This study aims to assess the impact of short-term policies on smallholder farmers' household food security. It answers three key questions: What is the impact of selected policies on farmers' household food security? What would have been the impact of these policies if implemented perfectly? Are...
Author(s)
Bashir, M. K.; Schilizzi, S.
Publisher
Springer, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation
Food Security, 2015, 7, 5, pp 1071-1089
Ethiopia is one of the least developed countries where food insecurity is dominant in rural households. Coffee and wheat are the most important cash and staple crops, respectively, in Ethiopia and yet their association with household food security is not sufficiently addressed. This study was...
Author(s)
Mequanent Muche; Degefa Tolossa
Publisher
Cogent OA, Abingdon, UK
Citation
Cogent Food & Agriculture, 2022, 8, 2149134,
Ukraine and Russia are two important grain producers and exporters in the world, accounting for 12% and 17% of the world's wheat exports, respectively. The conflict between Russia and Ukraine may greatly impact Ukraine's wheat production and export as well as Russia's wheat export. Satellite...
Author(s)
Lin FaQin; Li XueCao; Jia NingYuan; Feng Fan; Huang Hai; Huang Jianxi; Fan ShengGen; Ciais, P.; Song XiaoPeng
Publisher
Elsevier B.V., Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation
Global Food Security, 2023, 36,
This report is the third in an annual series that provides an in-depth look at major food policy issues, developments and decisions of 2013. Initiated in response to resurgent interest in food and nutrition security, the series offers a yearly overview of the food policy developments that have...
Author(s)
Marble, A.; Fritschel, H.
Publisher
International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, USA
Citation
2013 Global Food Policy Report, International Food Policy Research Institute, 2014, pp ix + 141 pp.
This article presents an investigation of agricultural production risk over time and across space and its implications for food security. The econometric approach involves a Quantile Autoregressive (QAR) model and a copula to provide a flexible representation of the distribution of yield risk and...
Author(s)
Chavas, J. P.; Rivieccio, G.; Falco, S. di; Luca, G. de; Capitanio, F.
Publisher
Wiley, Boston, USA
Citation
Agricultural Economics, 2022, 53, s1, pp 41-58
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 ...
Author(s)
Fridman, D.; Koellner, T.; Kissinger, M.
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
Citation
Global Environmental Change, 2021, 68,
The issue of food and food security is one of the most important strategic issues on the international scene, because of its political, economic and social dimensions, there is a strong relationship between the food security and the national security of any society, and the agricultural development ...
Author(s)
Ismail, G. A. F. M.
Publisher
Agricultural Research Centre, Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, Giza, Egypt
Citation
Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research, 2020, 98, 1, pp 186-200
Context: The COVID-19 pandemic has been affecting health and economies across the world, although the nature of direct and indirect effects on Asian agrifood systems and food security has not yet been well understood. Objectives: This paper assesses the initial responses of major farming and food...
Author(s)
Dixon, J. M.; Weerahewa, J.; Hellin, J.; Rola-Rubzen, M. F.; Huang JiKun; Shalander Kumar; Anup Das; Qureshi, M. E.; Krupnik, T. J.; Shideed, K.; Jat, M. L.; Prasad, P. V. V.; Yadav, S.; Aamer Irshad; Asanaliev, A.; Abugalieva, A.; Karimov, A.; Basundhara Bhattarai; Balgos, C. Q.; Benu, F.; Ehara, H.; Jharendu Pant; Sarmiento, J. M. P.; Newby, J. C.; Pretty, J.; Tokuda, H.; Weyerhaeuser, H.; Digal, L. N.; Li LingLing; Sarkar, M. A. R.; Abedin, M. Z.; Schreinemachers, P.; Grafton, Q.; Sharma, R. C.; Saidzoda, S.; Lopez-Ridaura, S.; Shuan Coffey; Kam SuanPheng; Win SuSu; Praneetvatakul, S.; Maraseni, T.; Touch, V.; Liang WeiLi; Saharawat, Y. S.; Timsina, J.
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
Citation
Agricultural Systems, 2021, 193,
Smallholder farmers and pastoralists produce the largest proportion of food consumed in sub-Saharan Africa. However, they remain among the food insecure populations. This paper explores the food (in)security among smallholder farmers and pastoralists using a sample of 175 households in three...
Author(s)
Mwangi, V.; Owuor, S.; Kiteme, B.; Giger, M.; Jacobi, J.; Kirui, O.
Publisher
MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland
Citation
Sustainability, 2020, 12, 12,
References to 'the Green Revolution' in the development literature over the last decade or two are nearly always selective. The revolution is seen as having taken place from the 1960s in Asia; almost no one refers to the green revolution programs in Latin America during the 1940s and '50s....
Publisher
Taylor and Francis, Philadelphia, USA
Citation
Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, 2020, 44, 9, pp 1243-1252