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Food insecurity is a recurrent problem in northern Ghana. Food grown during the rainy season is often insufficient to meet household food needs, with some households experiencing severe food insecurity for up to five months in a year. Flood recession agriculture (FRA) - an agricultural practice...

Author(s)
Balana, B. B.; Sanfo, S.; Barbier, B.; Williams, T.; Kolavalli, S.
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
Citation
Agricultural Systems, 2019, 173, pp 536-543
Abstract

This paper investigates the welfare impacts of improved groundnut adoption in Ghana, Mali, and Nigeria using three-year balanced panel data collected from 2,868 households. We apply the Cragg double hurdle model to understand the adoption process and a fixed-effects instrumental variable approach...

Author(s)
Lokossou, J. C.; Affognon, H. D.; Singbo, A.; Vabi, M. B.; Ogunbayo, A.; Tanzubil, P.; Segnon, A. C.; Muricho, G.; Desmae, H.; Ajeigbe, H.
Publisher
Springer, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation
Food Security, 2022, 14, 3, pp 709-728
Abstract

Cross-border mobility has always been a resource used by people to improve their living conditions. The exploitation of the cashew nut culture in Fogny-Kombo is, beyond a strategy of adaptation to climate hazards and reconstruction of a balkanised territory, an illustration of the mobility/food...

Author(s)
Mané, A. K.; Diombaty, I.; Cissé, N. S.; Ba, I.; Ba, E. H. R.; Diallo, M. M.
Publisher
Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA), Dakar, Senegal
Citation
Africa Development / Afrique et Developpement, 2022, 47, 3, pp 63-89
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In an effort to intervene in the relentless food shortages during famine periods in Darfur and elsewhere in the country, the Sudanese Government has vested interest in exploiting indigenous food resources that are often given less development attention. The objective of this study was to gain...

Author(s)
Marouf, F. A. E.; Elkhalil, E. A. I.; Mohamed, E. M.; Osman, H. A. H.; Elzein, A. E. M.; Ahmed, E. E. A.
Publisher
African Crop Science Society, Kampala, Uganda
Citation
African Crop Science Journal, 2022, 30, s1, pp 45-51
Abstract

Climate change poses daunting challenges to agricultural production and food security. Rising temperatures, shifting weather patterns, and more frequent extreme events have already demonstrated their effects on local, regional, and global agricultural systems. Crop varieties that withstand...

Author(s)
Pixley, K. V.; Cairns, J. E.; Lopez-Ridaura, S.; Ojiewo, C. O.; Dawud, M. A.; Drabo, I.; Taye Mindaye; Nebie, B.; Asea, G.; Das, B.; Daudi, H.; Desmae, H.; Batieno, B. J.; Boukar, O.; Mukankusi, C. T. M.; Nkalubo, S. T.; Hearne, S. J.; Dhugga, K. S.; Gandhi, H.; Snapp, S.; Zepeda-Villarreal, E. A.
Publisher
Cell Press, Cambridge, USA
Citation
Molecular Plant, 2023, 16, 10, pp 1590-1611
Abstract

Author(s)
Valentine, H.
Publisher
AOCS Press, Urbana, USA
Citation
Peanuts: genetics, processing, and utilization, 2016, pp 447-461
Abstract

Livestock is an important component of mixed croplivestock farming systems in the Singida Region in Tanzania, directly or indirectly contributing to household income, food security and poverty reduction among rural people in the region. This paper examined the effect of livestock on crop...

Author(s)
Mdoe, N. S. Y.; Mlay, G. I.; Boniface, G.; Isinika, A. C.; Magomba, C.
Publisher
Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK
Citation
Working Paper - Agricultural Policy Research in Africa (APRA), 2021, 65, pp 36 pp.
Abstract

Food insecurity is still a major issue in developing countries, like Indonesia, particularly in East Nusa Tenggara Province. 11 of 21 districts in this province are facing food insecurity. Therefore, efforts should be made to alleviate food insecurity in the community. One way is developing leading ...

Author(s)
Riptanti, E. W.; Masyhuri, M.; Irham, I.; Suryantini, A.; Mujiyo, M.
Publisher
ALÖKI Applied Ecological Research and Forensic Institute Ltd., Budapest, Hungary
Citation
Applied Ecology and Environmental Research, 2018, 16, 6, pp 7867-7882
Abstract

Background: Peanut is an important crop for farmers in Haiti. Currently, very limited information is available on farmers' yields, production practices as well as post-harvest practices that reduce aflatoxin prevalence and increase food security. Methods: A household survey from Haiti and...

Author(s)
Kostandini, G.; Rhoads, J.; MacDonald, G. E.; Tanellari, E.; Johnson, R.; Carroll, E.; Pressoir, G.
Publisher
BioMed Central Ltd, London, UK
Citation
Agriculture and Food Security, 2021, 10, 42,
Abstract

This study aims to describe the yard utilizing of the Muna Community as family food security and analyze local wisdom of the Muna Community in utilizing of their yards as a source of family food. The research was qualitative research, with informants from the Muna Community who have lived in the...

Author(s)
Widayati, W.; Abdullah, W. G.; Romantiaulia, W. I.; Mihrad, E. S.
Publisher
IOP Publishing Ltd, Bristol, UK
Citation
IOP Conference Series : Earth and Environmental Science, 2021, 782,

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