Role of science and technology for agricultural revival in India, Prof. Seema Joshi
Prof. Seema Joshi Department of India Studies University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam Kirori Mal College University of Delhi, Delhi India Email: seemajoshi143@gmail.com DOI: 10.1108/20425941211244261 Purpose: Several empirical studies have shown that the “servicization” of India ‘ s economy has taken place in terms of structural changes in GDP. But the […]
Towards sustainable indicators of food and nutritional outcomes in India, Amarender Reddy, Radhika Rani, Timothy Cadman, Soora Kumar and Anugula Reddy
A. Amarender Reddy Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi India Email: anugu.amarender.reddy@gmail.com Ch. Radhika Rani National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Hyderabad India Timothy Cadman Institute for Ethics Governance and Law, Griffith University, Nathan Australia Soora Naresh Kumar Centre for Environment Science and Climate Resilient Agriculture Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi India Anugula N Reddy National University […]
Factors affecting the food security and community welfare of farmer households in Sumatera, Indonesia, Srinita
Srinita Universitas Syiah Kuala, Banda Aceh Indonesia DOI: 10.1108/WJSTSD-10-2017-0037 Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine and analyze the factors of availability, access, and absorption affecting the level of food security and its impact on the community welfare. Design/methodology/approach: This study focuses on food security and community welfare in all provinces in Sumatra. […]
Food security in Sudan: the case of Kassala state, Prof. Samia Nour and Dr. Eltayeb Abdalla
Prof. Samia Satti Osman Mohamed Nour Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Social Studies University of Khartoum, Khartoum Sudan Email: samiasatti@yahoo.com Dr. Eltayeb Mohamedain Abdalla Department of Economics University of Kassala, Kassala Sudan DOI: 10.1108/WJSTSD-10-2020-0083 Purpose: Different from the previous studies in the Sudanese literature, this study aims to examine the incidence and of food security, the […]
The determinants of food security in Sudan: the case of Kassala state, Prof. Samia Nour and Dr. Eltayeb Abdalla
Prof. Samia Satti Osman Mohamed Nour Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Social Studies University of Khartoum, Khartoum Sudan Email: samiasatti@yahoo.com Dr. Eltayeb Mohamedain Abdalla Department of Economics University of Kassala, Kassala Sudan DOI: 10.1108/WJSTSD-10-2020-0084 Purpose: This paper aims to discuss the determinants of food security in Kassala state using the measurement of Household Food Insecurity Access […]
Household demand for basic foodstuffs in a recessed economy: a case study of Southwest Nigeria, Dr. Fatai Sowunmi, Oladunni Daramola and Ishaq Tijani
Dr. Fatai Abiola Sowunmi, Oladunni Akinwande Daramola, Ishaq Adewale Tijani Department of Agricultural Economics University of Ibadan, Ibadan Nigeria Email: fasowunmi@live.co.uk DOI: 10.1108/WJSTSD-06-2019-0029 Purpose: The economic recession that Nigeria recently passed through caused distortions in economic and well-being of Nigerians. The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of the economic recession on households’ demand for basic foodstuffs […]
Does contract farming improve rice farmers’ food security? Empirical evidence from Ghana, Reuben Binpori, Dadson Awunyo-Vitor and Camillus Wongnaa
Reuben Jagri Binpori, Dadson Awunyo-Vitor, Camillus Abawiera Wongnaa Department of Agricultural Economics, Agribusiness and Extension Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi Ghana Email: wongnaaa@yahoo.com DOI: 10.1108/WJSTSD-11-2020-0091 Purpose: In order to improve access to resources for smallholder farmers, efforts are being made to promote contract farming in Ghana. This is seen as a strategy to increase agricultural […]
Food safety and water sanitation and hygiene among food insecure households: the case of Woreda 10 of Arada sub-city, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Gashaw Alemayehu, Dr. Dilu Shaleka, Prof. Mogessie Ashenafi
Gashaw Alemayehu Center for Food Security Studies, College of Development Studies, Addis Ababa University Ethiopia Email: gashalex2@gmail.com* Dr. Dilu Shaleka Center for Gender Studies, College of Development Studies, Addis Ababa University Ethiopia Email: dilu.shaleka@aau.edu.et Prof. Mogessie Ashenafi Center for Food Security Studies, College of Development Studies, Addis Ababa University Ethiopia Email: mogessie.ashenafi@aau.edu.et Purpose: Appropriate knowledge, […]
Impact of globalisation and trade liberalization on small farmers’ food security in developing countries, Falendrak Sudan
Falendrak K. Sudan UNIVERSITY OF JAMMU, INDIA Abstract: The process of globalization and trade liberalization can impact small farmers in complex ways, both directly and indirectly. The small farmers’ food security in developing countries depends upon improved access to well-functioning markets. The agriculture is a critical sector in which a rules-based global trade system must […]
Virtual water as a policy for ensuring food security in the MENA region, Ghada El-Hefnawy
GHADA EL HEFNAWY CAIRO UNIVERSITY, EGYPT Virtual water is the amount of water that is embedded in food or other products needed for its production. Food security and environmental health are the rationales for encouraging virtual water trade as a water policy instrument. The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is the most water-short region […]