Objectives: To evaluate how the food systems in areas close to sugarcane monocrops influence the prevalence of food insecurity (FI) among three ethnic communities in the upper Cauca River basin of Colombia. Methods: We developed a mixed methodology study at three rural zones located in the...
Author(s)
Hurtado-Bermúdez, L. J.; Vélez-Torres, I.; Méndez, F.
Publisher
Springer, Basel, Switzerland
Citation
International Journal of Public Health, 2020, 65, 7, pp 1087-1096
Understanding the impact of commercial agriculture in the face of global change is critical to support strategies that ensure food security and alleviate poverty among households. We assessed the contribution of commercial sugarcane cultivation to household-level food security among smallholder...
Author(s)
Mwavu, E. N.; Kalema, V. K.; Bateganya, F.; Byakagaba, P.; Waiswa, D.; Enuru, T.; Mbogga, M. S.
Publisher
MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland
Citation
Land, 2018, 7, 2, pp 73
Biofuels have been promoted as a renewable energy option in many countries, but have also faced extensive scrutiny over their sustainability. Food security is perhaps the most debated sustainability impact of biofuels, especially in regions such as Sub-Saharan Africa that experience high rates of...
Author(s)
Gasparatos, A.; Mudombi, S.; Balde, B. S.; Maltitz, G. P. von; Johnson, F. X.; Romeu-Dalmau, C.; Jumbe, C.; Ochieng, C.; Luhanga, D.; Nyambane, A.; Rossignoli, C.; Jarzebski, M. P.; Lam, R. D.; Dompreh, E. B.; Willis, K. J.
Publisher
Elsevier B.V., Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2022, 154,
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...
Author(s)
Bengyella, L.; Yekwa, E. L.; Nawaz, K.; Iftikhar, S.; Tambo, E.; Alisoltani, A.; Feto, N. A.; Roy, P.
Publisher
Springer Berlin, Heidelberg, Germany
Citation
Archives of Microbiology, 2018, 200, 1, pp 119-135
Without agrarian reform there is no sustainable food security, Cuba, since the 1990s drew new policies and agrarian programs aimed at changing the food situation, without achieving the desired objective, thus, in addition to the existing agrarian forms, arose the sugarcane UBPC and not sugarcane,...
Author(s)
Oramas Rivero, M. de J.; Hernández Cabrera, M. del C.
Publisher
Eumed.net, Málaga, Spain
Citation
OIDLES (Observatorio Iberoamericano del Desarrollo Local y la Economía Social), 2019, 13, 26,
Food system analysis is a relatively new field, bringing together all parts of food supply, from agriculture and agronomy to global food availability and environmental considerations. While academics broadly focus on the global impacts, such as climate change and health, this new field of study...
Publisher
International Sugar Organization (ISO), London, UK
Citation
MECAS Studies - International Sugar Organization, 2022, (22)05, pp ii + 47 pp.
Food commodities have been used worldwide for both human consumption and energy, amid concerns of environmental degradation and damaging effects on local food systems. Presently, strategies of rural development have encompassed the use of green resources to produce biofuels and an agenda of food...
Author(s)
Paula, N. de; Pereira, W.; Parmentier, M. J.
Publisher
World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd, Singapore, Singapore
Citation
Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management, 2019, 21, 1,
This paper examines the levels of household food security and the influence of enterprise diversification on household food security among small-scale sugarcane farmers in Muhoroni division, Nyando District, Kenya. A cross-sectional research design was used in this study. The population consisted...
Publisher
Routledge, Taylor & Francis, Abingdon, UK
Citation
Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2011, 17, 3, pp 223-238
India's falling aquifer levels, erratic monsoons, arable land constraints, stagnating crop yields, growing food demand, and rising greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions necessitate that strategic interventions be planned and implemented to maintain food security in the country. In this paper, the...
Author(s)
Kaveri Ashok; Ramya Natarajan; Poornima Kumar; Kabir Sharma; Mihir Mathur
Publisher
IOP Publishing Ltd, Bristol, UK
Citation
Environmental Research Letters, 2021, 16, 6,
Background: This paper examines the exclusion of public health from social license narratives within an increasingly financialised food system, through a case study of foreign ownership in the Australian sugar industry. As finance actors such as asset management firms, pension funds, private equity ...
Author(s)
Smith, K.; Lawrence, G.
Publisher
Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
Citation
International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2021, 10, 12, pp 957-967