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Corporate power in the agro-food system and the consumer food environment in South Africa
(Taylor & Francis, 2017)
This contribution maps the South African agro-food system with a focus on corporate ownership and power, inspired by value chain work applied to the food system as a whole. Corporations tend to dominate some nodes, for ...
Enhancing food and nutrition security in a corporate-dominated food system
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2017)
South Africa faces a ‘dual burden’ of
malnutrition, with persistent under-nutrition
coinciding with rising rates of diet-related NCDs
(e.g. diabetes, heart disease, and certain
cancers). According to a recent national ...
Trade, food and nutrition security in South Africa: The cases of sugar and poultry
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2017-10)
The purpose of this paper is to consider the role that trade plays in food and nutrition security
in South Africa. Despite an established commercial food system, South Africans experience high
levels of food and nutrition ...
Trade and investment in fish and fish products between South Africa and the rest of SADC: Implications for food and nutrition security
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2017-10)
This paper looks at the dynamics of intra-regional trade and investment in fish and fish
products between South Africa and the rest of the Southern Africa Development Community
(SADC) region, and the implications of this ...
Food trade and investment in South Africa: Improving coherence between economic policy, nutrition and food security
(Food trade and investment in South Africa: Improving coherence between economic policy, nutrition and food security, 2017-12)
South Africa must address a rising burden of diet-related chronic disease while also
continuing to combat persistent food insecurity and undernutrition (Muzigaba et al.
2016). The prevalence of stunting among children ...