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Food security remains a key development challenge for many developing countries in the world. In Bangladesh, agriculture is the mainstay of livelihoods of the rural population which provides employment for around 52% of the workforce counting for 63% of households of which the majority are small...

Author(s)
Hasneen Jahan; Tasrina Sultana; Palash, M. S.; Rahman, M. W.; Jalilov, S. M.
Publisher
Bangladesh Agricultural University System (BAURES), Mymensingh, Bangladesh
Citation
Journal of the Bangladesh Agricultural University, 2021, 19, 3, pp 379-388
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In the coming decades, feeding the expanded global population nutritiously and sustainably will require substantial improvements to the global food system worldwide. The main challenge will be how to produce more food with the same or fewer resources and waste less. Food security has four...

Author(s)
Devaux, A.; Goffart, J. P.; Kromann, P.; Andrade-Piedra, J.; Polar, V.; Hareau, G.
Publisher
European Association for Potato Research, Wageningen, Netherlands
Citation
Potato Research, 2021, 64, 4, pp 681-720
Abstract

Pacific Island communities are highly exposed to a range of hazards including extreme weather events and outbreaks of pests and diseases. These hazards can cause severe losses to yields of traditional food crops and increase the risks of famine and food insecurity in Pacific Island communities....

Author(s)
Iese, V.; Holland, E.; Wairiu, M.; Havea, R.; Patolo, S.; Nishi, M.; Hoponoa, T.; Bourke, R. M.; Dean, A.; Waqainabete, L.
Publisher
Elsevier B.V., Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation
Global Food Security, 2018, 18, pp 48-56
Abstract

Much of the literature on future food supply in Asia focuses almost exclusively on the cereal crops overlooking the growing importance of other food commodities and their potential to help sustain Asian food systems and food security in the decades ahead. This study utilizes a multi-period,...

Author(s)
Scott, G. J.; Petsakos, A.; Juarez, H.
Publisher
Springer, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation
Food Security, 2019, 11, 1, pp 43-56
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Rapid population growth, natural and man-made factors (COVID-19 and the lack of a social safety net) have led to an increase in the demand for food, which calls for significant improvements to the food system worldwide to supply food more efficiently with the same or fewer resources. Potatoes have...

Author(s)
Shemshadin Mohammed Umaro
Publisher
Hill Publishing Group, New York, USA
Citation
International Journal of Food Science and Agriculture, 2022, 6, 2, pp 169-174
Abstract

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...

Author(s)
Spiker, M. L.; Welling, J.; Hertenstein, D.; Mishra, S.; Mishra, K.; Hurley, K. M.; Neff, R. A.; Fanzo, J.; Lee, B. Y.
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
Citation
Food Policy, 2023, 116,
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Materials and Methods: Data for the study are prepared by collecting 400 questionnaires from 40 villages selected by multistage cluster sampling in 2019 in Khorasan Razavi province. In this study Berry index and food group counts were used to assess dietary diversity. Using the FAO classification...

Author(s)
Sheibani, M.; Rastegaripour, F.; Mohtashami, T.
Publisher
Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
Citation
Agricultural Economics & Development, 2020, 34, 3, pp fa289-fa303
Abstract

This special issue contains 11 articles that discuss crops and post-harvest systems. In particular, topics include Alternaria in apples, aflatoxin in feeds, scaling up of urban agriculture, raisins and drying methods, sustainable solutions to postharvest losses, Iceberg lettuce discolouration and...

Publisher
Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, Geneva, Switzerland
Citation
International Journal of Postharvest Technology and Innovation, 2022, 8, 2/3, pp 104-270
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Food security is an important issue globally and securing food supplies is the core mission of agricultural development in the world. Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) has been proposed as the fourth major staple food crop, following rice, wheat and maize by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural...

Author(s)
Qin RongZhu; Zhang Feng; Yu ChaoQing; Zhang Qiang; Qi JiaGuo; Li FengMin
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
Citation
European Journal of Agronomy, 2022, 133,
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The importance of food supply throughout the world has once again shown its significance in the COVID-19 pandemic period. A continuous food supply is possible with correct agricultural programming. An effective agricultural product programming can only be possible by obtaining precise agricultural...

Author(s)
Hanci, F.
Publisher
National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Citation
Journal of the National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka, 2022, 50, 2, pp 387-393

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