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Culture and Food Security

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  • Elena Briones Alonso
  • Lara Cockx
  • Johan Swinnen

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This paper reviewsavailable cross-disciplinary evidence on howculture affectsfood security.We discuss the impact ofculture onall four dimensions(availability, access and choice, utilization, and stability). Although there is large heterogeneity in the size and breadth of available evidence, with research often biased toward high-come countries, it is clear that how and why we obtain, process, prepare, and eatfoodis influenced by culture in various ways.In addition, gender, family, and decision-making power play a critical role intheimpactofculture. The dynamics of cultureas well as the magnitude andrelative importanceof cultural effectsin the context of food security are still poorly understood. Nevertheless,there remains ample scope for improvingfood security policy by taking culture better into account.

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  • Elena Briones Alonso & Lara Cockx & Johan Swinnen, 2017. "Culture and Food Security," Working Papers of Department of Economics, Leuven 638992, KU Leuven, Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB), Department of Economics, Leuven.
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