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Food Remittances: Rural-Urban Linkages And Food Security In Africa, Jonathan Crush, Mary Caesar
Food Remittances: Rural-Urban Linkages And Food Security In Africa, Jonathan Crush, Mary Caesar
Southern African Migration Programme
The need for a new research agenda
Globally, the transfer of funds by migrants to their home countries or areas (cash remittances) is at an all-time high. By 2017, it is predicted to rise to US$500 billion – and there is a growing policy consensus that cash remittances can be mainstreamed into development. Equally, food remitting also has a role to play in urban and rural food security. Yet despite its importance, researchers and policymakers tend to ignore food remitting.
The growing literature on rural-urban linkages highlights their complex, dynamic nature in the context of rapid urbanisation and growing rural-urban …