Production of horticultural products for export is a major cash cropping practice in Kenya which is ranked third in terms of foreign exchange earnings after tourism and tea. Available evidence in the debate of the impact of cash cropping systems on food security however shows mixed results....

The study identified factors that influence the adoption and contribution of conservation agriculture (CA) on household food security among smallholder farmers. To determine factors that affect the adoption of CA among smallholder farmers, a probit regression model was used. Then, the study...

Reducing food insecurity in the developing world continues to be a major public policy challenge, and one that is complicated by the lack of a generalized comprehensive strategy for dealing with it. Around 854 million people are undernourished worldwide, many more suffer from micronutrient...

The world recently experienced the food and financial crisis. The food crisis was an indicator of the challenges towards sufficiently feeding an increasing world population. Food production through rainfed and irrigated agriculture account for the bulk of the freshwater used globally but the...

As part of its food security policy, South Korea has been pursuing food self-sufficiency using high tariffs and high administrative prices in key agricultural and food markets. Using a dual approach to trade and trade restrictiveness indices, we analyze the impact of these market distortions on...

Rapid economic growth in some emerging economies in recent decades has significantly increased their global economic importance. If this rapid growth continues and is strongest in resource-poor Asian economies, the growth in global demand for imports of primary products also will continue, to...

The study employed multinomial logit and fractional regression models to investigate determinants of food-poverty FP states and the demand for dietary diversity, respectively using 2003/2004 Nigerian Living Standard Survey (NLSS) data. The FP states is derive by combining two food security...

Declining land availability and increasing rural poverty hamper further production growth and agricultural development in Burundi. Yet, over the last decades, food demand continued to increase as a result of high population growth and urbanisation. In a country like Burundi, where it is...

Commercialization is often viewed as an avenue to improve household food security due to its comparative advantages over subsistence production. However, there are arguments for and against smallholder commercialization as a pathway for ensuring household food security. This paper sought to...

The marketing and the valorisation of teak (Tectona grandis L.f.) leaves were studied in southern Benin, in order to generate useful information to capture the livelihoods improvement potential of this non wood forest product (NTFP). 76 traders and 44 consumers of teak leaves were interviewed in...