Climate change had a significant impact on the food value chain, necessitating a comprehensive approach that involved research, policy, and practice. Research played a crucial role in understanding the complex interactions between climate change and...
A 56-day study investigated the effects of Zymomonas mobilis treated sawdust on growth and economics of broiler chickens. Three hundred and seventy-five (375) day old unsexed marshal broiler chicks were allotted to five dietary treatments with 75 br...
This study sought to assess the paste and quality acceptability of rice noodles by blending rice flour (RF) with starches from two underutilised Ghanaian crops (yam and cocoyam). Local breeds of yam (Dioscorea spp.) and cocoyam (Colocasia esculenta)...
The study sought to assess the chemical composition, microbial quality and in vitro gas production of rice straw supplemented with pelleted or unpelleted dried rumen digesta (DRD) concentrate in the savannah agro-ecological zone of Ghana. Four level...
During 12th Plan, the Mission shall focus on sustainable small farm agriculture, especially in rainfed areas, through integrated farming systems approach incorporating components of natural resource management minimizing external costs and maximizing...
Livestock, particularly cattle, are an integral part of livelihoods in rural sub-Saharan Africa. However, diseases such as African animal trypanosomosis (AAT) have limited the potential of this important sector in the rural household economy. Using a...
Production and productivity developments in South Africa have regional consequences: South Africa’s agricultural economy accounted for 43.1% of the agricultural GDP of southern Africa in 2009. Here we present and discuss newly constructed long-run da...
Traditional agriculture in Sudan occupies 60% of the cultivated land and employs 65% of the population engaged in agricultural production, but yields are low and productivity is threatened by drought and civil conflicts. Traditional agriculture has t...
This paper investigates farm level technical efficiency of production and its determinants in a sample of 51 cereal producing farms in Tunisia that focus on wheat production. The empirical findings show that the labor input factor has a minimal effec...
Over the last decade, Mozambique has experienced drastic increases in food prices, with serious implications for households’ real income. A deeper understanding of how food prices are spatially transmitted from global to domestic markets is thus fund...
In Africa, many rural farming households keep indigenous chickens (Gallus domesticus) in traditional scavenging systems characterized by low input and low output. To improve productivity, African governments and development partners disseminate a man...
The problems of pastoralist livestock marketing systems in East Africa are well-documented in the literature. They include poor transport infrastructure, inadequate market access and frequent rejection of animals at certain markets. Thus far, few stu...