Resilience Seminar

43rd Resilience Seminar

Date: Saturday, March 9, 2024, 13:00 - 14:30 

Venue: Seminar Room, Former Head Office of Forest Research Station,

Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University. (North Campus, No.15) https://www.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/access/north-campus-map / Zoom Web Seminar Registration

Presenter: Akinori Kitsuki (Kyushu University) 

Title: Vulnerability to seasonal food insecurity as an exposure to risk: the case of the Southern Province of Zambia 

Abstract: Seasonality is an important aspect of food security for subsistence households in developing countries. Using three years of weekly household panel data for the Choma and Sinazongwe Districts of

the southern province of Zambia, we investigate whether and how farmers smooth their consumption within a crop year. Given seasonal price changes of staple foods, some farmers buy them when prices are low and store them for the hunger season, while others run out of staple foods before the next harvest and therefore buy them when prices are high. The results show that the former group successfully smooths its consumption, while the latter group decreases its consumption of non-staple food items, such as vegetables

and meats, to smooth the consumption of staple foods despite the seasonal hike in maize prices. In conclusion, seasonal food insecurity is exacerbated by negative harvest shocks. We emphasize the significance of policies aimed at increasing public awareness of healthier food choices, empowering households to avoid purchasing maize at high prices, and reducing seasonal price disparities. 

42nd Resilience Seminar

Date: July 4, 2023, Tue, 16:45-18:15

Venue: Seminar Room E217, Division of Natural Resource Economics, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University. 

Presenter: Ayal Kimhi (Hebrew University) HP 

Title: Foreign Workers in Israeli Agriculture and their Effect on Local Wages 

Abstract: This paper examines the changes in the wages of different types of workers in different industries during a period in which the number of foreign workers in Israel increased considerably, especially in agriculture. We estimate a difference-in-difference log-wage regression in order to identify the relative wage changes in agriculture, construction and manufacturing, compared to all other industries. We find that the wages of unskilled workers in agriculture decreased compared to the other industries, while the wages of skilled workers and other occupations increased. This is consistent with the view that foreign workers have an important role in affecting the agricultural demand for local workers. In the policy debate over the number of foreign workers in agriculture and their cost, the negative impact on the wages of unskilled workers has to be weighed against the positive impact on the wages of all other workers. 

41st Resilience Seminar

Date: January 26, 2023, Thu, 16:45-18:15

Presenter: Masanori Matsuura (IDE-JETRO) HP

Title: Weather Shocks, Livelihood Diversification, and Household Food Security: Empirical Evidence from Rural Bangladesh 

Abstract: Extreme weather shocks have occurred more frequently because of global climate change. Livelihood diversification including crop and income diversification is one of the most remarkable strategies to cope with economic and weather shocks to improve rural livelihood. We investigate the empirical linkages among weather shocks, livelihood diversification, and household food security, exploiting three waves of nationally representative rural household panel data merged with granular climate data in Bangladesh. 

36th Resilience Seminar

Date: May 21, 2021, Fri, 16:45-18:15

Presenter: Tamahi Kato (Kyoto University)

Title: Women's empowerment through small-scale mixed porridge flour processing in the Morogoro region of Tanzania (abstract here)

37th Resilience Seminar

Date: May 27, 2021, Thu, 10:30-12:00

Presenter: Sakiko Shiratori (JIRCAS)

Title: Global nutrition challenges and nutritional improvement through agriculture (abstract here)

38th Resilience Seminar

Date: June 10, 2021, Thu, 10:30-12:00

Presenter: Apollinaire Nikiema (University of Tokyo)

Title: Intrahousehold Distribution of Sales Revenue and Household Nutrition Outcomes: What if the Wife Controlled the Farm Revenue? (abstract here)

39th Resilience Seminar

Date: June 25, 2021, Fri, 16:45-18:15 

Presenter: Bertha Munthali (FANRPAN)

Title: Building Local Food Systems for Positive Nutrition and Health Outcomes: A Case of FANRPAN Nutrition Sensitive Projects (abstract here)

40th Resilience Seminar

Date: July 9, 2021, Fri, 16:45-18:15 

Presenter: Kumiko Sakamoto (Utsunomiya University)

Title:  Relationship between Intake of Wild Food and Health: Comparison of Semi-Arid Central and Inland/Coastal Southeast of Tanzania (abstract here)