Policy Levers and Actions to Address Food Insecurity in Developing and Developed Countries

Dear Colleagues,

We are organizing a Special Issue on “Policy Levers and Actions to Address Food Insecurity in Developing and Developed Countries” in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. The venue is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes articles and communications in the interdisciplinary area of environmental health sciences and public health. For detailed information on the journal, we refer you to http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph.  

The new Special Issue seeks to identify and explore actions such as policy and other interventions to address food insecurity in developing and developed countries. Clearly scoping the problem and causes of food insecurity assists in determining appropriate action. Many approaches have been taken in a variety of countries to respond to the problem. This Special Issue seeks contributions that explore how we should target our efforts for maximum impact?

It addresses questions such as:

• How do we best define the problem of food insecurity in developing and developed nations?
• What have we learned from actions taken to date?
• What works and what does not?
• What actions or policy levers show promise?

The United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals are a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure all people enjoy peace and prosperity by 2030. Food insecurity is relevant across all goals, with ‘Zero Hunger’ Goal #2 focusing explicitly on food by seeking to end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture. ‘No Poverty’ (#1), (#2) and ‘Good Health and Wellbeing’ (#3) are particularly relevant, yet many nations couple their efforts with ‘Responsible Production and Consumption’ (#12)

Food insecurity action can be extensive, ranging from social and economic policies to reduce diet inequities, to actions promoting healthy local food environments, increasing food access and availability, innovative community led interventions, or voluntary/commercial sector responses to help individuals find pathways out of food insecurity.

We invite academics and researchers conducting research that sheds light on policy levers and actions to address food insecurity in developing and developed countries to submit abstracts for consideration in the Special Issue of the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

Dr. Sue Booth
Dr. Christina Pollard
Dr. Jeromey Temple
Guest Editors

BREAKING: This Special Issue provides researchers with the opportunity to publish about the exogenous shock posed by the COVID-19 pandemic for the determinants of household food security. Disrupted global food supply chains, isolation and lockdown measures (e.g., border closures), increased unemployment, and broader economic impacts resulting from the pandemic have caused changes in food access, affordability, and availability in developing and developed countries.

Manuscript Submission Information

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