1602, 2018

Political Economy Approaches to Food Regimes

By Sophie Van Hullen|February 16, 2018|Conferences, Talks and Seminars|0 comments

On January 19, 2018 the SOAS Food, Nutrition and Health in Development Research Cluster organises a one-day workshop that brings together topics in contemporary food regime studies examined from a political economy perspective. Topics include inequality and food security, the state and food sovereignty, food regimes and the politics of conflict and financialisation of food and were discussed in four panels covering 11 papers. A full descriptions of the panels

1403, 2017

From Futures Markets to the Farm Gate

By Sophie Van Hullen|March 14, 2017|Reviews|0 comments

A synopsis of a recent article by Dr Hannah Bargawi (SOAS University of London) and Dr Susan Newman (UWE Bristol): From Futures Markets to the Farm Gate: A Study of Price Formation along Tanzania’s Coffee Commodity Chain. Within the social sciences broadly, and within commodities-related research in particular, research has increasingly focused on prices – analysing and evaluating the formation of prices, the transmission of prices, and the impact of prices and price changes

1301, 2017

Sustainable Diets: a development challenge?

By Sophie Van Hullen|January 13, 2017|Talks and Seminars|0 comments

The term “Sustainable Diets” (SD) entered the public health lexicon in 1987, but its translation into reality is proving slow. In its most pared-down formulation, SD means good nutrition with low carbon emissions. In more complex forms, it means eating within environmental limits while eating well for health and in a manner appropriate to economic, social and cultural circumstances. Whichever version of SD is adopted, policy-makers have been surprisingly reluctant

1301, 2017

Inequality and Complexity in Access to Food

By Sophie Van Hullen|January 13, 2017|Conferences|0 comments

FNHD at the DSA Annual Conferences 2016 On Wednesday 14th September 2016 during the Development Studies Association conference held at the University of Oxford, Dr. Deborah Johnston (SOAS, University of London), in collaboration with Nazia Mintz-Habib (University of Cambridge) and Sam Mardell (London International Development Centre) organised a panel on “Inequality and complexity in access to food“. The variety of ways that food can be acquired have been studied by

food systems

Political Economy Approaches to Food Regimes

From Futures Markets to the Farm Gate

Sustainable Diets: a development challenge?

Inequality and Complexity in Access to Food