Department of Food Science, Faculty of Food Science and Technology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400, UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia; Halal Products Research Institute, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400, UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
Faculty of Management, Bournemouth University, Talbot Campus, Fern Barrow, Poole, Dorset, BH12 5BB, UK.
Appetite. 2021 Oct 1;165:105298. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2021.105298. Epub 2021 May 11.
Traditional foodstuffs play an important role in household food security. No research has, however, attempted to examine traditional foodstuffs in light of disasters and crises. Such research can provide a useful outlook on how traditional foodstuffs can aid households in a situation of disrupted food supply. This outlook becomes relevant in view of future disastrous events that can undermine household food security, especially in poor disadvantaged communities. This study examined the role of traditional foodstuffs during a major crisis. The study adopted an ethnographic perspective and the method of semi-structured household interviews to explore how traditional foodstuffs were used by communities in the city of Mosul, Iraq, under the ISIS administration and during the liberation war (2016-2017). The study showcased the critical role of traditional foodstuffs in survival of local households. It highlighted the importance of cross-generational knowledge of traditional foodstuffs in community preparedness for disasters and crises. The study proposed to integrate traditional foodstuffs into governmental strategies on household food security in Iraq, and beyond. It suggested including traditional foodstuffs in the humanitarian food supply chains in the regions prone to disasters and crises. Future research should examine the prerequisites for such inclusion, especially from the viewpoint of societal and political acceptance of traditional foodstuffs and methods of their production.
传统食品在家庭食品安全中起着重要作用。然而，目前还没有研究从灾难和危机的角度来考察传统食品。这种研究可以为传统食品在食品供应中断的情况下如何帮助家庭提供有益的视角。鉴于未来可能发生破坏家庭食品安全的灾难性事件，特别是在贫困劣势社区，这种观点变得尤为重要。本研究考察了传统食品在重大危机期间的作用。该研究采用民族志视角和半结构化家庭访谈方法，探讨了在伊拉克摩苏尔市，传统食品在伊斯兰国（ISIS）统治期间和解放战争（2016-2017 年）期间如何被社区使用。该研究展示了传统食品在当地家庭生存中的关键作用。它强调了传统食品跨代知识在社区应对灾害和危机方面的重要性。该研究建议将传统食品纳入伊拉克乃至其他国家的政府家庭食品安全战略中。它建议在易受灾害和危机影响的地区，将传统食品纳入人道主义食品供应链中。未来的研究应该研究这种纳入的前提条件，特别是从社会和政治对传统食品及其生产方法的接受程度的角度来看。
