Maintaining food security and environmental integrity over time requires a transition towards sustainable food systems. This paper analyzes different dimensions of national food supply sustainability on a global scale. By focusing on four food staples: wheat, rice, maize, and soybeans, the analysis ...

In this study, the researchers examine the effects of own and peer adoption of improved soybean variety on household yields and food and nutrient consumption, using observational data from Ghana. The researchers employ the marginal treatment effect approach to account for treatment effect...

Household food security is faced with two important problems, namely how to expand income sources and how to properly distribute their income for life necessities. The purpose of this study was to analyze the comparison of the distribution patterns of household income and expenditure of wetland...

Food and nutritional (in)security remain an important matter of concern, especially in developing countries. Despite the efforts to enhance food security among smallholder soybean households, the proportion of the undernourished population in Butere Sub-County still remains high for unknown...

The operating costs associated with twin-screw extrusion cooking of various foods are fixed for a given size and production capacity for any class of products; the greater percentage of costs arise from the choice of ingredients and the product end use. For example, extruder texturized whey...

The paper is aimed at reviewing literature on the significance of soybeans production in the face of the changing climates in Africa. Using literature from the secondary sources, the paper reviewed how Africa can alleviate poverty by growing soybeans amongst the many legumes due to its multiplicity ...

A special effort to increase the Rice, Corn and Soybean Production Program (Upsus Pajale Program) which started in 2015 is one of the government's strategic programs in achieving national food security, so it is necessary to evaluate the extent of its success. The purpose of this study was to...

In order to measure the dependence of current grain imports on external grain sources and its effect on food security, the paper analyzes the rice, wheat, corn and soybean import data, calculates the net dependence degrees of grains on external markets, and further quantifies the grain import...

The risk of extreme climatic conditions leading to unusually low global agricultural production is exacerbated if more than one global 'breadbasket' is exposed at the same time. Such shocks can pose a risk to the global food system, amplifying threats to food security, and could potentially trigger ...

Matching the global food demand by 2050 and to ensure the stability of food security in over than 99 countries, it is necessary to scale up the production of food such as sorghum, wheat, rice, maize and sugarcane which are however natural hosts of Cochliobolus species. Cochliobolus species major...