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Background: Food security is a central component of the development agenda in pastoralist communities, especially among those who reside in drought-prone areas. Objective:This study measured the prevalence of household food insecurity and associated factors among pastoralist communities of Borana,...

Author(s)
Zewdie Birhanu; Argaw Ambelu; Abraraw Tesfaye; Negalign Berhanu; Kassahun, W.; Teferi Daba; Kifle Woldemichael
Publisher
Department of Community Health, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Citation
Ethiopian Journal of Health Development, 2021, 35, 1, pp 38-49
Abstract

The food security status of rural inhabitants of the hilly region of the Uttarakhand State was poorly documented. This study aimed to determine the extent and determinants of household food insecurity in rural-hilly areas of Kumaun, Uttarakhand. A cross-sectional, interview-administered survey was...

Author(s)
Nidhi Joshi; Raghuvanshi, R. S.
Publisher
Routledge, Philadelphia, USA
Citation
Ecology of Food and Nutrition, 2021, 60, 3, pp 351-376
CAB ReviewFull Text

Undernourishment and food insecurity are still challenges threatening poor urban and rural communities. Approximately 12% of the global population faced severe food insecurity in 2020, representing 928 million people. A significant fraction of the world's land surface is covered by drylands, which...

Author(s)
Ronda-Borzone, P.; Donoso, G.; Riveros, J. L. F.
Publisher
CABI, Wallingford, UK
Citation
CABI Reviews, 2022, 17, 044, pp 1-9
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This study is aimed at estimating the role of livestock sector in food security by considering the past trends and future forecasts in livestock population, situation of feed & fodder availability and potential adaptation/mitigation strategies in the epoch of climate change. In this regard,...

Author(s)
Mehmood, H. Z.; Afzal, H.; Abbas, A.; Hassan, S.; Ali, A.
Publisher
Pakistan Agricultural Scientists Forum, Lahore, Pakistan
Citation
JAPS, Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences, 2022, 32, 5, pp 1347-1355
Abstract

This study investigates how and to what extent arguments related to food security influence preference of livestock species for women and men. Data was collected in four regions of Ethiopia through 92 focus group discussions (FGD) in communities where small ruminant production is common, Using a...

Author(s)
Wodajo, H. D.; Gemeda, B. A.; Wole Kinati; Mulem, A. A.; Eerdewijk, A. van; Barbara Wieland
Publisher
Elsevier B.V., Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation
Small Ruminant Research, 2020, 184,
Abstract

Food security of Russia is related to food self sufficiency, i.e correlation between production and consumption volumes. Negative effects of intensive urbanization, decline of agriculture resulting from collapse of the former forms of land ownership and economies, and decrease in state support to...

Author(s)
Levanova, E.
Publisher
Izdatel'stvo Kolos, Moscow, Russia
Citation
Mezhdunarodnyĭ Sel'skokhozyaĭstvennyĭ Zhurnal, 2016, No.3, pp 49-51
Abstract

The mechanisms through which livestock ownership is associated with childhood anaemia are contested. Using a cross-sectional, community-based survey of 300 households in southern Ghana, we determined the associations of household livestock ownership with anaemia among children aged 2-5 years....

Author(s)
Christian, A. K.; Wilson, M. L.; Aryeetey, R. N. O.; Jones, A. D.
Publisher
Public Library of Sciences (PLoS), San Francisco, USA
Citation
PLoS ONE, 2019, 14, 7, pp e0219310
Abstract

Analyses of the impacts of asset transfer programs often find statistically significant effects on consumption expenditures that are large in percentage terms but small in absolute value. This study explores the practical significance of such impacts using the case of a livestock transfer program...

Author(s)
Kafle, K.; Winter-Nelson, A.; Goldsmith, P.
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
Citation
Food Policy, 2016, 63, pp 62-72
CABI Book Chapter Info
Cover for Goat production challenges to food security.

This chapter begins with basic information on tropical livestock unit calculation at different geographic locations in order to easily assess and compare the goat population and adaptability under a variety of climatic zones. It also explains how the livestock unit acts as a reference unit to...

Author(s)
Rout, P. K.; Kumar, A.; Behera, B. K.
ISBN
2020 CABI (H ISBN 9781789240139)
Type
Book chapter
AbstractFull Text

Food and nutrition insecurity continues to be one of the major development challenges in sub-Saharan Africa and other developing regions of the world. Karamoja sub-region, located in northern Uganda, is one of the poorest and most food insecure part of Eastern Africa. Previous studies have...

Author(s)
Olum, S.; Ongeng, D.; Tumuhimbise, G. A.; Hennessy, M. J.; Okello-Uma, I.; Taylor, D.
Publisher
Rural Outreach Programme, Nairobi, Kenya
Citation
African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development, 2018, 18, 2, pp 13317-13337

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