Dietary diversity is key to sustainable food security and part of Africa's rich biodiversity heritage are hundreds of lesser-known indigenous crops and wild food plants that are important components of African traditional diets. African traditional foods and African food processing techniques are...

Salinity is one of the main constraints for agriculture productivity worldwide. This important abiotic stress has worsened in the last 20 years due to the increase in water demands in arid and semi-arid areas. In this context, increasing tolerance of crop plants to salt stress is needed to...

The study of some soil properties and diversity of soil bacteria in the study of type of restoring for biodiversity of rehabilitate and community food security in degraded conservation forest area at Si Nan National Park, Nan Province aims to study some soil properties and metagenomic analysis of...

Background: Microorganism-based strategies have emerged as agro-industrial models for the development of sustainable agro-ecosystems. There is an increase in the use of lactic acid bacteria originating from animal, human and plant sources in the agriculture, food, and health sectors. Scope and...

Many sub-Saharan African countries implementing agricultural input subsidies programmes (AISP) concentrate on fertilizers and staple food crops which may have little or no effect on consumption of diverse nutrient dense non-staple foods. The programme in Malawi - the Farm Input Subsidy Programme...

Climate change has significantly affected agriculture production, particularly the rice crop that is consumed by almost half of the world's population and contributes significantly to global food security. Rice is vulnerable to several abiotic and biotic stresses such as drought, heat, salinity,...

Background: Antibiotic resistance, mainly due to imprudent use of antibiotics in agriculture, environment, animal and human medicine, has been widely recognized as one of the main global health concerns, threatening food security, and human and animal health, causing considerable economic losses....

Food grains and their products must be free of insects, pests, and microbes to be considered safe for human consumption. The limitations associated with the use of harmful chemicals/pesticides for the disinfection of food grains have led to ongoing research into alternative decontamination methods...

Background: Mycotoxins have received much attention due to their potential harmful impact on humans. Increasing awareness of environmental protection and food safety prompts the use of eco-friendly and biosafe strategies for mycotoxin elimination in food production. Scope and approach: Mycotoxin...

Plants are immobile in nature, so they must endure abiotic stresses including nutrient stress. Plant development and agricultural productivity are frequently constrained by the restricted availability of nitrogen in the soil. Non-legume plants acquire nitrogen from the soil through root...