Somalia is among the poorest countries on the planet. Since the fall of Siad Barre's regime in 1991, the country has been in a near-constant state of food insecurity and suffered two officially declared famines. In order to address the issue of food insecurity in Somalia, a greater understanding of ...

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to unfold around the world, the per unit area yield of the world's three major crops (i.e. maize, rice and wheat) decreased simultaneously for the first time in 20 years, and nearly 2.37 billion people faced food insecurity in 2020. Around 119-124 million people...

Central to food security interventions in Sub-Saharan Africa stands the value chain approach. The underlying idea is that connecting farmers to input and output markets and sources of knowledge and technology will enhance their food security status. In spite of positive impacts measured in...

Despite government policy aimed at improving food and nutrition security, Zambia's food and agriculture system is providing neither food security nor adequate nutrition for all. Seasonal hunger still affects many families; a significant proportion of children still suffer from stunted growth; and...

Food security globally is constrained by several factors including the heavy reliance on very few key staple crops. In Africa over dependence on a few major crops remain a major challenge due to its potential impact and contribution to food security. This review explores the potential contribution...

Globally, Africa's food security is the lowest but an in-depth quantitative analysis on its food system is still lacking. To achieve this, food production is used as the indicator for food availability and food price, as the proxy for food access at the continental and regional level respectively....

Issues relating to food availability, accessibility/affordability, and food utilization remain paramount among different stakeholders such as policymakers and academics. Using data from 250 maize farming households in Nigeria, the study used Foster-Greer-Thorbecke and probit regression model to...

The war with Russia has become a real threat of food inflation and famine. Therefore, the issue of the grain market functioning in Ukraine during the war and the development of priority measures for stabilization is extremely important. Based on the forecasts, the key factors in the formation of...

Agriculture in rural Nigeria is labour-intensive. Thus, the much-desired transition from food insecurity to food security by householdsrequires growth in labour productivity. Labour productivity growth and its effect among other factors on food security transitions of maize farming households in...

Reduction of post-harvest loss (PHL) can play an important role in complementing efforts to address food security challenges. This paper used data from 390 small-scale maize farmers in Kilosa, Tanzania to analyse the impact of post-harvest management training and the supply of hermetic bags on food ...