scholarly journals Pathway to achieving sustainable food security in Sub‐Saharan Africa: The role of agricultural mechanization

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 349-366
Author(s):  
Godwin Olasehinde‐Williams ◽  
Festus Fatai Adedoyin ◽  
Festus Victor Bekun
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Sustainable Food ◽  
Agricultural Mechanization ◽  
Sub Saharan

Can Sub-Saharan Africa feed itself? The role of irrigation development in the region’s drylands for food security

Virtual Water ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 80-98
Author(s):  
Hua Xie ◽  
Nicostrato Perez ◽  
Weston Anderson ◽  
Claudia Ringler ◽  
Liangzhi You
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Irrigation Development ◽  
Sub Saharan

Food Security: Sustainable Food Production in Sub-Saharan Africa

2002 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 177-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Uche C. Amalu
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Structural Adjustment ◽  
Commodity Prices ◽  
Mineral Resources ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Sustainable Food ◽  
Virgin Land ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Food Imports

Falling world grain stocks, rising grain prices and the poor economic situation of Africa have, since 1995, made food security a major issue. Structural adjustment programmes, the crushing burden of debt, the collapse of commodity prices and mismanagement of national economies have rendered African people even poorer in terms of per capita income and quality of life than they were in the first decade after the attainment of independence. Yet Africa is rich in many ways — for example, in virgin land for agriculture and in mineral resources, including energy. It is rich above all in its people and their determined spirit to face all disasters, natural and man-made. In line with this spirit, Africa is moving ahead on a new consensus that food security through enhanced agricultural production is the continent's most fundamental development issue. Although the economic plans of successive African governments have stressed the goal of food self-sufficiency, the food sector has received little investment or political priority. Africa continues to rely on food aid and food imports, which consume a large part of its meagre export earnings. The increasingly limited capacity to purchase food abroad and the bitter experience of depending on emergency aid are honing a clear determination that Africa must marshal the resources to grow its own food and so release the creative energies of its people to contribute fully to their own development and well-being. Top priority should be given to food security during this process, as no country can consider itself free until it has the wherewithal to provide for the basic needs of its people.

scholarly journals Orange-fleshed sweetpotato: Strategies and lessons learned for achieving food security and health at scale in Sub-Saharan Africa

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 511-536
Author(s):  
Amy Webb Girard ◽  
Anthony Brouwer ◽  
Emily Faerber ◽  
Frederick K. Grant ◽  
Jan W. Low
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Beta Carotene ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Or Education ◽  
Sustainable Food ◽  
Implementation Challenges ◽  
Significant Public Health ◽  
Sub Saharan

Abstract Against a worsening backdrop of climate stress and population growth, drought-resistant, highly adaptable, nutritious orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) stands out as a sustainable food crop that supports household resiliency, food security, and health. Recognized as one of the cheapest sources of vitamin A (VA), OFSP holds promise as a food-based approach to combat VA deficiency, a significant public health concern in sub-Saharan Africa. Because the dominant white-fleshed varieties have no beta-carotene, research initiated in the mid-1990s set out to adapt, develop, and promote VA-rich OFSP as a more nutritious alternative to non-OFSP types. Multisectorial strategies that integrate agriculture with health or education sectors hold promise as effective strategies to ensure OFSP reaches and meets the needs of those populations at greatest risk of VA deficiency – pregnant and lactating women, infants, and children. In this article, we share experiences, findings, implementation challenges, and lessons learned from four integrated programs in Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, and Ethiopia that aimed to improve the nutrition and health of women and children with production and promotion of OFSP. Across these projects, households significantly increased OFSP production. In all but one, changes in OFSP production were accompanied by improved food security and maternal and child diets.

Can Sub-Saharan Africa feed itself? The role of irrigation development in the region’s drylands for food security

2018 ◽  
Vol 43 (6) ◽  
pp. 796-814 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hua Xie ◽  
Nicostrato Perez ◽  
Weston Anderson ◽  
Claudia Ringler ◽  
Liangzhi You
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Irrigation Development ◽  
Sub Saharan

A System Dynamics Model for Subsistence Farmers' Food Security Resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa

2019 ◽  
pp. 293-308
Author(s):  
Benedict Oyo ◽  
Billy Mathias Kalema
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
System Dynamics ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Market Failures ◽  
System Dynamics Model ◽  
Dynamics Model ◽  
Subsistence Farmers ◽  
Sustainable Food ◽  
Donor Support ◽  
Sub Saharan

Food security at subsistence farmers' level in sub-Saharan Africa has become an issue of concern due to increasing vulnerability caused by a number of factors such as: changing climate, resource scarcity (e.g. land and inputs), environmental degradation (e.g. declining soil fertility, deforestation, and surface water eutrophication), market failures and weak public/donor support initiatives. In light of these challenges, farmers must be prepared to survive by self-provisioning. To pursue the fastest and most practical route to improved food security, focus should be on resilience based initiatives at household and community levels. In this paper, the authors investigate the factors that have enabled subsistence farmers to succeed despite the previous shocks and stresses, and develop a system dynamics model for sustainable food security based on initiatives exclusive to the farmers. The model is used to examine the question: how can innovative subsistence farmers engage in better livelihood and market orientated production irrespective of external public or donor support?

scholarly journals Agriculture and Food Security in Mozambique

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jorge Ferrão ◽  
Victoria Bell ◽  
Luis Alfaro Cardoso ◽  
Tito Fernandes
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Food Production ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Short Review ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Agriculture And Food ◽  
General Wellbeing

The objective of this short review is to contribute to the debate on the role of agriculture transformation in the development process and as an engine to reduce poverty and improve general wellbeing through better access to nutrients in Mozambique. Agricultural services are organized by Provinces but still there is no accurate data on food production, consumption and trade trends in a large sample. It is recognized the complexity of the food security concept and the need of a multidimensional definition and approach. The increase in agricultural productivity can probably be seen as a necessary but not a sufficient condition to achieve long term food security in Mozambique or Sub-Saharan Africa.  Competing views about the relevance of agriculture for growth and development imply different policy priorities in Africa.

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