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Title: Navigating the Challenges of Crafting a Literature Review on Food Security

In the realm of academic research, crafting a literature review can be a daunting task, especially
when delving into complex subjects like food security. As scholars and researchers strive to
contribute valuable insights to the discourse, they often find themselves grappling with the intricacies
of synthesizing existing knowledge.

A literature review on food security demands meticulous attention to detail, a comprehensive


understanding of the subject matter, and a critical analysis of numerous scholarly works. Researchers
are tasked with identifying, evaluating, and summarizing relevant literature, which can be an
overwhelming endeavor given the sheer volume of information available.

One of the primary challenges faced by individuals embarking on a literature review journey is the
vastness of the topic. Food security is a multifaceted issue encompassing various dimensions such as
economic, social, political, and environmental factors. Navigating through this diverse landscape
requires not only a deep understanding of each aspect but also the ability to connect the dots and
present a cohesive narrative.

Another hurdle is the ever-evolving nature of research in the field of food security. New studies,
theories, and perspectives emerge regularly, making it challenging for researchers to stay abreast of
the latest developments. Striking a balance between including foundational literature and
incorporating recent advancements is crucial but can be a delicate task.

Additionally, the process of selecting and filtering relevant sources demands a discerning eye.
Researchers must sift through an abundance of information to identify seminal works, reliable data,
and credible sources. The need for precision in source selection is paramount to ensure the validity
and reliability of the literature review.

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Generally, the limitations relate to the following aspects: article selection, characteristics of the
articles, methodology, and generalization. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information (IJGI).
Meanwhile, for qualitative studies, two articles met eight items in the risk of bias checklist for
qualitative research, while one article met seven items and another met five items. The studies that
met with the criteria of the checklist for qualitative research are shown in Supplementary Table S2.
International Journal of Translational Medicine (IJTM). Finally, food utilization refers to how a
person is able to utilize food and nutrients. We have a vision of “Inspiring discovery through free
access to biodiversity knowledge.” We have been accomplishing this vision for 10 years now.
Accompan ying gr owth in urban areas has been a d ecline in the emphasis of production w ith great
er emphasis on the inco mes and social network s that ar e used in accessing f ood. For more
information on the journal statistics, click here. Lower number of household members contributing to
income. Conflicts of Interest The authors declare no conflict of interest. Foods eaten in corporate
and non-corporate retail foodservice outlets. Eating in the City: A Review of the Literature on Food
Insecurity and Indigenous People Living in Urban Spaces. We conducted a scoping study of food
insecurity and Indigenous peoples living in urban spaces in Canada, the United States, and Australia.
While the components o f food a va ilability are co nte xtual, curr ent thinking sugges ts that
domestic production, r eliable import ca pacity, presence of f ood s tock s, av ailability of social pr
otection measures, dec ent tr ansporta tion infr astructur e and, when necessary, access to fo od aid
are the major elements of secu ring food supp ly. Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Analyses
(JETA). For example, Food Secure Canada (a national food advocacy organization) in a discussion
paper stated that traditional foods in urban centres in Canada are important because in “urban areas
deprived of traditional foods, we experience food deserts, extreme hunger, and the onset and
entrenchment of preventable disease” and recommends action towards food sovereignty. Rates of
food insecurity in some First Nations households in Northern Ontario households are even higher.
The Indigenous populations living in these three settler states face many of the same structural social,
economic, and political inequalities that make them disproportionately vulnerable to food insecurity.
Borrowing motor to buy food Decreasing the number of people (two subthemes). We use cookies on
our website to ensure you get the best experience. They found out that those households have more
social connectedness within and outside the community reported less food insecurity, especially as
the food was regularly shared among the members. Multiple requests from the same IP address are
counted as one view. Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing (JMMP). Consuming
whatever food available around the house. However, subsistence farmers in developing countries
still. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative
Commons Attribution (CC BY) license ( ). The information is important to act as a reminder that the
stream of rapid economic expansion may not be beneficial to every single community in the nation.
Journal of Low Power Electronics and Applications (JLPEA). Trust is one of the most important
dimensions of the social capital, to illustrate its core “social cement” function in the society and
institutions, it is worth to quote the founder of the well-known Chinese global high-tech firm: “As
Jack Ma, founder of Alibaba, famously said, “when you trust, everything is simple. As the designer
you are to create a poster that has all of the information necessary to communicate with the viewer.
However, subsistence farmers in developing countries still. Sharing food with friends Non-food-
related coping strategies. For example, the geographical information system (GIS) can be used to
identify high-risk locations within a district. Additionally, our data can be freely accessed and
downloaded through a variety of APIs (application programming interfaces) and data exports. You
may need to emphasise some studies that didn’t initially seem that important, but which are now
more useful because of what you have found in your own experiments. As indicated in Table 1, 21
research documents out of 39, more than half of the reviewed papers, have used a quantitative
empirical research method. Microfinance organizations in Uganda are trying to improve food security
and reduce poverty by providing farmers with financial resources. As sellers of commodities, high
volatility brings with it. Nosratabadi, S.; Khazami, N.; Abdallah, M.B.; Lackner, Z.; S. Band, S.;
Mosavi, A.; Mako, C. Similarly, elderly respondents in the United States with multiple chronic
conditions (two or more conditions) had a higher risk of being food insecure compared to elderly
respondents with 0 to one condition. The countries with a single publication are scattered all over the
world and presented in yellow color in Figure 4. 3. Results The reviewed articles are classified based
on their focus on the four pillars of food security (i.e., availability, accessibility, utilization, and food
system stability) and the food supply chain actors (i.e., farmers, processors, distributors, retailers, and
consumers). A Food Insecurity Systematic Review: Experience from Malaysia. Martin Kalfatovic
2017 BHL Program Director's Report: 11 Years of Growth and Sustainability 2017 BHL Program
Director's Report: 11 Years of Growth and Sustainability Martin Kalfatovic The Biodiversity
Heritage Library 10 Years and More. Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology (JFMK).
Agriculture and Human Values, Development Southern Africa, Public Health Nutrition, and Rural
Sociology journals are the journals with two published papers in this realm. Nevertheless, extensive
and active investigations are encouraged to obtain a more holistic and comprehensive picture
pertaining to household food security in Malaysia. These studies disagree about the most significant
reasons for cheese-based injury with some arguing that choking on cheese poses the highest risk
(Muffet, 2008; Moon; 2009; Rennet, 2011). Urban population has continued to grow and is now
larger than the rural population. Editors select a small number of articles recently published in the
journal that they believe will be particularly. In ganye, for example, individuals in a community go to
each other’s farms as labor, and not only do they contribute to the production of crops, but they also
receive food as compensation. Gbisa, indeed, is inter-household cooperation in providing the labor
force for the farms. In this form of cooperation, close kin and neighbors go to the others’ farms to
help the farmers, for example, inland clearing and timely weeding. Our initial searches included New
Zealand, as we originally had intended to include the nation in the review. Sulaiman, Norhasmah,
Heather Yeatman, Joanna Russell, and Leh Shii Law. Martin Kalfatovic Building a Global Library
of Taxonomic Literature Building a Global Library of Taxonomic Literature Martin Kalfatovic
Enabling Progress in Global Biodiversity Research: The Biodiversity Heritage. Meanwhile, the
MCSI appeared in three publications. Delaying the payment of the bills Delaying the payment of the
rent 19. Available online: (accessed on 6 December 2020). Zakari, S.; Ying, L.; Song, B. Factors
influencing household food security in West Africa: The case of southern Niger. For quantitative
studies, 17 articles (40.5%) met six and more items (high quality) in the risk of bias checklist for
analytical cross-sectional studies, while another 18 articles (42.9%) fulfilled three to five items (fair
quality). Factors included poverty, low food expenditure, low education, and depletion of assets.
Categorizing the articles based on their focus on food security strategies and on the food supply
chain.
Updated method guidelines for systematic reviews in the Cochrane Collaboration Back Review
Group. At this step, first, the duplicate articles which were found in both databases were deleted 185
individual articles went to the next screening step. Decreasing pocket money given to school-going
children. Agave sp. (pineapples are an example) CAM plants have the best water use efficiency.
CAM. However it may be that students would benefit from more advice in this area. Notably, the
use of different food insecurity measurement tools does not allow for accurate comparison across
studies. Gbisa, indeed, is inter-household cooperation in providing the labor force for the farms. In
this form of cooperation, close kin and neighbors go to the others’ farms to help the farmers, for
example, inland clearing and timely weeding. Additionally, this research discovered that the
supervisor sets the stage for safe food handling. In order to be human-readable, please install an RSS
reader. The government must enforce the National Nutrition Policy of Malaysia 2005 as an effort to
eradicate household food insecurity. Consequences of household food insecurity included
psychological, dietary (macro- and micronutrient intakes), nutritional status, and health impacts.
Work that was framed within the discussion of one of the above noted issues but with a focus on an
aspect of food security was included. 2.2. Content Analysis and Synthesis From the articles that met
the inclusion criteria, qualitative content analysis was conducted. Sponsored by Liberty’s Awesome
ASB ASB Collection Dates: December 9 through December 20, 2013. Integrated Food Security
Phase Classification; IPC Technical Working Group: Johannesburg, South Sudan, 2014; Available
online: (accessed on 6 December 2020). Kirimi, L.; Gitau, R.; Olunga, M. Household food security
and commercialization among smallholder farmers in Kenya. Customers also value transparency,
convenient mobile apps, and on-time delivery. At risk abdominal obesity Food-related coping
strategies. Meanwhile, for qualitative studies, two articles met eight items in the risk of bias checklist
for qualitative research, while one article met seven items and another met five items. The studies that
met with the criteria of the checklist for qualitative research are shown in Supplementary Table S2.
Focusing on urban environments specifically acknowledges that place matters when understanding
food security. Conflicts of Interest The authors declare no conflict of interest. Eating in the City: A
Review of the Literature on Food Insecurity and Indigenous People Living in Urban Spaces. Food
security has been recognized as a significant concern at the global, national, community, household
and individual levels. Factors included poverty, low food expenditure, low education, and depletion
of assets. As indicated in Table 1, 21 research documents out of 39, more than half of the reviewed
papers, have used a quantitative empirical research method. However, these families have also been
exposed to food insecurity. In the background is an assumption that food will always be. In this step,
the articles are evaluated based on the relevance of their titles and abstracts where, as a result, 101
articles are eliminated, and 84 articles went to the eligibility step. Increasing Access, Promoting
Progress: Empowering Global Research through the. Digital Sales Sell your publications commission-
free as single issues or ongoing subscriptions. These constraints included failure in agriculture,
ineffectiveness in traditional food-seeking activities, weather, and water issues. 3.3. Coping
Strategies Coping strategies were divided into two main categories, namely food-related and non-
food-related coping strategies. U pdated estimates of foodborne disease outbreaks in the Philippines
got published by the Centers for Disease Contro l and Preventi on (CDC) in 2010.
Updated method guidelines for systematic reviews in the Cochrane Collaboration Back Review
Group. Make ocean-derived products for sale (e.g., dried, salted fish or handicrafts). International
Journal of Translational Medicine (IJTM). Significant higher intake of fat, oil, sugar, and salt among
food-insecure elderly -NA- -NA- 40. Food availability depends on the production, distribution, and
exchange of food. In ganye, for example, individuals in a community go to each other’s farms as
labor, and not only do they contribute to the production of crops, but they also receive food as
compensation. As sellers of commodities, high volatility brings with it. Future research can apply a
quantitative research methodology to test the hypotheses presented in this study and test this study’s
conceptual model. Social capital, the synergy resulting from members of a community’s interactions,
brings benefits to community members and is a tool that members of a community can use as a
solution to problems, such as food security. BHL is also an Associate Participant in the Global
Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) and is a Member of TDWG (Taxonomic Database Working
Group). Consuming whatever food available around the house. Multiple requests from the same IP
address are counted as one view. A DRIVE to eliminate food poverty in Newcastle starts on
Monday. Like Canada and the United States, in the post WWII period, Indigenous people in
Australia increasingly migrated to urban areas through forced government relocations or in the search
for employment, education, and better access to health care and social services. 2. Methodology The
scoping review (as defined by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research—CIHR) was conducted of
online peer-reviewed journal articles. Eating in the City: A Review of the Literature on Food
Insecurity and Indigenous People Living in Urban Spaces. Thus, BHL has a wide range of tools and
services to support the needs of our users, such as the taxonomic name searching services previously
mentioned. Many Indigenous people have had their connections to their communities and traditional
lands severed through historical and ongoing policies and programs that actively or passively
promote assimilation. Purchasing food on credit Food anxiety (one sutheme). Feature papers
represent the most advanced research with significant potential for high impact in the field. A
Feature. Dietary choices around fast food were linked to food security in a number of ways.
Microfinance organizations in Uganda are trying to improve food security and reduce poverty by
providing farmers with financial resources. QR Codes Generate QR Codes for your digital content.
Eating in the City: A Review of the Literature on Food Insecurity and Indigenous People Living in
Urban Spaces. Impacts of price volatility in agricultural commodities. In Section 3, the findings
resulted from reviewing the literature are presented, and the contributions of social capital to food
security were identified, and the corresponding hypotheses were presented to shape the conceptual
model of the study. Oral health status Binary logistics: Significant likelihood to develop household
food insecurity. A significant amount of reading and in-depth understanding of the field has gone in
to being able to summarise the research in these few sentences. Therefore, the aim of this systematic
review is to provide an overall view of issues relating to household and individual food insecurity in
Malaysia. Note that from the first issue of 2016, this journal uses article numbers instead of page
numbers. To date, we’ve assigned over 103,000 DOIs to monographs and a few select articles.
Receiving clothes from individuals or agencies Reduce school-going children’s expenditure (two
subthemes). This can be achieved through the unity of Malaysians by establishing a conducive and
harmonious environment that encourages learning and helps to improve employment rates and
increase the mean monthly household income. To date, BHL’s collections include over 50 million
pages, which comprise over 110,000 titles and over 186,000 volumes. Using less preferred food Non-
food-related coping strategies. Delaying the payment of bills until they received warning letters or
the supplies were terminated. In other words, this study’s main contribution is to show how social
capital can improve food security. Buying new clothes for children but not for mothers. All articles
published by MDPI are made immediately available worldwide under an open access license. No
special. Diagram of the systematic selection of the study database. Contributing factors,
consequences, and coping strategies of food insecurity in Malaysia (40 articles). Nosratabadi S,
Khazami N, Abdallah MB, Lackner Z, S. However, some people viewed this shift as positive vis-a-
vis food access on-reserve, where food was less available and affordable. The blue color designs the
USA, which has the highest number of publications, 14 papers. Social interactions that increase the
resilience and eliminate the households’ vulnerability will result in a more stable food system and a
decline in food insecurity. However, this model does not adequately take into account Archer's
theory of 'Under-reporting' which states that people are less likely to report frequently occurring
small accidents until a critical mass of injuries are reached (2009). Paper should be a substantial
original Article that involves several techniques or approaches, provides an outlook for. The poverty
rate in Malaysia is low, at less than one percent. Users can also freely download our content, either
by full PDF downloads or by selecting specific pages to create custom PDFs. A Food Insecurity
Systematic Review: Experience from Malaysia. Nutrients. 2021; 13(3):945. Thirteen articles are
dated from 2010 on, and four of these were published in 2014 and 2015, indicating that urban
Indigenous food security is becoming increasingly recognized as a concern. Issues explored include
the prevalence of household food insecurity, vulnerable groups, contributing factors of household
food insecurity, coping strategies during household food insecurity, and consequences of household
food insecurity. Institutional Review Board Statement Not applicable. Yet, the linkages and flows of
food and money among these places are not well understood. Buying less expensive products or
shopping at cheaper places. The Sustainable Development Goals Reports; United Nations: New
York, NY, USA, 2017; Available online: (accessed on 6 December 2020). Buying less expensive
products or shopping at cheaper place. These studies illustrate that social capital can improve food
utilization through sharing products and information among members of a community. Isara et al.
used a participant observations questionnaire to. You could consider using a reference management
tool, such as EndNote Online, for storing your references and inserting them into your report (see
the 'Referencing' page ) - this will be essential if you are doing a literature-based project or a
systematic review. We need new scientific knowledge to maintain and increase crop yields.

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