[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 …

[HTML][HTML] Worldwide trends in underweight and obesity from 1990 to 2022: a pooled analysis of 3663 population-representative studies with 222 million children …

NH Phelps, RK Singleton, B Zhou, RA Heap, A Mishra… - The Lancet, 2024 - thelancet.com
Background Underweight and obesity are associated with adverse health outcomes
throughout the life course. We estimated the individual and combined prevalence of …

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] Diminishing benefits of urban living for children and adolescents' growth and development

Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Optimal growth and development in childhood and adolescence is crucial for lifelong health
and well-being,,,,–. Here we used data from 2,325 population-based studies, with …

[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 …

The benefits and trade-offs of agricultural diversity for food security in low-and middle-income countries: A review of existing knowledge and evidence

K Waha, F Accatino, C Godde, C Rigolot, J Bogard… - Global Food …, 2022 - Elsevier
Diversity in agricultural systems is often presented as having benefits for multiple purposes
like food and nutrition security in low-and middle-income countries. Our review aims to give …

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 …

[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] 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 …