Translating agricultural productivity into food availability depends on food supply chains. Agricultural policy and research efforts promote increased horticultural crop production and yields, but the ability of low-resource food supply chains to handle increased volumes of perishable crops is not...

This study aims to analyse the role and contribution of small farms and small food businesses on the food system and food security. Drawing on a conceptual framework, methodology, and data from the EU H2020 'SALSA-Small farms, small food businesses and sustainable food and nutrition security'...

Access to safe, nutritious, and sufficient food is essential to ensure food and nutrition security and healthy lives for all. Secure access to nutritious food ensures healthy eating habits, economic growth, and stability in an economy. However, food insecurity and malnutrition persist globally. In...

"Valles Cruceños" rural region, Bolivia, is characterized by intrinsic water scarcity and increasing pressure for food production by the neighboring and fast-sprawling city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra. Here, orographic fog is a phenomenon occurring all year round, representing a sustainable water...

Agricultural products have an important place in human life and are basic foodstuffs for nutrition. Thus, these products must be grown, collected, preserved and delivered to consumers under suitable conditions for a healthy diet. In Turkey; products are sold from wholesale markets to marketers,...

Germplasm banks are the most significant repository for plant genetic resources for food and agriculture (PGRFA) worldwide. Despite their strategic importance, national germplasm banks of tropical megadiverse developing countries such as Colombia have extremely limited funds. Therefore, making...

Vegetable farming is an important sector in Tanzania's agriculture economic branch, contributing to the country's food security and economic growth. The most cultivated vegetables grown in Tanzania include tomatoes, onions, green peppers, carrots, cabbage, eggplant and okra. The country has...

The capability to quickly generate a considerable range of genetic variation in plants through mutation enables the mutagenesis approach extremely successful in developing climate-resistant cultivars across the entire world. In Bangladesh, plant breeders are confronted with a significant challenge...

The increasing privatization of seeds and varieties through intellectual property rights such as patents and exclusive seed multiplication rights has led to power imbalances and contributes to the continuous decline of genetic diversity. Diversified agricultural systems are, however, essential for...

Pesticide residues in food and environment pose serious health risks to human beings. Plant protection laws, among other things, regulate misuse of agricultural pesticides. Compliance with such laws consequently reduces risks of pesticide residues in food and the environment. Studies were conducted ...