Migration and Food Security in the Global South: Interactions, Impacts, and Remedies (MiFOOD Project)

The MiFOOD Project is focused on the neglected interactions between migration and food security within the Global South.

The MiFOOD Project is focused on the neglected interactions between migration and food security within the Global South. The specific objectives are to: (a) design and implement a new global research and knowledge mobilization agenda on the interactions between international and internal South-South migration and food security; (b) compare the food security vulnerabilities of migrant women, men, and children in different cities, migration corridors and migrant sending communities across the Global South; (c) examine how the transformation of food systems is generating new forms of migration, precarious migrant employment and food insecurity; and (d) ensure that the neglected migration and food security nexus becomes a major focus of attention on global, national and local development agendas. The project builds on the strong foundation laid by the network of over 90 researchers, co-investigators, and collaborators from Canada, Mexico, Jamaica, Ecuador, Ghana, Kenya, Namibia, Mozambique, South Africa, Qatar, India, China, and Singapore. The project has also partnered with key international organizations in the migration and food security fields including the ILO, IOM, FAO, IFPRI, MIDEQ and SDSN

MiFOOD research will inform public policy and global development agendas; build the capacity of institutions to address a major systemic development challenge; and integrate knowledge about migrant food insecurity into local development strategies.

MiFOOD is funded by a Partnership Grant awarded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC).