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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 ...

Author(s)
Gavin, R.; Haji, H.; Porter, P.
Publisher
Rural Outreach Programme, Nairobi, Kenya
Citation
African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development, 2019, 19, 3, pp 14587-14601
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Introduction: Various studies have shown that changes in rainfall due to climate change can affect the stability of food supply and in fact climate change by increasing the prevalence and severity of drought or flood, crop yields, food access and also effect food prices. According to the FAO,...

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Ardakani, A. F.; Sakhi, F.; Bostan, Y.; Rezvani, M.
Publisher
Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
Citation
Agricultural Economics & Development, 2022, 36, 3, pp fa249-fa263
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Food security is closely related to individual livelihood and social stability, and assessing the state of food security is essential for making agricultural policies. Nonetheless multi-scale assessment of national food security state with explicit consideration of availability and access remains...

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Qiao JianMin; Cao Qian; Zhang ZhengTao; Cao Zhi; Liu HaiMeng
Publisher
Wiley, Chichester, UK
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Food and Energy Security, 2021, 11, 1,
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Ghana's agricultural sector plays a vital role in income generation, foreign exchange earnings, employment, and food security for over 70 percent of its people. Despite the significant role of the crop production sector, limited attention has been given to maximizing its potential to address food...

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Rome, Italy
Citation
Maximizing nutrition in crop production: a guidance note on impact pathways for mainstreaming nutrition based on a case study from Ghana, 2021, pp 46 pp.
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At the request of the Government of Sri Lanka, a joint FAO/WFP Crop and Food Security Assessment Mission (CFSAM) took place in June and July 2022 to analyse the country's agricultural production in 2022, particularly of the main staple cereals, and to assess households' food security conditions....

Publisher
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Rome, Italy
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Special Report - FAO/WFP Crop and Food Security Assessment Mission (CFSAM) to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. September 2022, 2022, pp vi + 49 pp.
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Agricultural programmes are implemented in sub-Saharan African countries to stimulate rural economic development. One such programme is the Presidential Cassava Initiative (PCI) in Nigeria aimed at reducing poverty and food insecurity, but there is a limited study on contribution of the programme...

Author(s)
Donkor, E.; Onakuse, S.; Bogue, J.; Rios Carmenado, I. de los
Publisher
Cogent OA, Abingdon, UK
Citation
Cogent Food & Agriculture, 2017, 3, pp 1368857
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With the support of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and other partners, including the World Food Programme (WFP), the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) and USAID, between 17 December 2020 and 3 January 2021, the Ministry of Agriculture and Natural...

Publisher
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Rome, Italy
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Special Report - 2020 FAO Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission (CFSAM) to the Republic of the Sudan, 2021, pp vi + 51 pp.
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The purpose of this research was to analyze household food security and identifies key socio-economic factors associated with this condition among summer crop growers in Shoushtar Township, Khouzestan Province, Iran. This cross-sectional survey study was conducted from September 2015 to February...

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Noorivandi, A. N.
Publisher
Islamic Azad University, Rasht, Iran
Citation
International Journal of Agricultural Management and Development, 2018, 8, 4, pp 475-486
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Organic farming aims to minimize negative impacts on the local environment, but its contributions to global food sustainability also depend on a resilient food supply. We studied a farm aiming to move beyond organic and become "a sustainable farm of the future", in the farmer's own words. This...

Author(s)
Röös, E.; Bajzelj, B.; Weil, C.; Andersson, E.; Bossio, D.; Gordon, L. J.
Publisher
Elsevier B.V., Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation
Global Food Security, 2021, 28,
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Developing countries have been affected by the land rush phenomenon for several years. This paper investigates the effect of a land rush on food security during the period 2000-2018. Using panel data for 32 Sub-Saharan African countries, econometric investigations show that land rush not only has...

Author(s)
Kinda, S. R.; Kere, N. E.; Yogo, T. U.; Simpasa, M. A.
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
Citation
Food Policy, 2022, 113,

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