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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
social sciences
The role of business and cross-sector collaboration in addressing the 'wicked problem' of food insecurity
Development Southern Africa, Volume 28, No. 4, Year 2011
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There is growing interest in the potential for business to make proactive contributions to food security, particularly as part of some form of cross-sector collaboration. Such collaboration can improve value chain efficiency and may also begin to address some of the 'wicked problem' characteristics of food insecurity. Our interviews conducted during the food price crisis in 2008 confirm that a broad cross-section of stakeholders agree that the crisis has cyclical and systemic causes and that it has serious implications for business. We also describe a range of related initiatives already being implemented by companies. There is a degree of ambivalence about the feasibility of improved collaboration, given competitive pressures and concerns about compliance with competition laws. Nevertheless, a number of respondents emphasised the need for improved collaboration on particular issues and the paper identifies a number of these, some of which have since been targeted in a multi-stakeholder initiative, the Southern Africa Food Lab, that builds on this (and other) research. © 2011 Development Bank of Southern Africa.
Authors & Co-Authors
Hamann, Ralph
South Africa, Cape Town
University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business
Giamporcaro, Stéphanie
South Africa, Cape Town
University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business
Johnston, David
Canada, Toronto
Schulich School of Business
Yachkaschi, Schirin
South Africa, Cape Town
University of Cape Town
Statistics
Citations: 34
Authors: 4
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1080/0376835X.2011.605581
ISSN:
0376835X
e-ISSN:
14703637
Research Areas
Food Security