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  1. The success of crop varieties introduction is tightly linked to the uses, biophysical conditions, the cropping systems in which the crop is integrated and farmers’ and consumers’ preferences. In Benin, however...

    Authors: Mathieu Anatole Tele Ayenan, Kwadwo Ofori, Léonard Essèhou Ahoton and Agyemang Danquah
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2017 6:48
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  2. Biofertilizers are now considered to be the only alternative of chemical fertilizers which apart from their soaring cost are enhancing in pollution hazards of our environment. Increasing and extending the role...

    Authors: Mahmooda Saleemi, Muhammad Zahid Kiani, Tariq Sultan, Azeem Khalid and Shahid Mahmood
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2017 6:46
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  3. This paper examined the effect of Micro-Agricultural Financial Institutions of South Africa financial services on livelihood capital of beneficiaries in North West Province South Africa. A simple random sampli...

    Authors: Idowu Oladele and Lucky Ward
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2017 6:45
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  5. Drought is regarded as a leading cause of food insecurity affecting about 220 million people in sub-Saharan Africa. Drought early warning systems (DEWSs) have the potential to strengthen capacity of communiti...

    Authors: Damalie Akwango, Bernard Bonton Obaa, Nelson Turyahabwe, Yona Baguma and Anthony Egeru
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2017 6:43
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  6. Understanding diversity of smallholder farm households is of critical importance for the success of development interventions. Farming households often will devise livelihood strategies that provide the best g...

    Authors: Clifton Makate and Nelson Mango
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2017 6:37
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  7. A significant gap exists between advances in technologies in agriculture and what Ghanaian farmers practice on their farms. This paper examines rice farmers’ information seeking behaviour and the determinants ...

    Authors: Lawrencia Donkor Acheampong, Benedicta Nsiah Frimpong, Alexander Adu-Appiah, Bright Owusu Asante and Maxwell Darko Asante
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2017 6:38
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  8. In Ethiopia, food insecurity remains a major public health challenge. Agroecosystem has a potential to determine food insecurity. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the spatial pattern of household food ...

    Authors: Zewdie Aderaw Alemu, Ahmed Ali Ahmed, Alemayehu Worku Yalew and Belay Simanie
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2017 6:36
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  9. The roles and responsibilities of men and women in east African smallholder pig-raising households and the entitlements each can claim from pig-enterprise income are unknown. The article is a qualitative gende...

    Authors: Natalie Ann Carter, Sally Humphries, Delia Grace, Emily Awuor Ouma and Catherine Elizabeth Dewey
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2017 6:18
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  10. Cocoyam is an important food security crop in Ghana because it stores better than all other root and tuber crops. Despite its socio-economic relevance, production has declined persistently since the last decad...

    Authors: Stanley Boakye-Achampong, Kwasi Ohene-Yankyera, Robert Aidoo and Olav Jull Sørensen
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2017 6:44
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  11. Environmental heterogeneity, emerging pathogens and limited access to financial and agricultural inputs prevent farmers from producing consistent crop yields in many developing countries. Yield instability im...

    Authors: Kari Perez, Jeffrey S. Froikin-Gordon, Issoufou Kollo Abdourhamane, Virginie Levasseur, Aïssatou Ali Alfari, Armel Mensah, Offei Bonsu, Boukary Habsatou, Françoise Assogba-Komlan, Abdou Aziz Mbaye, Moussa Noussourou, Lenli Claude Otoidobiga, Léonard Ouédraogo, Tatsuya Kon, Maria R. Rojas, Kadiatou Touré Gamby…
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2017 6:42
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  13. The most limiting factors for sustainable maize production in smallholder farming systems of sub-Saharan Africa, especially the savanna agro-ecological zone, are erratic rainfall pattern and low soil fertility.

    Authors: Samuel Saaka Jeduah Buah, Hashim Ibrahim, Mavis Derigubah, Martin Kuzie, James Vuuro Segtaa, Jules Bayala, Robert Zougmore and Mathieu Ouedraogo
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2017 6:17
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  14. Food availability, access, and utilization are the three pillars of food security and need to be aligned in order to support a healthy population. United States (US) fisheries policy plays an important role i...

    Authors: David Clifford Love, Patricia Pinto da Silva, Julia Olson, Jillian Parry Fry and Patricia Mary Clay
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2017 6:16
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  15. Mango is an important tree fruit in Sierra Leone since it participates to food and nutritional security mainly in rural areas. However, the economic potential of this tree fruit is still untapped to a large ex...

    Authors: Ademonla Djalalou Dine Arinloye, Ann Degrande, Vodjo Nicodème Fassinou Hotegni, Ebenezar Asaah, Rebecca Bockarie, Joachim Binam Nyemeck, Jules Bayala and Antoine Kalinganire
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2017 6:14
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  16. Maize is the second most important staple crop in terms of area and production in Nepal. The production and yield of maize are low in Nepal as compared to other similar agro-climatic regions. Seed is considere...

    Authors: Mahesh Sapkota, Niraj Prakash Joshi, Rishi Ram Kattel and Mahima Bajracharya
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2017 6:41
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  18. Up to now, efforts to help local communities out of the food-insecurity trap were guided by researcher (or other actors)-led decisions on technologies to be implemented by the communities. This approach has p...

    Authors: Diaminatou Sanogo, Badiane Yacine Ndour, Moussa Sall, Katim Toure, Mouhamadou Diop, Baba Ansoumana Camara, Ousmane N’Diaye and Djibril Thiam
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2017 6:13
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  19. Arid and semi-arid areas of West Africa are highly subject to climate change effects. This is combined to other drivers such as population growth and livestock number increase. To cope with such changing envir...

    Authors: Pauline Ouédraogo, Babou André Bationo, Josias Sanou, Salifou Traoré, Silamana Barry, Sidzabda Djibril Dayamba, Jules Bayala, Mathieu Ouédraogo, Sebastiaan Soeters and Adjima Thiombiano
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2017 6:15
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  20. 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
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  21. 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
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  22. 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
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  23. 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
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  25. 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
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  26. 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
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  27. 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
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  28. 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
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  29. 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
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  30. 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
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  32. 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
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  33. 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
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  34. 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
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  35. 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
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  36. 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
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  37. 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
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  39. 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
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  41. 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
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  42. 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
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  43. 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
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  44. 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
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  46. 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
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  47. 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
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  48. 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
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  49. 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
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  50. 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
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