Feeding hope: Zimbabwean migrants in South Africa and the evolving landscape of cross-border remittances

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dc.contributor.authorSithole, Sean
dc.contributor.authorTevera, Daniel
dc.date.accessioned2025-08-12T09:58:23Z
dc.date.available2025-08-12T09:58:23Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.description.abstractCross-border food remittances contribute to household food security in the receiving countries in the Global South. This paper draws on recent research on Zimbabwean cross-border food remittances from South Africa to Zimbabwe to explore the impact on food security back home. This is achieved by examining food remittance flows from South Africa through digital channels and informal land corridors using cross-border transporters. The paper discusses both the recent widespread use of digital and mobile technology-based pathways and other traditional channels to remit food back home to Zimbabwe and the factors that have contributed to the shift. The study is based on a desktop methodology that involves an in-depth analysis of peer-reviewed journal articles and reports on food remittances by Zimbabwean migrants based in South Africa. The findings reveal complex and interesting insights into past and current cross-border food flows. First, the food remitting channels are diverse and include hybrid food remitting processes. Second, cross-border food remittances impact local food systems, although households with family members in the diaspora generally enjoy improved food and nutrition security. The paper also examines the impact of the shift to digital food transfers on households, cross-border food transfers, and local food producers, particularly in terms of accessibility, affordability, and nutritional diversity.
dc.identifier.citationSithole, S.T., Tevera, D. and Dinbabo, M.F., 2025. Feeding hope: Zimbabwean migrants in South Africa and the evolving landscape of cross-border remittances. GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY-AGRICULTURE POLICY ECONOMICS AND ENVIRONMENT, 44.
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2025.100843
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10566/20688
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevier B.V.
dc.subjectCOVID-19
dc.subjectDigital remittances
dc.subjectFood remittances
dc.subjectFood security
dc.subjectMobile transfers
dc.titleFeeding hope: Zimbabwean migrants in South Africa and the evolving landscape of cross-border remittances
dc.typeArticle

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