Toward a food secure future: Ensuring food security for sustainable human development in Sub-Saharan Africa

Conceição, Pedro; Levine, Sebastian; Lipton, Michael; Warren-Rodriguez, Alex

doi:10.1016/j.foodpol.2016.02.003

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“…It is discernible that maize (Zea mays L.) is the main food crop throughout levels from the local to the national as account for over 70% of the cereal food requirement in the country [18]. The crop is also a staple food in most African communities in Kenya, South Sudan, Burundi, Mali, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Malawi and Democratic Republic of Congo [3,5,10]. Therefore, its production has a strong determination to food security.…”

Section: Maize Productionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The report further clarifies that food security is a core component of the human development and capability paradigm. Thus, enhancing food availability and entitlements is a robust way to sustainable human development [3,4]. Countries like Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Malawi, Kenya and Tanzania have already been adversely affected by climate change [5,6].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Yields of the Major Food Crops: Implications to Food Security and Policy in Tanzania’s Semi-Arid Agro-Ecological Zone

Mkonda

2017

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While Tanzania has been facing food shortage for some decades, little efforts have been made to elicit optimal crop yields. To limit this problem, there is a need for a robust agricultural policy that aims at stabilizing agricultural production and socio-economic entitlement among the farmers. The present study analyses the production trend of maize, sorghum and millet (i.e., staple food crops) under rain fed agriculture in Kongwa District, the semi-arid agro-ecological zone of Central Tanzania, and envisage their implications to food security and policy. We collected a set of crop data from the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries. In addition, 400 respondents were sampled randomly in the study area during household survey while a series of interviews and discussions were conducted mostly basing on the expertise. The Mann-Kendall Test and Microsoft excel (window 13) and theme content methods were employed for data analyses. The results showed that the production trends for maize, sorghum and millet yields have been decreasing at R 2 = 0.40, 0.35 and 0.11 respectively and this trend was supported by 80% of the respondents. This decrease was greatly influenced by the temporal decrease in the mean annual rainfall (R 2 = 0.21). The diminishing production trend has already decreased food security for 30% in the area. Since agricultural policy can be among the main sources of this poor yields, an explicit and sound agricultural policy should be the central aspect in planning and implementing agricultural activities.

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Section: Maize Productionmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Yields of the Major Food Crops: Implications to Food Security and Policy in Tanzania’s Semi-Arid Agro-Ecological Zone

Mkonda

2017

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“…An increase in production often forms a critical component of efforts to alleviate poverty. Indeed, agriculture-led growth in Africa is currently more than twice as effective in reducing poverty as growth led by industry (Conceição et al 2016). The key to sustaining and enhancing growth in agricultural performance in Kenya will most likely lie in increasing smallholder productivity and investing in developing non-farm activities (IFAD, 2013).…”

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The water and land footprints of meat and milk production and consumption in Kenya: implications for sustainability and food security

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“…Therefore, due to the increased wheat and legume production in the valley, farmers may benefit from the higher output and additional economic activity in rural areas, while consumers benefit from increased food consumption and lower food prices (Hussain et al, 2004). The increased food production makes food available and affordable for millions of consumers, thus improving their dietary intake, nutrition, and cognitive skills, and contributing towards sustainable human development (Conceiçao et al, 2016). There are also wider benefits in irrigation value chains (agro-processing, cereal products, value addition) and markets (domestic, urban, export) since wheat and green gram can economically support nutritional changes since feeding humans on a cereal-and legumes-based diet requires far fewer resources in terms of water, energy, and land, than meat based diets (Hanjra and Qureshi, 2010;Keyzer et al, 2005;Stokstad, 2010).…”

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Can a change in cropping patterns produce water savings and social gains: A case study from the Fergana Valley, Central Asia

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Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics

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Abstract:The study examines possible water savings by replacing alfalfa with winter wheat in the Fergana Valley, located upstream of the Syrdarya River in Central Asia. Agricultural reforms since the 1990s have promoted this change in cropping patterns in the Central Asian states to enhance food security and social benefits. The water use of alfalfa, winter wheat/fallow, and winter wheat/green gram (double cropping) systems is compared for high-deficit, low-deficit, and full irrigation scenarios using hydrological modeling with the HYDRUS-1D software package. Modeling results indicate that replacing alfalfa with winter wheat in the Fergana Valley released significant water resources, mainly by reducing productive crop transpiration when abandoning alfalfa in favor of alternative cropping systems. However, the winter wheat/fallow cropping system caused high evaporation losses from fallow land after harvesting of winter wheat. Double cropping (i.e., the cultivation of green gram as a short duration summer crop after winter wheat harvesting) reduced evaporation losses, enhanced crop output and hence food security, while generating water savings that make more water available for other productive uses. Beyond water savings, this paper also discusses the economic and social gains that double cropping produces for the public within a broader developmental context.

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Toward a food secure future: Ensuring food security for sustainable human development in Sub-Saharan Africa

Cited by 159 publications

References 37 publications

Yields of the Major Food Crops: Implications to Food Security and Policy in Tanzania’s Semi-Arid Agro-Ecological Zone

Yields of the Major Food Crops: Implications to Food Security and Policy in Tanzania’s Semi-Arid Agro-Ecological Zone

The water and land footprints of meat and milk production and consumption in Kenya: implications for sustainability and food security

Can a change in cropping patterns produce water savings and social gains: A case study from the Fergana Valley, Central Asia

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