The Supermarket Revolution and Food Security in Namibia

Lawrence Kazembe, Ndeyapo Nickanor

Description

The surprisingly high rate of supermarket patronage in low-income areas of Windhoek, Namibia�s capital and largest city, is at odds with conventional wisdom that supermarkets in African cities are primarily patronized by middle and high-income residents and therefore target their neighbourhoods. What is happening in Namibia and other Southern African countries that make supermarkets so much more accessible to the urban poor? What are they buying at supermarkets and how frequently do they shop there? Further, what is the impact of supermarket expansion on informal food vendors? This report, which presents the findings from the South African Supermarkets in Growing African Cities project research in 2016-2017 in Windhoek, looks at the evidence and tries to answer these questions and others. The research and policy debate on the relationship between the supermarket revo- lution and food security is also discussed. Here, the issues include whether supermarket supply chains and procurement practices miti- gate rural food insecurity through providing new market opportunities for smallholder farmers; the impact of supermarkets on the food security and consumption patterns of residents of African cities; and the relationship between supermarket expansion and governance of the food system, particularly at the local level.

Sujets

• Sociology

Informations

• Publié par: Southern African Migration Programme
• Date de parution: 17 décembre 2017
• Nombre de lectures: 1
• EAN13: 9781920597306
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 20 Mo

Extrait

AFRICAN FOOD SECURITY URBAN NETWORK (AFSUN)

T HE S UPERMARKET R EVOLUTIONAND F OOD S ECURITY IN N AMIBIA

N DEYAPO N ICKANOR , L AWRENCE K AZEMBE , J HAN C RUSHAND J EREMY W AG ONAT NER

S ERIES E DITOR : P ROF . J ONATHAN C RUSH

URBAN FOOD SECURITY SERIES NO. 26

A CKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The project on South African Supermarkets in Growing African Cities is funded by the Open Society Foundation for South Africa (OSF-SA). We wish to thank the following for their assistance with the project and this report: Gareth Haysom, Maria Salamone, Cameron McCordic, Bronwen Dachs and Ichumile Gqada. The IDRC and SSHRC are acknowledged for their support of the Hungry Cities Partnership and Consuming Urban Poverty 2 Project and for contributing in-kind resources to this project.

© AFSUN and HCP 2017

Published by the African Food Security Urban Network (AFSUN) and Hungry Cities Partnership (HCP) www.afsun.org and www.hungrycities.net

First published 2017

ISBN 978-1-920597-28-3

Cover photo: Jonathan Crush

Production by Bronwen Dachs Muller, Cape Town

Printed by Print on Demand, Cape Town

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without prior permission from the publishers.

A UTHORS

Ndeyapo Nickanor is Dean in the Faculty of Science at the University of Namibia, Windhoek.

Lawrence Kazembe is Associate Professor in the Department of Statistics and Popula- tion Studies, Faculty of Science, University of Namibia, Windhoek.

Jonathan Crush is CIGI Chair in Global Migration and Development, International Migration Research Centre, Balsillie School of International Affairs, Waterloo, Canada.

Jeremy Wagner is a Research Fellow at the Balsillie School of International Affairs, Waterloo, Canada.