Due to rapid urbanization, population growth, rising living standards as well as changing lifestyle and diets, food waste has emerged as a crucial issue with far reaching implications on food security and environmental sustainability in developing co...
This study examines the interplay between environmental sustainability and food security within small-scale farming systems in Nigeria. This study was conceived against the background of addressing the concern of ensuring food availability under the...
This article analyses the impact of agro-climatic shocks on the food security of rural households in Senegal using an ordered probit model. The food consumption score method is employed to assess the state of household food security. The study reveal...
In the current edition of a regular joint bi-yearly report, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) warn that acute food insecurity is likely to worsen across 13 countries and territories i...
Good nutrition optimizes benefits of ART (Antiretroviral therapy) and increases treatment adherence, both prolongs lives of PLHIV (NASCOP, 2014), without proper care and management it exposes them to non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Key objective; t...
Although organic farming is increasingly perceived as a viable alternative to conventional agriculture in the face of deteriorating environmental ecosystems, little is known about consumers’ preferences for organic products in Sub-Saharan Africa. Th...
Since 2002, a range of South African policies have attempted to address the disproportionate burden of food and nutrition insecurity on the population. Yet malnutrition among the poor has worsened. This study reviewed policies to examine their implic...
The study also seeks to identify effective recovery pathways that can mitigate the adverse impacts of the conflict, with a particular focus on the role of the agricultural sector.
Food systems generate about one third of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Without reducing them, it will not be possible to stabilize the climate and keep the increase in global temperature below 1.5oC from preindustrial levels.
This book is intended to guide farmers, extension personnel, agriculture students in higher institutions, researchers, and other development projects on the improved varieties of legumes and cereals to use or promote in Northeast Nigeria, especially...
Boosting diaspora's contribution to agribusiness is one of the priorities of FAO’s work on rural migration. It aims to help migrants and diaspora contribute resources and skills to rural areas and support agro entrepreneurs through mentorship, coachi...
Addressing food fraud is crucial to ensure the safety, integrity and fairness of the global food supply chain – all of which are critical to achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.