The Challenges Of Agricultural Production And Food Security In Africa
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Author | : Olusegun Obasanjo |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 201 |
Release | : 2013-09-13 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1135844623 |
The agricultural and rural crisis besetting Africa is the result of both policy failures and inadequacies and the product of structural rigidities inhibiting access to and control of vital resources. The challenge of leadership in the agricultural sector is how to design and implement policies which would help induce growth and development in this sector. It is against this background that the Africa Leadership Forum convened in Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria in July of 1989 to explore a broad range of parameters to be addressed in the formulation of successful policies. This volume is derived from papers submitted and presentations made. The book provides the main conclusions and recommendations which emanated from the conference. They highlight a series of actions which must be taken in such areas as women in agriculture, small-scale farmers, agribusiness, subsidies, human capital, and linkages between international and national research anbd energy. Other topics include - Africa's security situation; social and economic factors, ecology, and social engineering; dietary patterns in Africa; pest management; agricultural practice; and international organizations. It is aimed at economists, anthropologists, ecologists, agriculturalists, social and political scientists, and all those interested or involved in agricultural production in Africa and other underdeveloped countries.
Author | : Barakat Mahmoud |
Publisher | : BoD – Books on Demand |
Total Pages | : 134 |
Release | : 2021-01-20 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 1789857333 |
This edited volume “Food Security in Africa” is a collection of reviewed and relevant research chapters offering a comprehensive overview of recent developments in the field of food safety and availability, water issues, farming and nutrition. The book comprises single chapters authored by various researchers and edited by an expert active in the public health and food security research area. All chapters are complete in itself but united under a common research study topic. This publication aims at providing a thorough overview of the latest research efforts by international authors on Africa’s food security challenges, quality of water, small-scale farming as well as economic and social challenges that this continent is facing. Hopefully, this volume will open new possible research paths for further novel developments.
Author | : Lawrence James Haddad |
Publisher | : Intl Food Policy Res Inst |
Total Pages | : 345 |
Release | : 1997-01-01 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 0896293351 |
Author | : Dorte Verner |
Publisher | : World Bank Publications |
Total Pages | : 235 |
Release | : 2021-12-16 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 1464817677 |
Interestingly, some relief from today's woes may come from ancient human practices. While current agri-food production models rely on abundant supplies of water, energy, and arable land and generate significant greenhouse gas emissions in addition to forest and biodiversity loss, past practices point toward more affordable and sustainable paths. Different forms of insect farming and soilless crop farming, or hydroponics, have existed for centuries. In this report the authors make a persuasive case that frontier agriculture, particularly insect and hydroponic farming, can complement conventional agriculture. Both technologies reuse society's agricultural and organic industrial waste to produce nutritious food and animal feed without continuing to deplete the planet's land and water resources, thereby converting the world's wasteful linear food economy into a sustainable, circular food economy. As the report shows, insect and hydroponic farming can create jobs, diversify livelihoods, improve nutrition, and provide many other benefits in African and fragile, conflict-affected countries. Together with other investments in climate-smart agriculture, such as trees on farms, alternate wetting and drying rice systems, conservation agriculture, and sustainable livestock, these technologies are part of a promising menu of solutions that can help countries move their land, food, water, and agriculture systems toward greater sustainability and reduced emissions. This is a key consideration as the World Bank renews its commitment to support countries' climate action plans. This book is the Bank's first attempt to look at insect and hydroponic farming as possible solutions to the world's climate and food and nutrition security crisis and may represent a new chapter in the Bank's evolving efforts to help feed and sustain the planet.
Author | : Kwadwo Asenso-Okyere |
Publisher | : Intl Food Policy Res Inst |
Total Pages | : 34 |
Release | : 2012-03-30 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 0896297934 |
Author | : |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 284 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Agricultural productivity |
ISBN | : |
Author | : International Association of Research Scholars and Fellows. Symposium |
Publisher | : IITA |
Total Pages | : 93 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Africa, Sub-Saharan |
ISBN | : 978131298X |
Author | : OECD |
Publisher | : OECD Publishing |
Total Pages | : 42 |
Release | : 2018-10-20 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9264183787 |
This report, prepared by FAO and the OECD with inputs from IFPRI, IFAD, the World Bank and WTO, has been submitted to the G20 Presidency of the Argentine Republic in response to the Presidency’s request for information on future trends and challenges faced by global agriculture, with a special ...
Author | : Africa Leadership Forum. Conference |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 44 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Agricultural productivity |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
Publisher | : Food & Agriculture Org. |
Total Pages | : 52 |
Release | : 2018-05-28 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9251096295 |
Since 2015 sub-Saharan Africa has experienced severe climate-induced disruptions, affecting the livelihoods of tens of millions of poor households. This has been compounded by civil strife and conflicts, trans-boundary plant and animal pests and diseases, and socio-economic shocks that could reverse years of progress.