increasing globally. Many cultures eat wild-harvested insects which is contributing to declining insect populations and increasingly fragile food webs and ecosystems. Insect agriculture (fa…
Since the beginning of farming, and even before, humans have been actively modifying our environment in order to harvest biomass. With the ‘Great Acceleration’ of the industrial age, the global system of biomass harvest for food production has become a major driver of Earth syst…
Agriculture is by far the largest water user, both worldwide and in arid regions such as the Abu Dhabi Emirate (ADE). ADE is the largest region in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). It is characterised by negligible surface water and groundwater recharge resources with limited rech…
Driven by global population growth and anticipated increases in demand for food as well as a number of other goods and services, the issue of food security has recently (re-)emerged in both policy and academic contexts. Using a modified political economy perspective, this study …
This thesis is concerned with social policy during structural transformation, focusing on the caseof Ethiopia. The thesis takes a realist, case-based approach to the study of social policy, whichrecognises that political actors construct the domain of 'social' policy within legi…
Aquifers are an important water source that continue to sustain populations internationally. These populations are supported by a wide range of water uses for livestock grazing, household use, and commercial demands. In regions that are heavily aquifer-dependent, the aim to both…
Food security is a fundamental human necessity. Although our global society has been constantly tackling hunger around the world, there still exists many socially and geographically isolated communities that struggle to achieve food security. A growing body of literature examine…
Ideologically motivated intentional adulteration is an attempt to cause harm to consumers of food. Within the context of the United States of America (US), the current methods of addressing this risk are evolving in the modern post-Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) era. Curre…
Poverty and food insecurity in low-income countries are at the heart of the current agenda of the international community. The first Millennium Development Goal (MDG) aims to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger, with a target of halving the incidence of poverty and hunger by 20…
Globalization has added to the growth of labor migration as a source of income for wives and families left behind in developing countries. The impact on wives left behind by working husbands requires further investigation in order to produce the best practices to combat the soci…
This dissertation focuses on investigating the causes of malnutrition in the crisis-affected region of Darfur, Sudan, on exploring the relationship between household headship and food security and on examining the role of care in determining malnutrition in emergencies. For the …
Market integration for agricultural products has been widely explored using different methodological approaches. While a substantial effort has been made towards improving the technical tools, the extent of the understanding of how markets work is still not satisfactory. The cur…
Climate change is projected to disproportionately affect arid and semi-arid regions of the world, including the African Sahel. Niger, a Sahelian country and one of the poorest countries in the world, is home to an estimated 1.5 million pastoralists, those whose livelihood is bas…
Weather risk management is a set of financial products including insurance, catastrophe bonds, and derivative contracts based on seasonal precipitation and temperature. International organizations have recently put their toes in the water to see whether insurance and weather der…
The purpose of this research was to examine food security for people with prediabetes participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), focusing on their food choice decisions and coping strategies over a 30-day benefit cycle that potentially increases the r…
Climate change affects households, villages, countries, and regions worldwide. The populations and individuals most vulnerable to the negative impacts of climate change live in the poorest and least developed regions of the world, engage in climate-dependent livelihoods and have…
This paper assesses the impact of the Productive Safety Net Programme (PSNP) on the food security outcomes of female-headed households in Ethiopia. Using data from the Ethiopian Rural Household Surveys (EHRS) for 2009, the present study tests whether the PSNP reported worse food…