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  1. Inconsistency in climate regimes of rainfall and temperature is a source of biotic and abiotic stresses in agricultural systems worldwide. Several studies from Bangladesh report that this variability is a caus...

    Authors: Md Abiar Rahman, SuChul Kang, Nidhi Nagabhatla and Robert Macnee
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2017 6:10
  2. The rapid growth of mobile phones in Ghana has opened up the possibility of delivering timely and useful weather and market information to farmers at costs lower than traditional agricultural extension service...

    Authors: Prince Maxwell Etwire, Saaka Buah, Mathieu Ouédraogo, Robert Zougmoré, Samuel Tetteh Partey, Edward Martey, Sidzabda Djibril Dayamba and Jules Bayala
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2017 6:8
  3. Food security has been observed to be severe in northern Ghana than any other area of the country. Though this has been acknowledged, few attempts have been made to curb the situation. One of such intervention...

    Authors: Paul Kwame Nkegbe, Benjamin Musah Abu and Haruna Issahaku
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2017 6:35
  4. Existing scholarly works have paid little or no attention to the problems small-scale fisheries encounter within the context of food and nutritional security. Therefore, this work has examined the problem. Sma...

    Authors: Shehu Latunji Akintola and Kafayat Adetoun Fakoya
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2017 6:34
  5. Fisheries have played a significant role in the economic development of Newfoundland and Labrador and continue to contribute to coastal livelihoods and local food security. However, the access to and availabil...

    Authors: Chloé Poitevin DesRivières, Ratana Chuenpagdee and Charles Mather
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2017 6:33
  6. In southern Africa, conservation agriculture (CA) has received a lot of research and promotional support from various organizations in the past decades. Conservation agriculture is largely promoted as one of t...

    Authors: Nelson Mango, Shephard Siziba and Clifton Makate
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2017 6:32
  7. Potato plays a great role for the achievement of food security program due to its plasticity to environmental conditions and yielding capacity. However, its productivity is far less than other countries due to...

    Authors: Hailu Gebru, Ali Mohammed, Nigussie Dechassa and Derbew Belew
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2017 6:31
  8. Low productivity of cereals, the staple food, in Sahelian zone of Cinzana in Mali is caused by a range of factors including but not limited to inherent low soil fertility, and insufficient and inadequate distr...

    Authors: Kalifa Traore, Daouda Kalifa Sidibe, Harouna Coulibaly and Jules Bayala
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2017 6:11
  9. Maize is the most important cereal and most widely cultivated staple that plays a key role in the food security of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Although some countries have achieved significant gains in maize pro...

    Authors: Tsedeke Abate, Monica Fisher, Tahirou Abdoulaye, Girma T. Kassie, Rodney Lunduka, Paswel Marenya and Woinishet Asnake
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2017 6:30
  10. Understanding factors influencing the expression of a trait is key in designing a breeding program. Genotype by environment interaction has great influence on most quantitative traits. Promiscuous nodulation i...

    Authors: Eric E. Agoyi, Thomas L. Odong, John B. Tumuhairwe, Godfree Chigeza, Brian W. Diers and Phinehas Tukamuhabwa
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2017 6:29
  11. Bushmeat represents an important animal protein source for populations in rural areas of Côte d’Ivoire; consequently, the exploitation of the bushmeat reserves has contributed to food security in these areas f...

    Authors: Arlette Olaby Dindé, Aubin Jacob Mobio, Amoin Georgette Konan, Gilbert Fokou, Konan Yao, Emmanuel Lasme Jean Charles Esso, Agathe Fantodji, Marina Koussemon and Bassirou Bonfoh
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2017 6:28
  12. In spite of the essential role of cassava in ensuring household food security and employment for most rural farm households, postharvest physiological deterioration (PPD) of the roots which is serious abiotic ...

    Authors: R. Prempeh, J. A. Manu-Aduening, B. O. Asante, I. K. Asante, S. K. Offei and E. Y. Danquah
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2017 6:27
  13. Tomato has significant economic importance in Ethiopia. Although quantitative evidence is limited, postharvest loss in tomato is considerably high. This study presents qualitative and quantitative postharvest ...

    Authors: Bezabih Emana, Victor Afari-Sefa, Ngoni Nenguwo, Amsalu Ayana, Dereje Kebede and Hedija Mohammed
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2017 6:3
  14. Climate variations have a considerable impact on crop production. For pineapple, variable temperatures and rainfall patterns are implicated, yet there is limited knowledge of the conditions and consequences of...

    Authors: Portia Adade Williams, Olivier Crespo, Christopher John Atkinson and George Owusu Essegbey
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2017 6:26
  15. Potato is a major food crop in the tropical regions of Africa. However, potato yields continue to remain very low in these regions mainly due to use of poor quality seed. The recent development of rapid seed m...

    Authors: Julius Juma Okello, Yuan Zhou, Norman Kwikiriza, Sylvester Ogutu, Ian Barker, Elmar Schulte-Geldermann, Elly Atieno and Justin Taj Ahmed
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2017 6:25
  16. The agricultural sector remains the main source of livelihoods for rural communities in Ethiopia, but faces the challenge of changing climate. This study investigated how smallholder farmers perceive climate c...

    Authors: Abrham Belay, John W. Recha, Teshale Woldeamanuel and John F. Morton
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2017 6:24
  17. Common bean one of the grain legumes that was traditionally considered a subsistence crop and therefore a woman’s crop in Uganda was prioritized for commercialization. This has transformed the crop from being ...

    Authors: Florence Nakazi, Jemimah Njuki, Michael Adrogu Ugen, Paul Aseete, Enid Katungi, Eliud Birachi, Ruth Kabanyoro, Isaac Joseph Mugagga and Grace Nanyonjo
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2017 6:22
  18. As part of dynamic livelihood coping strategies, some farmers in Ghana’s cocoa belt have diversified away from traditional cocoa production to other high-value crops including vegetables, to the extent of dive...

    Authors: Justice G. Djokoto, Victor Afari-Sefa and Albert Addo-Quaye
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2017 6:6
  19. Experience-based household food insecurity (HFI) scales are not included in large-scale Indian surveys. There is limited evidence on which experience-based HFI scale or questions within a scale are most releva...

    Authors: Vani Sethi, Chandana Maitra, Rasmi Avula, Sayeed Unisa and Surbhi Bhalla
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2017 6:21
  20. It is worth raising the question, why are wild edible plants (WEPs) which are rich in diverse nutrients and widely abundant underutilized despite the increasing rate of undernourishment in poor regions? One r...

    Authors: Precillia Ijang Tata Ngome, Charlie Shackleton, Anne Degrande and Julius Chupezi Tieguhong
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2017 6:20
  21. Culturally, food insecurity is expected in rural households. But it is considerable in urban setting due to many factors. Yet this has been hardly recognized in the study area. Therefore, this study intended t...

    Authors: Abraham Tadesse Tantu, Tsegaye Demissie Gamebo, Berhanu Kuma Sheno and Mulugeta Yohannis Kabalo
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2017 6:19
  22. Subsistence farming in West Abaya district is sited in an area prone to drought. Thus, poor food security is a principal concern. But, this has been less documented. Therefore, this study aimed to determine th...

    Authors: Malla Shone, Tsegaye Demissie, Bereket Yohannes and Mulugeta Yohannis
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2017 6:2
  23. Sub-Saharan Africa currently has the highest prevalence of malnutrition worldwide. In children under the age of 5 years, malnutrition can have long-term effects on physical and cognitive development, with impl...

    Authors: Jack B. Hetherington, Anke K. Wiethoelter, Joel Negin and Siobhan M. Mor
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2017 6:9
  24. Despite the connections between terrestrial and marine/freshwater livelihood strategies that we see in coastal regions across the world, the contribution of wild fisheries and fish farming is seldom considered...

    Authors: Brendan Fisher, Robin Naidoo, John Guernier, Kiersten Johnson, Daniel Mullins, Dorcas Robinson and Edward H. Allison
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2017 6:1
  25. Several state and non-state organizations are promoting organic agriculture as a climate smart option among cocoa farmers in the Ashanti region of Ghana. In this study, flora diversity and livelihoods position...

    Authors: Joseph Bandanaa, Irene Susana Egyir and Isaac Asante
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2016 5:29
  26. Despite the enormous importance of maize in Ghana, maize farmers in the country continue to experience low yields, making Ghana self-insufficient in the production of the crop. For maize farmers to be helped t...

    Authors: Dadson Awunyo-Vitor, Camillus Abawiera Wongnaa and Robert Aidoo
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2016 5:28
  27. Many projections of the impact of climate change on the crop, livestock and fishery production sectors of African agriculture are reported in the literature. However, they may be arguably too general to unders...

    Authors: Robert Zougmoré, Samuel Partey, Mathieu Ouédraogo, Bamidele Omitoyin, Timothy Thomas, Augustine Ayantunde, Polly Ericksen, Mohammed Said and Abdulai Jalloh
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2016 5:26
  28. Bacillus cereus is frequently related to foodborne illness outbreak. The common food vehicles for transmission of the bacteria are rice, rice products and starchy foods. As rice is a s...

    Authors: Lesley Maurice Bilung, Ahmad Syatir Tahar, Tan Pei Shze, Samantha Valarie Furzanne Anak Jamie, Hashimatul Fatma Hashim, Kasing Apun and Son Radu
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2016 5:25
  29. The group of small pelagic fish is the largest species group landed globally. A significant proportion of this nutrient-rich food is processed and lost to livestock feed, fish feed, fish oil, pet food and omeg...

    Authors: Moenieba Isaacs
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2016 5:27
  30. Child undernutrition is persistently high in the central Andes of Peru, and numerous smallholder households fail to meet their basic needs of energy, iron and zinc. Food-based approaches assume household-level...

    Authors: Alejandra Arce, Hilary Creed-Kanashiro, Maria Scurrah, Raul Ccanto, Edgar Olivera, Dharani Burra and Stef De Haan
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2016 5:23
  31. Home gardens are an old agricultural practice playing a key role in household food security and diversity. Proximity of gardens to the home facilitates easy access to food and reduces household expenditure. Ho...

    Authors: Aarati Pillai, Joyce Kinabo and Michael B. Krawinkel
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2016 5:22
  32. In search of options to cope with climate change and variability, a trial combining fertilization and improved varieties of millet and cowpea (intercropped or as sole crop) was conducted on three sites (Lemnog...

    Authors: Josias Sanou, Babou André Bationo, Silamana Barry, Loyehoun Dorothée Nabie, Jules Bayala and Robert Zougmore
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2016 5:20
  33. Globally, there is great concern about expanding agricultural activities due to their impact in the conservation of agrobiodiversity. African continent is known for its richness in biodiversity. In Kenya, ther...

    Authors: Simon Wambui Mburu, Gilbert Koskey, Jacinta Malia Kimiti, Omwoyo Ombori, John M. Maingi and Ezekiel Mugendi Njeru
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2016 5:19
  34. Pest invasion has been a disruptive phenomenon in nature, the consequence being ecological and economical negative effect in natural ecosystem of the area. In agriculture, introduced insect pest has a devastat...

    Authors: Maneno Chidege, Shakil Al-zaidi, Nayem Hassan, Abisgold Julie, Elialilia Kaaya and Sheila Mrogoro
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2016 5:17
  35. Alaska is known for its many fisheries, which support an extensive global marketplace, a thriving tourism industry, and also contribute much to diets of many Alaskans. Yet, some research has suggested that Al...

    Authors: Hannah L. Harrison and Philip A. Loring
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2016 5:16

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  36. Plant genotypes are rarely developed for mixed cropping systems despite the potential of these systems to provide multiple ecosystem services. One of the most ubiquitously grown mixed cropping systems is a com...

    Authors: Krista B. Isaacs, Sieglinde S. Snapp, James D. Kelly and Kimberly R. Chung
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2016 5:15
  37. Improved understanding of the influence of climate variability on eating habits is required to manage health outcomes that could be produced. Agriculture production is the main source of income to people in Ru...

    Authors: Naomi Jones Saronga, Idda Hubert Mosha, Anna Tengia Kessy, Mangi Job Ezekiel, Alex Zizinga, Opportuna Kweka, Paul Onyango and Sari Kovats
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2016 5:14
  38. Smallholders have begun to take advantage of a growing pool of investment in climate change mitigation. Meanwhile, early movers in this area are working to develop innovative models that will allow projects to...

    Authors: Seth Shames, Krista Heiner, Martha Kapukha, Lillian Kiguli, Moses Masiga, Pauline Nantongo Kalunda, Annet Ssempala, John Recha and Amos Wekesa
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2016 5:13
  39. Rice (Oryza sativa) is the most important staple food for almost half of the global population. Improvement of rice yield is of global concern and is influenced by a wide variety of regional factors including cli...

    Authors: Iffat Ara, Megan Lewis and Bertram Ostendorf
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2016 5:12
  40. Kersting’s groundnut is a tropical crop, highly nutritious, adapted to drought-prone areas. The crop is neglected both by researchers and by policy makers. This paper aimed at providing relevant information on...

    Authors: Mathieu Anatole Tele Ayenan and Vincent A. Ezin
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2016 5:10
  41. Fruit ripening is a natural process in which a fruit goes through various physical and chemical changes and gradually becomes sweet, colored, soft, and palatable. Fruit ripening process can also be stimulated ...

    Authors: Md. Nazibul Islam, Mehnaz Mursalat and Mohidus Samad Khan
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2016 5:8