COVID-19 and its Lingering Impact on US Food Systems

 *This is part of our series on the nexus between COVID-19 and food systems.Truthfully, it’s been quite a life-defining and uncertain year 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic has continually posed an unprecedentedly lingering impact on my eating habits as well as on the U.S. food and socioeconomic systems. It is pertinent to note that even before the pandemic, the small farms were disappearing, a few...

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COVID-19 and Food Systems: Ghana’s Perspective

* This is part of our series on the nexus between COVID-19 and food systems. Ghana in Brief The Republic of Ghana is a country along the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean, in the sub region of West Africa. Estimates put its population at 30 million with the capital city being Accra. Rural and urban settlements represent 68% and 32% respectively while about 52% of the labour force is engaged...

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COVID-19, Social Distancing, and Food Prices in Nigeria

* This is part of our series on the nexus between COVID-19 and food systems. The most recently discovered infectious disease COVID-19 is purported to have began in Wuhan, China, around November-December 2019 though traces of the virus have been found in Barcelona, Spain as early as March 2019 (June 29, 2020, Global News). The novel virus has spread across many countries and is now a pandemic,...

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Food Availability during COVID-19 Pandemic in Qatar

* This is part of our series on the nexus between COVID-19 and food systems. State of Qatar, one of the Gulf Cooperation Countries’ (GCC) biggest economies and less populous countries, is being hit hard by the impact of the COVID - 19 pandemic. A sharp fall in international oil prices, has seriously affected Qatar like other major players in the oil and gas industry.  The pandemic outbreak...

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Resolving asymmetric information....

Abstract People consume food not only to satisfy hunger but also for cultural, religious and social reasons. In Islam there is an emphasis on cleanliness in both spirit and food (Agriculture and Agri-food Canada 2011). Eating is perceived to be a form of worship (Talib et al., 2015). Halal is Islamic dietary law derived from the Quran and Hadith, the practices of the Prophet Mohammad, Ijma and Qiyas (Regenstein et al., 2003). Halal...

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Behind The Aroma - Episode 5 (The Shared Platter)

Bibliography 1.     Adekunle, B., (2020). Cultural Illusion. ECV Ontario Blog. http://evcontario2011.blogspot.com/2020/02/cultural-illusions.html. 2.     Adekunle, B., (2018). Autonomous Vehicles and Agri-Food Value Chain. ECV Ontario Blog. http://evcontario2011.blogspot.com/2018/07/autonomous-vehicles-and-agri-food-value.html. 3.    ...

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The Butcher's Impressions

Butcher's Store Below is a conversation between a butcher and one of his customers. Butcher: Hello Mr. Hamad Mr. Hamad: Good afternoon IB. Please can I get four kilograms of organic chevon? Butcher: "Organic chevon"? I sell zabiha meat here. In other words, my meat is halal. Mr. Hamad: So, you think halal is only about the slaughter process (zabiha). I have explored the field...

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