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Author |
: John Dixon |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 896 |
Release |
: 2019-12-09 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781317332268 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1317332261 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (68 Downloads) |
Synopsis Farming Systems and Food Security in Africa by : John Dixon
Knowledge of Africa’s complex farming systems, set in their socio-economic and environmental context, is an essential ingredient to developing effective strategies for improving food and nutrition security. This book systematically and comprehensively describes the characteristics, trends, drivers of change and strategic priorities for each of Africa’s fifteen farming systems and their main subsystems. It shows how a farming systems perspective can be used to identify pathways to household food security and poverty reduction, and how strategic interventions may need to differ from one farming system to another. In the analysis, emphasis is placed on understanding farming systems drivers of change, trends and strategic priorities for science and policy. Illustrated with full-colour maps and photographs throughout, the volume provides a comprehensive and insightful analysis of Africa’s farming systems and pathways for the future to improve food and nutrition security. The book is an essential follow-up to the seminal work Farming Systems and Poverty by Dixon and colleagues for the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations and the World Bank, published in 2001.
Author |
: Barakat Mahmoud |
Publisher |
: BoD – Books on Demand |
Total Pages |
: 134 |
Release |
: 2021-01-20 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781789857337 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1789857333 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (37 Downloads) |
Synopsis Food Security in Africa by : Barakat Mahmoud
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 |
: Sakiko Fukuda-Parr |
Publisher |
: Juta and Company (Pty) Ltd |
Total Pages |
: 292 |
Release |
: 2015-11-10 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781775820727 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1775820726 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (27 Downloads) |
Synopsis Food Security in South Africa by : Sakiko Fukuda-Parr
The right to food is guaranteed in South Africa’s Constitution as it is in international law. Yet food insecurity remains widespread and persistent, at levels much higher than in countries with similar levels of per capita GDP and development, such as Brazil. In this book, leading local and international researchers on food security and related policy work have come together to create the first systematic and trans-disciplinary analysis of food security and its multiple dimensions in South Africa and the southern African region. Drawing on Amartya Sen’s entitlement theory to identify the key drivers of hunger, they see food insecurity as a chronic, structurally based condition rather than only resulting from natural environmental disasters, temporary economic shocks and household vulnerabilities. The authors focus on a range of policy options and choices to provide short-term and longer-term solutions to the systemic causes of unemployment, failing rural livelihoods and traditional subsistence production. They also emphasise the linkages between the social and economic dimensions of food insecurity and use an integrative, interdisciplinary approach to analyse the reasons why these conditions persist and what can be done to address them. Importantly the book brings together work undertaken at local and national levels in new ways so that policy-makers, researchers, human rights advocates and social and economic scholars are better able to make the links between macro- and micro-processes of development.
Author |
: Jonathan Crush |
Publisher |
: Springer |
Total Pages |
: 199 |
Release |
: 2016-09-23 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9783319435671 |
ISBN-13 |
: 3319435671 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (71 Downloads) |
Synopsis Rapid Urbanisation, Urban Food Deserts and Food Security in Africa by : Jonathan Crush
This book investigates food security and the implications of hyper-urbanisation and rapid growth of urban populations in Africa. By means of a series of case studies involving African cities of various sizes, it argues that, while the concept of food security holds value, it needs to be reconfigured to fit the everyday realities and distinctive trajectory of urbanisation in the region. The book goes on to discuss the urban context, where food insecurity is more a problem of access and changing consumption patterns than of insufficient food production. In closing, it approaches food insecurity in Africa as an increasingly urban problem that requires different responses from those applied to rural populations.
Author |
: Olubukola Oluranti Babalola |
Publisher |
: Springer Nature |
Total Pages |
: 926 |
Release |
: 2021-09-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9783030506728 |
ISBN-13 |
: 303050672X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (28 Downloads) |
Synopsis Food Security and Safety by : Olubukola Oluranti Babalola
This book focuses on food security and safety issues in Africa, a continent presently challenged with malnutrition and food insecurity. The continuous increase in the human population of Africa will lead to higher food demands, and climate change has already affected food production in most parts of Africa, resulting in drought, reduced crop yields, and loss of livestock and income. For Africa to be food-secure, safe and nutritious food has to be available, well-distributed, and sufficient to meet people’s food requirements. Contributors to Food Security and Safety: African Perspectives offer solutions to the lack of adequate safe and nutritious food in sub-Saharan Africa, as well as highlight the positive efforts being made to address this lack through a holistic approach. The book discusses the various methods used to enhance food security, such as food fortification, fermentation, genetic modification, and plant breeding for improved yield and resistance to diseases. Authors emphasize the importance of hygiene and food safety in food preparation and preservation, and address how the constraints of climate change could be overcome using smart crops. As a comprehensive reference text, Food Security and Safety: African Perspectives seeks to address challenges specific to the African continent while enhancing the global knowledge base around food security, food safety, and food production in an era of rapid climate change.
Author |
: Stephen Devereux |
Publisher |
: ITDG Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 376 |
Release |
: 2001 |
ISBN-10 |
: STANFORD:36105110194953 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (53 Downloads) |
Synopsis Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa by : Stephen Devereux
Most contributions reflect an evolution of thinking during the 1990s.
Author |
: Renu Modi |
Publisher |
: Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 280 |
Release |
: 2013-08-08 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781780323732 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1780323735 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (32 Downloads) |
Synopsis Agricultural Development and Food Security in Africa by : Renu Modi
The subject of food security and land issues in Africa has become one of increased importance and contention over recent years. In particular, the focus has shifted to the role new global South donors - especially India, China and Brazil - are playing in shaping African agriculture through their increased involvement and investment in the continent. Approaching the topic through the framework of South-South co-operation, this highly original volume presents a critical analysis of the ways in which Chinese, Indian and Brazilian engagements in African agriculture are structured and implemented. Do these investments have the potential to create new opportunities to improve local living standards, transfer new technology and knowhow to African producers, and reverse the persistent productivity decline in African agriculture? Or will they simply aggravate the problem of food insecurity by accelerating the process of land alienation and displacement of local people from their land? Topical and comprehensive, Agricultural Development and Food Security in Africa offers fresh insight into a set of relationships that will shape both Africa and the world over the coming decades.
Author |
: Cyndi Spindell Berck |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 403 |
Release |
: 2018-03-05 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781351369503 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1351369504 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (03 Downloads) |
Synopsis Agricultural Adaptation to Climate Change in Africa by : Cyndi Spindell Berck
A changing climate is likely to have a drastic impact on crop yields in Africa. The purpose of this book is to document the effects of climate change on agriculture in Africa and to discuss strategies for adaptation to hotter weather and less predictable rainfall. These strategies include promoting opportunities for farmers to adopt technologies that produce optimal results in terms of crop yield and income under local agro-ecological and socioeconomic conditions. The focus is on sub-Saharan Africa, an area that is already affected by changing patterns of heat and rainfall. Because of the high prevalence of subsistence farming, food insecurity, and extreme poverty in this region, there is a great need for practical adaptation strategies. The book includes empirical research in Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania, and other Sub-Saharan countries, and the conclusion summarizes policy-relevant findings from the chapters. It is aimed at advanced students, researchers, extension and development practitioners, and officials of government agencies, NGOs, and funding agencies. It also will provide supplementary reading for courses in environment and development and in agricultural economics.
Author |
: Amanda L. Logan |
Publisher |
: University of California Press |
Total Pages |
: 244 |
Release |
: 2020-12-08 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780520343757 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0520343751 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (57 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Scarcity Slot by : Amanda L. Logan
A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. The Scarcity Slot is the first book to critically examine food security in Africa’s deep past. Amanda L. Logan argues that African foodways have been viewed through the lens of ‘the scarcity slot,’ a kind of Othering based on presumed differences in resources. Weaving together archaeological, historical, and environmental data with food ethnography, she advances a new approach to building long-term histories of food security on the continent in order to combat these stereotypes. Focusing on a case study in Banda, Ghana that spans the past six centuries, The Scarcity Slot reveals that people thrived during a severe, centuries-long drought just as Europeans arrived on the coast, with a major decline in food security emerging only recently. This narrative radically challenges how we think about African foodways in the past with major implications for the future.
Author |
: Kathleen Beegle |
Publisher |
: World Bank Publications |
Total Pages |
: 481 |
Release |
: 2019-10-09 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781464812330 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1464812330 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (30 Downloads) |
Synopsis Accelerating Poverty Reduction in Africa by : Kathleen Beegle
Sub-Saharan Africa's turnaround over the past couple of decades has been dramatic. After many years in decline, the continent's economy picked up in the mid-1990s. Along with this macroeconomic growth, people became healthier, many more youngsters attended schools, and the rate of extreme poverty declined from 54 percent in 1990 to 41 percent in 2015. Political and social freedoms expanded, and gender equality advanced. Conflict in the region also subsided, although it still claims thousands of civilian lives in some countries and still drives pressing numbers of displaced persons. Despite Africa’s widespread economic and social welfare accomplishments, the region’s challenges remain daunting: Economic growth has slowed in recent years. Poverty rates in many countries are the highest in the world. And notably, the number of poor in Africa is rising because of population growth. From a global perspective, the biggest concentration of poverty has shifted from South Asia to Africa. Accelerating Poverty Reduction in Africa explores critical policy entry points to address the demographic, societal, and political drivers of poverty; improve income-earning opportunities both on and off the farm; and better mobilize resources for the poor. It looks beyond macroeconomic stability and growth—critical yet insufficient components of these objectives—to ask what more could be done and where policy makers should focus their attention to speed up poverty reduction. The pro-poor policy agenda advanced in this volume requires not only economic growth where the poor work and live, but also mitigation of the many risks to which African households are exposed. As such, this report takes a "jobs" lens to its task. It focuses squarely on the productivity and livelihoods of the poor and vulnerable—that is, what it will take to increase their earnings. Finally, it presents a road map for financing the poverty and development agenda.