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Foodways of the poor in South Africa: How poor people get food, what they eat, and how this shapes our food system
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2017)
Foodways are the set of strategies shaping what food
people choose as well as how and where they access
and consume it. Informed by culture and social
context, the foodways of the poor simultaneously
respond to and ...
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 ...