[HTML][HTML] Reversing years for global food security: A review of the food security situation in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)

AH Wudil, M Usman, J Rosak-Szyrocka, L Pilař… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
All around the world, inequalities persist in the complex web of social, economic, and
ecological factors that mediate food security outcomes at different human and institutional …

[HTML][HTML] Transformation of seafood side-streams and residuals into valuable products

SA Siddiqui, H Schulte, D Pleissner, S Schönfelder… - Foods, 2023 - mdpi.com
Seafood processing creates enormous amounts of side-streams. This review deals with the
use of seafood side-streams for transformation into valuable products and identifies suitable …

Does crop diversification lead to climate-related resilience? Improving the theory through insights on practice

R Vernooy - Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
In recent years, CGIAR researchers have investigated the effectiveness of using
agrobiodiversity, and more particularly crop and crop varietal diversity, as an adaptive …

Perceived effects of COVID-19 restrictions on smallholder farmers: Evidence from seven lower-and middle-income countries

J Hammond, K Siegal, D Milner, E Elimu, T Vail… - Agricultural …, 2022 - Elsevier
CONTEXT The COVID-19 pandemic caused unprecedented global disruption and continues
to wreak havoc. Dire predictions were made about the risks to smallholder farmers in lower …

[HTML][HTML] Improving assessments of the three pillars of climate smart agriculture: current achievements and ideas for the future

MT van Wijk, L Merbold, J Hammond… - … in Sustainable Food …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
In this study we evaluate Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) assessment tools with regard to
their suitability for covering not only biophysical but also socio-economic aspects of CSA …

[HTML][HTML] Closing maize yield gaps in sub-Saharan Africa will boost soil N2O emissions

S Leitner, DE Pelster, C Werner, L Merbold… - Current Opinion in …, 2020 - Elsevier
Highlights•Maize yields in sub-Sahara Africa are low due to low fertilizer input.•This creates
a yield gap (difference between potential and actual maize yield).•Closing yield gaps will …

[HTML][HTML] Urban physical food environments drive dietary behaviours in Ghana and Kenya: A photovoice study

R Pradeilles, A Irache, MN Wanjohi, M Holdsworth… - Health & Place, 2021 - Elsevier
We identified factors in the physical food environment that influence dietary behaviours
among low-income dwellers in three African cities (Nairobi, Accra, Ho). We used Photovoice …

Emerging and practical food innovations for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) target 2.2

A Mensi, CC Udenigwe - Trends in Food Science & Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Among the targets of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), target 2.2
focuses on ending malnutrition, including stunting, and wasting and overweight among …

[HTML][HTML] Genome-wide association studies of grain yield and quality traits under optimum and low-nitrogen stress in tropical maize (Zea mays L.)

N Ndlovu, C Spillane, PC McKeown, JE Cairns… - Theoretical and Applied …, 2022 - Springer
Key message Genome-wide association study (GWAS) demonstrated that multiple genomic
regions influence grain quality traits under nitrogen-starved soils. Using genomic prediction …

[HTML][HTML] A shift from cattle to camel and goat farming can sustain milk production with lower inputs and emissions in north sub-Saharan Africa's drylands

J Rahimi, E Fillol, JY Mutua, G Cinardi, TP Robinson… - Nature Food, 2022 - nature.com
Climate change is increasingly putting milk production from cattle-based dairy systems in
north sub-Saharan Africa (NSSA) under stress, threatening livelihoods and food security …