Ict And Food Security In Africa

Author : Adebusuyi Isaac Adeniran,Djane Kabran Aristide
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2020-02-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781527547490

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ICT and Food Security in Africa by Adebusuyi Isaac Adeniran,Djane Kabran Aristide Pdf

This volume provides apt and timely insights into how a globalizing African society could use the array of opportunities that various applications of ICT offer to supply much-needed food sustainability for the people of Africa. Looking at the entire agricultural value chain, the book presents a viable empirical framework for engaging with ICT in processes of food production and distribution, especially for rural low-scale agriculturists. It also depicts how the platform of ICT could play a central role in making the larger continental-goal of sustainable food security a realistic projection. In addition, the text considers how different regional dynamics could either enable or disable the efficient deployment of ICTs in the process of agricultural production in Africa, and highlights the relative progress that has been recorded in some parts of Africa in respect to the use of various ICT platforms in processes of agricultural production and distribution. The book will be particularly useful for students, researchers, teachers and policy makers working in the intersection between technology and food security.

Author : Barakat Mahmoud
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2021-01-20
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781789857337

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Food Security in Africa by Barakat Mahmoud Pdf

This edited volume “Food Security in Africa” is a collection of reviewed and relevant research chapters offering a comprehensive overview of recent developments in the field of food safety and availability, water issues, farming and nutrition. The book comprises single chapters authored by various researchers and edited by an expert active in the public health and food security research area. All chapters are complete in itself but united under a common research study topic. This publication aims at providing a thorough overview of the latest research efforts by international authors on Africa’s food security challenges, quality of water, small-scale farming as well as economic and social challenges that this continent is facing. Hopefully, this volume will open new possible research paths for further novel developments.

Author : Stephen Devereux,Simon Maxwell
Publisher : ITDG Publishing
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105110194953

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Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa by Stephen Devereux,Simon Maxwell Pdf

Most contributions reflect an evolution of thinking during the 1990s.

Author : Kwadwo Asenso-Okyere,Samson Jemaneh
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2012-03-30
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780896297937

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Increasing Agricultural Productivity and Enhancing Food Security in Africa by Kwadwo Asenso-Okyere,Samson Jemaneh Pdf

Author : Blessing M. Maumbe,Julius Okello
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2013-03-31
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781466636088

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Technology, Sustainability, and Rural Development in Africa by Blessing M. Maumbe,Julius Okello Pdf

"This book provides research, analytical methods, techniques, and development policies in ICT adoption and diffusion in Africa and around the globe, highlighting the major trends in ICT applications and rural development"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Scott Drimie,Simphiwe Mini
Publisher : HSRC Press
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Food supply
ISBN : 0796920281

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Food Security and Sustainable Development in Southern Africa by Scott Drimie,Simphiwe Mini Pdf

Southern Africa experienced acute food shortages during 2002 and 2003.

Author : Henk Bakker
Publisher : CABI
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1845938429

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Food Security in Africa and Asia by Henk Bakker Pdf

Authored by an experienced agriculturalist with substantial field experience in developing countries, this book adds to the literature on food security by proposing practical measures for improving plant-based food security in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. Covering issues affecting food security, this book discusses ways of measuring farmers' resources, strategies for action, and an analysis of the challenges and problems faced, concluding with a discussion of ways in which stakeholders could work better together. This title is suitable for policy makers, international development agencies, NGO.

Author : Olusegun Obasanjo
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135844622

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The Challenges Of Agricultural Production And Food Security In Africa by Olusegun Obasanjo Pdf

The agricultural and rural crisis besetting Africa is the result of both policy failures and inadequacies and the product of structural rigidities inhibiting access to and control of vital resources. The challenge of leadership in the agricultural sector is how to design and implement policies which would help induce growth and development in this sector. It is against this background that the Africa Leadership Forum convened in Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria in July of 1989 to explore a broad range of parameters to be addressed in the formulation of successful policies. This volume is derived from papers submitted and presentations made. The book provides the main conclusions and recommendations which emanated from the conference. They highlight a series of actions which must be taken in such areas as women in agriculture, small-scale farmers, agribusiness, subsidies, human capital, and linkages between international and national research anbd energy. Other topics include - Africa's security situation; social and economic factors, ecology, and social engineering; dietary patterns in Africa; pest management; agricultural practice; and international organizations. It is aimed at economists, anthropologists, ecologists, agriculturalists, social and political scientists, and all those interested or involved in agricultural production in Africa and other underdeveloped countries.

Author : Workneh Negatu,Herman Musahara
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2016-06-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789994455973

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Innovations in Achieving Sustainable Food Security in Eastern and Southern Africa by Workneh Negatu,Herman Musahara Pdf

Innovations in Achieving Sustainable Food Security in Eastern and Southern Africa addresses roles and issues related to social and institutional innovations and approaches in food security in Southern and Eastern Africa. They include implementation of food security policy, rural livelihood and agricultural innovation, land consolidation for food security, interdisciplinary school-based health for food security, harnessing indigenous and modern knowledge for food security, household food resource handling for food security, institutions for technological innovation, role of land tax in food security, trade protectionism and food security, and gender-power relations in food security.

Author : Lawrence James Haddad
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780896293359

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Achieving Food Security in Southern Africa by Lawrence James Haddad Pdf

Author : Willmott-Harrop, E.
Publisher : CTA
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2017-08-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789290816157

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Going to scale with ICTs for agriculture by Willmott-Harrop, E. Pdf

The huge potential of ICT for agriculture (ICT4Ag), from increasing agricultural yields to helping farmers get a fairer price for their produce, is well documented. Technologies such as SMS applications, mobile banking and satellite data have been used successfully to give agricultural stakeholders access to farm mapping, weather data, marketing tools, financial credit, advice from extension workers, and social networks, among other things. These technological applications are capable of reaching hundreds of millions of smallholder farmers and stakeholders in rural areas, acting as a catalyst for positive change and in achieving the SDGs. However, limits on their reach include poor internet connectivity in the rural areas of developing nations, high illiteracy rates among smallholder farmers and fishers, and the inability of pilot projects to go to scale due to lack of long-term funding or not having measures for their sustainability built into the programme design. This booklet will inspire agricultural stakeholders around the world – from the smallholder farmer to governments and their international trading partners – to further realise the remarkable change that ICTs can effect in the lives of rural and farming communities.

Author : Ganpat, Wayne G.,Dyer, Ronald,Isaac, Wendy-Ann P.
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2016-10-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781522509431

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Agricultural Development and Food Security in Developing Nations by Ganpat, Wayne G.,Dyer, Ronald,Isaac, Wendy-Ann P. Pdf

The development of sustainable agricultural systems is an imperative aspect of any country, but particularly in the context of developing countries. Lack of progress in these initiatives can have negative effects on the nation as a whole. Agricultural Development and Food Security in Developing Nations is a pivotal reference source for the latest scholarly material on promoting advancements in agricultural systems and food security in developing economies. Highlighting impacts on citizens, as well as on political and social environments of a country, this book is ideally designed for students, professionals, policy makers, researchers, and practitioners interested in recent developments in the areas of agriculture.

Author : John Dixon,Dennis P. Garrity,Jean-Marc Boffa,Timothy O. Williams,Tilahun Amede,Christopher Auricht,Rosemary Lott,George Mburathi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 896 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2019-12-09
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781317332268

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Farming Systems and Food Security in Africa by John Dixon,Dennis P. Garrity,Jean-Marc Boffa,Timothy O. Williams,Tilahun Amede,Christopher Auricht,Rosemary Lott,George Mburathi Pdf

Knowledge of Africa’s complex farming systems, set in their socio-economic and environmental context, is an essential ingredient to developing effective strategies for improving food and nutrition security. This book systematically and comprehensively describes the characteristics, trends, drivers of change and strategic priorities for each of Africa’s fifteen farming systems and their main subsystems. It shows how a farming systems perspective can be used to identify pathways to household food security and poverty reduction, and how strategic interventions may need to differ from one farming system to another. In the analysis, emphasis is placed on understanding farming systems drivers of change, trends and strategic priorities for science and policy. Illustrated with full-colour maps and photographs throughout, the volume provides a comprehensive and insightful analysis of Africa’s farming systems and pathways for the future to improve food and nutrition security. The book is an essential follow-up to the seminal work Farming Systems and Poverty by Dixon and colleagues for the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations and the World Bank, published in 2001.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2014-11-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789004282698

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Digging Deeper: Inside Africa’s Agricultural, Food and Nutrition Dynamics by Anonim Pdf

This volume attempts to dig deeper into what is currently happening in Africa’s agricultural and rural sector and to convince policymakers and others that it is important to look at the current African rural dynamics in ways that connect metropolitan demands for food with value chain improvements and agro-food cluster innovations. It is essential to go beyond a ‘development bureaucracy’ and a state-based approach to rural transformation, such as the one that often dominates policy debate in African government circles, organizations like the African Union and the UN, and donor agencies.

Author : Dorte Verner,Nanna Roos,Afton Halloran,Glenn Surabian,Maximillian Ashwill,Saleema Vellani,Yasuo Konishi
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2021-12-16
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781464817670

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Insect and Hydroponic Farming in Africa by Dorte Verner,Nanna Roos,Afton Halloran,Glenn Surabian,Maximillian Ashwill,Saleema Vellani,Yasuo Konishi Pdf

Interestingly, some relief from today's woes may come from ancient human practices. While current agri-food production models rely on abundant supplies of water, energy, and arable land and generate significant greenhouse gas emissions in addition to forest and biodiversity loss, past practices point toward more affordable and sustainable paths. Different forms of insect farming and soilless crop farming, or hydroponics, have existed for centuries. In this report the authors make a persuasive case that frontier agriculture, particularly insect and hydroponic farming, can complement conventional agriculture. Both technologies reuse society's agricultural and organic industrial waste to produce nutritious food and animal feed without continuing to deplete the planet's land and water resources, thereby converting the world's wasteful linear food economy into a sustainable, circular food economy. As the report shows, insect and hydroponic farming can create jobs, diversify livelihoods, improve nutrition, and provide many other benefits in African and fragile, conflict-affected countries. Together with other investments in climate-smart agriculture, such as trees on farms, alternate wetting and drying rice systems, conservation agriculture, and sustainable livestock, these technologies are part of a promising menu of solutions that can help countries move their land, food, water, and agriculture systems toward greater sustainability and reduced emissions. This is a key consideration as the World Bank renews its commitment to support countries' climate action plans. This book is the Bank's first attempt to look at insect and hydroponic farming as possible solutions to the world's climate and food and nutrition security crisis and may represent a new chapter in the Bank's evolving efforts to help feed and sustain the planet.