TY - BOOK ID - 78487989 TI - Food remittances : migration and food security in Africa AU - Crush, Jonathan AU - Caesar, Mary PY - 2016 SN - 1920596259 9781920596255 9781920596194 1920596194 PB - Waterloo, Ontario : Southern African Migration Programme (SAMP), DB - UniCat KW - Food security KW - Emigrant remittances KW - Food industry and trade KW - Food KW - Food preparation industry KW - Food processing KW - Food processing industry KW - Food technology KW - Food trade KW - Agricultural processing industries KW - Processed foods KW - Immigrant remittances KW - Remittances, Emigrant KW - Foreign exchange KW - Food deserts KW - Food insecurity KW - Insecurity, Food KW - Security, Food KW - Human security KW - Food supply KW - Processing KW - E-books UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78487989 AB - There is considerable evidence from across the African continent that a significant proportion of cash remittances to rural areas is spent on food. However, bidirectional food remitting -- its drivers, dimensions and impacts -- is an underdeveloped research and policy area. This report therefore reviews the current state of knowledge about food remittances in Africa and aims to make a number of contributions to the study of the relationship between migration and food security. ER -