Alexander Legwegoh
Biographic Data
| ID | 6898059 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alexander Legwegoh |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alexander |
| FAMILY NAME | Legwegoh |
| SIGNATURE | LEGWEGOH A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Guelph |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
High food prices in urban Cameroon: Coping Strategies and Suggested Policy Actions
Governments tend to focus on short-term policies to address the immediate effects of high food prices when spikes occur, while in the long term, urban residents are left to their own devices struggling to ensure adequate household food consumption. Using data collected in three cities in Cameroon among 300 households, this article documents participants’ opinions on appropriate policies to address high food prices as well as how households cope w…
Exploring food choices within the context of nutritional security in Gaborone, Botswana
Food consumption experiences remain largely unexplored in urban Africa, despite mounting concerns regarding both over‐ and undernutrition of city dwellers and the potential impact on overall human health and development. This paper seeks to explore the foodstuffs people consume and the factors that shape consumer choice in Gaborone, Botswana. Empirical data were drawn from food diaries and observations of 40 households and discussions with them, …
Food stocks and grain reserves: Evaluating whether storing food creates resilient food systems
Food politics: Perspectives on food security in Central Africa
Food security is political. The identification of food insecurity and the development and implementation of responses to it are enveloped in layers of politics and power. This politics might not be as readily apparent in emergency situations where broad agreement on the need for a response is evident. But in the everyday governance of food it must not be forgotten that food security is a contested concept. This article offers a preliminary elucid…
The Dimensions of Urban Food Insecurity in Gaborone, Botswana
Assessing food insecurity in Botswana: The case of Gaborone
The search for appropriate tools to assess food and nutrition insecurity is a major preoccupation for development practitioners. This paper explores the potential of complementing a mainstream measure of food security, the Household Dietary Diversity Score (HDDS), with a political ecology approach, using a case study from Gaborone, Botswana. HDDS exposes differential food access, illustrated by varying household dietary diversity scores and commo…
Food stocks and grain reserves: Evaluating whether storing food creates resilient food systems
High food prices in urban Cameroon: Coping Strategies and Suggested Policy Actions
Governments tend to focus on short-term policies to address the immediate effects of high food prices when spikes occur, while in the long term, urban residents are left to their own devices struggling to ensure adequate household food consumption. Using data collected in three cities in Cameroon among 300 households, this article documents participants’ opinions on appropriate policies to address high food prices as well as how households cope w…
Food politics: Perspectives on food security in Central Africa
Food security is political. The identification of food insecurity and the development and implementation of responses to it are enveloped in layers of politics and power. This politics might not be as readily apparent in emergency situations where broad agreement on the need for a response is evident. But in the everyday governance of food it must not be forgotten that food security is a contested concept. This article offers a preliminary elucid…
Assessing food insecurity in Botswana: The case of Gaborone
The search for appropriate tools to assess food and nutrition insecurity is a major preoccupation for development practitioners. This paper explores the potential of complementing a mainstream measure of food security, the Household Dietary Diversity Score (HDDS), with a political ecology approach, using a case study from Gaborone, Botswana. HDDS exposes differential food access, illustrated by varying household dietary diversity scores and commo…
Assessing food insecurity in Botswana: The case of Gaborone
The search for appropriate tools to assess food and nutrition insecurity is a major preoccupation for development practitioners. This paper explores the potential of complementing a mainstream measure of food security, the Household Dietary Diversity Score (HDDS), with a political ecology approach, using a case study from Gaborone, Botswana. HDDS exposes differential food access, illustrated by varying household dietary diversity scores and commo…
The Dimensions of Urban Food Insecurity in Gaborone, Botswana
Food stocks and grain reserves: Evaluating whether storing food creates resilient food systems
Food politics: Perspectives on food security in Central Africa
Food security is political. The identification of food insecurity and the development and implementation of responses to it are enveloped in layers of politics and power. This politics might not be as readily apparent in emergency situations where broad agreement on the need for a response is evident. But in the everyday governance of food it must not be forgotten that food security is a contested concept. This article offers a preliminary elucid…
Exploring food choices within the context of nutritional security in Gaborone, Botswana
Food consumption experiences remain largely unexplored in urban Africa, despite mounting concerns regarding both over‐ and undernutrition of city dwellers and the potential impact on overall human health and development. This paper seeks to explore the foodstuffs people consume and the factors that shape consumer choice in Gaborone, Botswana. Empirical data were drawn from food diaries and observations of 40 households and discussions with them, …
High food prices in urban Cameroon: Coping Strategies and Suggested Policy Actions
Governments tend to focus on short-term policies to address the immediate effects of high food prices when spikes occur, while in the long term, urban residents are left to their own devices struggling to ensure adequate household food consumption. Using data collected in three cities in Cameroon among 300 households, this article documents participants’ opinions on appropriate policies to address high food prices as well as how households cope w…
Agriculture (6 works) · Economics (6 works) · Food security (6 works) · Geography (6 works) · Business (4 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Food insecurity (3 works) · Urban Agriculture and Sustainability (3 works)