Food Security: The Science, Sociology and Economics of Food Production and Access to Food

2009 - 2025

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Volume 8, issue 6, 2016

In this issue pp. 1035-1036

Richard Strange

Opinion: the effects of technology adoption on food security: linking methods, concepts and data pp. 1037-1038

James Sumberg

The impact of improved ‘water-use security’ on women’s reliance on agricultural incomes in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa pp. 1039-1052

S. Sharaunga and M. Mudhara

The process of developing a nutrition-sensitive agriculture intervention: a multi-site experience pp. 1053-1068

Peter R. Berti, Rachelle E. Desrochers, Hoi Pham Van, An Lê Văn, Tung Duc Ngo, Ky Hoang The, Nga Le Thi and Prasit Wangpakapattanawong

Linking farm diversification to household diet diversification: evidence from a sample of Kenyan ultra-poor farmers pp. 1069-1085

Alessandro Romeo, Janice Meerman, Mulat Demeke, Antonio Scognamillo and Solomon Asfaw

Preferences for legume attributes in maize-legume cropping systems in Malawi pp. 1087-1099

Kurt B. Waldman, David Ortega, Robert B. Richardson, Daniel C. Clay and Sieglinde Snapp

The effectiveness of extension strategies for increasing the adoption of biofortified crops: the case of quality protein maize in East Africa pp. 1101-1121

Hugo De Groote, Nilupa S. Gunaratna, Monica Fisher, E. G. Kebebe, Frank Mmbando and Dennis Friesen

Determinants of diet quality among rural households in an intervention zone of Grande Anse, Haiti pp. 1123-1134

Elise Pauzé, Malek Batal, Yvens Philizaire, Rosanne Blanchet and Dia Sanou

Impacts of HIV / AIDS on food consumption and wild food use in rural South Africa pp. 1135-1151

Keitometsi Ncube, Charlie M. Shackleton, Brent Swallow and Wijaya Dassanayake

Constraints to wildlife harvesting among aboriginal communities in Alaska and Canada pp. 1153-1167

David Natcher, Shea Shirley, Thierry Rodon and Chris Southcott

On-farm maize storage systems and rodent postharvest losses in six maize growing agro-ecological zones of Kenya pp. 1169-1189

Kukom Edoh Ognakossan, Hippolyte D. Affognon, Christopher M. Mutungi, Daniel N. Sila, Soul-Kifouly G. Midingoyi and Willis O. Owino

Agricultural support and vulnerability of food security to trade in developing countries pp. 1191-1206

C. Larochez-Dupraz and Marilyne Huchet

Reeves T., Thomas G., and Ramsay G. (eds): Save and Grow in practice: a guide to sustainable cereal production. Maize, rice, wheat; a guide to sustainable production FAO, Rome, 2016 (ISBN: 978–92–5-108,519-6) x + 110 pp pp. 1207-1208

Malcolm Blackie

Stephen Whitfield: adapting to climate uncertainty in African agriculture − narratives and knowledge politics pp. 1209-1211

Stephen R. Waddington

Volume 8, issue 5, 2016

In this issue pp. 883-884

Richard Strange

Evaluation of cropping activities in the Adarsha watershed project, southern India pp. 885-897

K. H. Anantha and Suhas P. Wani

Livestock and food security in the Arab region: policy framework pp. 899-908

Lina S. Jaber, Katharina E. Diehl and Shadi K. Hamadeh

Ghana’s evolving protein economy pp. 909-920

James Sumberg, John Jatoe, Ulrich Kleih and Justin Flynn

Household food security in the face of climate change in the Hindu-Kush Himalayan region pp. 921-937

Abid Hussain, Golam Rasul, Bidhubhusan Mahapatra and Sabarnee Tuladhar

Banana xanthomonas wilt continues to spread in Tanzania despite an intensive symptomatic plant removal campaign: an impending socio-economic and ecological disaster pp. 939-951

Mpoki M. Shimwela, Randy C. Ploetz, Fen D. Beed, Jeffrey B. Jones, Jason K. Blackburn, Shabani I. Mkulila and Ariena H. C. van Bruggen

Household food security and biofuel feedstock production in rural Mozambique and Tanzania pp. 953-971

Stephen Thornhill, Eszter Vargyas, Tony Fitzgerald and Nick Chisholm

Food security in Tanzania: the challenge of rapid urbanisation pp. 973-984

Hugh Wenban-Smith, Anja Faße and Ulrike Grote

Nutritional impacts of rising food prices in African countries: a review pp. 985-997

Xiaohua Yu and Satoru Shimokawa

From global to local, food insecurity is associated with contemporary armed conflicts pp. 999-1010

Ore Koren and Benjamin E. Bagozzi

Growing the service economy for sustainable wheat intensification in the Eastern Indo-Gangetic Plains: lessons from custom hiring services for zero-tillage pp. 1011-1028

Alwin Keil, Alwin D’Souza and Andrew McDonald

Eugenio Díaz-Bonilla: Macroeconomics, agriculture and food security: A guide to policy analysis in developing countries pp. 1029-1031

Ulrike Grote

Deborah Brautigam: will Africa feed China? pp. 1033-1034

Norman Clark

Volume 8, issue 4, 2016

In this issue pp. 703-704

Richard Strange

Introducing the new senior editor for nutrition and sociology pp. 705-705

Richard Strange

Technology adoption and the multiple dimensions of food security: the case of maize in Tanzania pp. 707-726

Emiliano Magrini and Mauro Vigani

Coupling of soil regeneration, food security, and nutrition outcomes in Andean subsistence agroecosystems pp. 727-742

Steven J. Vanek, Andrew D. Jones and Laurie E. Drinkwater

The effect of education on household food security in two informal urban settlements in Kenya: a longitudinal analysis pp. 743-756

Maurice Mutisya, Moses W. Ngware, Caroline W. Kabiru and Ngianga-bakwin Kandala

Cultivar preference and sensory evaluation of vegetable pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan) in Eastern Kenya pp. 757-767

David Ojwang, Richard Nyankanga, Japheth Imungi, Modesto Olanya and Dike Ukuku

A rationale for introducing a subsidiary fishery in tropical reservoirs and lakes to augment inland fish production: case study from Sri Lanka pp. 769-781

Upali S. Amarasinghe, P. A. Don Ajith Kumara and Sena S. De Silva

Improved production systems for traditional food crops: the case of finger millet in western Kenya pp. 783-797

Christina Handschuch and Meike Wollni

You are not alone: social capital and risk exposure in rural Ethiopia pp. 799-813

Tesfamicheal Wossen, Salvatore Falco, Thomas Berger and William McClain

Indigenous peoples’ fisheries and food security: a case from northern Canada pp. 815-826

Durdana Islam and Fikret Berkes

Effectiveness and challenges of participatory governance: the case of agricultural and rural management councils in the Western Democratic Republic of the Congo pp. 827-854

Catherine Ragasa, Thaddee Badibanga and John Ulimwengu

Assessing reliability, change after intervention, and performance of a water insecurity scale in rural Ethiopia pp. 855-864

Craig Hadley and Matthew C. Freeman

Genetic modification for disease resistance: a position paper pp. 865-870

Peter Scott, Jennifer Thomson, David Grzywacz, Serge Savary, Richard Strange, Jean B. Ristaino and Lise Korsten

Cities and the future of agriculture and food security: a policy and programmatic roundtable pp. 871-877

Peter Richards, Thomas Reardon, David Tschirley, Thomas Jayne, Jim Oehmke and David Atwood

Why are we waiting? The logic, urgency, and promise of tackling climate change, Nicholas Stern pp. 879-880

Steven Yearley

S.B. Sharma and J.A. Wightman. 2015. Vision infinity for food security – some whys, why nots and hows! pp. 881-882

P. J. Gregory

Volume 8, issue 3, 2016

In this issue pp. 467-468

Richard Strange

Linking rural livelihood resilience and food security: an international challenge pp. 469-476

Bernard Pelletier, Gordon M. Hickey, Kimberly L. Bothi and Andrew Mude

Managing for resilience: a landscape framework for food and livelihood security and ecosystem services pp. 477-490

Ian Bailey and Louise E. Buck

Assessing the value of diverse cropping systems under a new agricultural policy environment in Rwanda pp. 491-506

Krista B. Isaacs, Sieglinde S. Snapp, Kimberly Chung and Kurt B. Waldman

Sustainable smallholder poultry interventions to promote food security and social, agricultural, and ecological resilience in the Luangwa Valley, Zambia pp. 507-520

Sarah E. Dumas, Luke Lungu, Nathan Mulambya, Whiteson Daka, Erin McDonald, Emily Steubing, Tamika Lewis, Katherine Backel, Jarra Jange, Benjamin Lucio-Martinez, Dale Lewis and Alexander J. Travis

Erratum to: Sustainable smallholder poultry interventions to promote food security and social, agricultural, and ecological resilience in the Luangwa Valley, Zambia pp. 521-522

Sarah E. Dumas, Luke Lungu, Nathan Mulambya, Whiteson Daka, Erin McDonald, Emily Steubing, Tamika Lewis, Katherine Backel, Jarra Jange, Benjamin Lucio-Martinez, Dale Lewis and Alexander J. Travis

Social practices of knowledge mobilization for sustainable food production: nutrition gardening and fish farming in the kolli hills of India pp. 523-533

Suraya Hudson, Naomi Krogman and Mary Beckie

Exploring the role of social capital in influencing knowledge flows and innovation in smallholder farming communities in the Caribbean pp. 535-549

Arlette S. Saint Ville, Gordon M. Hickey, Uli Locher and Leroy E. Phillip

Food system vulnerability amidst the extreme 2010–2011 flooding in the Peruvian Amazon: a case study from the Ucayali region pp. 551-570

Mya Sherman, James Ford, Alejandro Llanos-Cuentas and María José Valdivia

Culture based fisheries in Asia are a strategy to augment food security pp. 585-596

Sena S. De Silva

Adaptation to climate change and the impacts on household food security among rural farmers in uMzinyathi District of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa pp. 597-608

Stephen Shisanya and Paramu Mafongoya

Quantifying ambivalence towards sustainable intensification: an exploration of the UK public’s values pp. 609-619

Andrew P. Barnes, Amanda Lucas and Gregory Maio

Low permeability triple-layer plastic bags prevent losses of maize caused by insects in rural on-farm stores pp. 621-633

Jeremiah Ng’ang’a, Christopher Mutungi, Samuel M. Imathiu and Hippolyte Affognon

Links between energy access and food security in sub Saharan Africa: an exploratory review pp. 635-642

Phosiso Sola, Caroline Ochieng, Jummai Yila and Miyuki Iiyama

What determines farmers’ adaptive capacity? Empirical evidence from Malawi pp. 643-664

Solomon Asfaw, Nancy McCarthy, Leslie Lipper, Aslihan Arslan and Andrea Cattaneo

Food and nutrition security discursive frames in the context of the Spanish economic crisis pp. 665-677

Dionisio Ortiz-Miranda, Olga Moreno Pérez and Eladio Arnalte Alegre

Internal validity of the Food Access Survey Tool in assessing household food insecurity in rural Zambia pp. 679-688

Muzi Na, Alden L. Gross, Lee S. F. Wu, Bess L. Caswell, Sameera A. Talegawkar and Amanda C. Palmer

Attitudes toward genetically modified organisms in Poland: to GMO or not to GMO? pp. 689-697

Piotr Rzymski and Aleksandra Królczyk

Malden C. Nesheim, Maria Oria, and Peggy Tsai Yih (Eds.): A framework for assessing the effects of the food system pp. 699-700

Barbara Burlingame

Volume 8, issue 2, 2016

Using a plant health system framework to assess plant clinic performance in Uganda pp. 345-359

Solveig Danielsen and Frank B. Matsiko

Participatory appraisal of preferred traits, production constraints and postharvest challenges for cassava farmers in Rwanda pp. 375-388

Athanase Nduwumuremyi, Rob Melis, Paul Shanahan and Theodore Asiimwe

A review of postharvest handling and losses in the fresh tomato supply chain: a focus on Sub-Saharan Africa pp. 389-404

M. S. Sibomana, T. S. Workneh and K. Audain

Phosphorus recycling and food security in the long run: a conceptual modelling approach pp. 405-414

Hans-Peter Weikard

An assessment by subsistence farmers of the risks to food security attributable to climate change in Makwanpur, Nepal pp. 415-425

Rajendra P. Shrestha and Namita Nepal

Improved food quality, quantity and security among Kenyan orphans and vulnerable children: associations with participation in a multisectoral community-based program, age, gender, and sexual risk pp. 427-442

Michael L. Goodman, Beatrice J. Selwyn, Robert O. Morgan, Linda E. Lloyd, Moses Mwongera, Stanley Gitari and Philip H. Keiser

Early harvest of monsoon rice to address seasonal hunger in northwest Bangladesh pp. 443-457

Florencia G. Palis, Arelene J. B. Malabayabas, Grant R. Singleton, Mohammed A. Mazid and David E. Johnson

Matin Qaim:Genetically modified crops and agricultural development pp. 459-461

George H. L. Rothschild

Meera Subramanian: A river runs again - India’s natural world in crisis, from the barren cliffs of Rajasthan to the farmlands of Karnataka pp. 463-465

Norman Clark

Volume 8, issue 1, 2016

In this issue pp. 1-3

Richard Strange

In this issue pp. 1-3

Richard Strange

Alerts for policy makers extracted from papers published during 2015 in volume 7 of Food Security pp. 5-9

Richard Strange

Alerts for policy makers extracted from papers published during 2015 in volume 7 of Food Security pp. 5-9

Richard Strange

Plant health and food security, linking science, economics, policy and industry pp. 17-25

Alan MacLeod, Glyn D. Jones, Helen M. Anderson and Rick A. Mumford

Plant health and food security, linking science, economics, policy and industry pp. 17-25

Alan MacLeod, Glyn Jones, Helen Anderson and Rick Mumford

Options for managing the infectious animal and plant disease risks of international trade pp. 27-35

Charles Perrings

Options for managing the infectious animal and plant disease risks of international trade pp. 27-35

Charles Perrings

A bio-economic ‘war game’ model to simulate plant disease incursions and test response strategies at the landscape scale pp. 37-48

David C. Cook, Jean-Philippe Aurambout, Oscar N. Villalta, Shuang Liu, Jacqueline Edwards and Savi Maharaj

A bio-economic ‘war game’ model to simulate plant disease incursions and test response strategies at the landscape scale pp. 37-48

David Cook, Jean-Philippe Aurambout, Oscar Villalta, Shuang Liu, Jacqueline Edwards and Savi Maharaj

Eradicate, contain, or live with it? Collaborating with stakeholders to evaluate responses to invasive species pp. 49-59

Shuang Liu and David Cook

Eradicate, contain, or live with it? Collaborating with stakeholders to evaluate responses to invasive species pp. 49-59

Shuang Liu and David Cook

Bioeconomics of invasive species: using real options theory to integrate ecology, economics, and risk management pp. 61-70

Charles Sims, David Finnoff and Jason Shogren

Bioeconomics of invasive species: using real options theory to integrate ecology, economics, and risk management pp. 61-70

Charles Sims, David Finnoff and Jason Shogren

Linking science and policy to better protect Canada from plant pests pp. 71-75

Robert Favrin and Lesley Cree

Linking science and policy to better protect Canada from plant pests pp. 71-75

Robert Favrin and Lesley Cree

Action against pest spread—the case for retrospective analysis with a focus on timing pp. 77-81

Martin Ward

Action against pest spread—the case for retrospective analysis with a focus on timing pp. 77-81

Martin Ward

Biosecurity and food security—effective mechanisms for public-private partnerships pp. 83-87

Greg Fraser

Biosecurity and food security—effective mechanisms for public-private partnerships pp. 83-87

Greg Fraser

Managing risks from pests in global commodity networks – policy perspectives pp. 89-101

Julie Flood and Roger Day

Managing risks from pests in global commodity networks – policy perspectives pp. 89-101

Julie Flood and Roger Day

The role and challenges of new diagnostic technology in plant biosecurity pp. 103-109

R. A. Mumford, R. Macarthur and N. Boonham

The role and challenges of new diagnostic technology in plant biosecurity pp. 103-109

R. Mumford, R. Macarthur and N. Boonham

Agricultural landscape structure and invasive species: the cost-effective level of crop field clustering pp. 111-121

Martin Drechsler, Julia Touza, Piran C. L. White and Glyn Jones

Agricultural landscape structure and invasive species: the cost-effective level of crop field clustering pp. 111-121

Martin Drechsler, Julia Touza, Piran White and Glyn Jones

Is resilience a useful concept in the context of food security and nutrition programmes? Some conceptual and practical considerations pp. 123-138

Christophe Béné, Derek Headey, Lawrence Haddad and Klaus Grebmer

Is resilience a useful concept in the context of food security and nutrition programmes? Some conceptual and practical considerations pp. 123-138

Christophe Béné, Derek Headey, Lawrence Haddad and Klaus Grebmer

Observations of entomophagy across Benin – practices and potentials pp. 139-149

L. G. Riggi, M. Veronesi, G. Goergen, C. MacFarlane and R. L. Verspoor

Observations of entomophagy across Benin – practices and potentials pp. 139-149

L. Riggi, M. Veronesi, G. Goergen, C. MacFarlane and R. Verspoor

Erratum to: Observations of entomophagy across Benin – practices and potentials pp. 151-152

L. G. Riggi, M. Veronesi, G. Goergen, C. MacFarlane and R. L. Verspoor

Erratum to: Observations of entomophagy across Benin – practices and potentials pp. 151-152

L. Riggi, M. Veronesi, G. Goergen, C. MacFarlane and R. Verspoor

Mopane worm (Imbrasia belina) and rural household food security in Limpopo province, South Africa pp. 153-165

L. J. S. Baiyegunhi, B. B. Oppong and G. M. Senyolo

Mopane worm (Imbrasia belina) and rural household food security in Limpopo province, South Africa pp. 153-165

L. Baiyegunhi, B. Oppong and G. Senyolo

In search of a global model of cultivation: using remote sensing to examine the characteristics and constraints of agricultural production in the developing world pp. 167-177

Greg Husak and Kathryn Grace

In search of a global model of cultivation: using remote sensing to examine the characteristics and constraints of agricultural production in the developing world pp. 167-177

Greg Husak and Kathryn Grace

Seed systems smallholder farmers use pp. 179-195

Shawn McGuire and Louise Sperling

Seed systems smallholder farmers use pp. 179-195

Shawn McGuire and Louise Sperling

Factors affecting farmers’ adoption of NERICA upland rice varieties: the case of a seed producing village in central Benin pp. 197-209

Tomonori Yokouchi and Kazuki Saito

Factors affecting farmers’ adoption of NERICA upland rice varieties: the case of a seed producing village in central Benin pp. 197-209

Tomonori Yokouchi and Kazuki Saito

Developing and deploying insect resistant maize varieties to reduce pre-and post-harvest food losses in Africa pp. 211-220

Tadele Tefera, Stephen Mugo and Yoseph Beyene

Developing and deploying insect resistant maize varieties to reduce pre-and post-harvest food losses in Africa pp. 211-220

Tadele Tefera, Stephen Mugo and Yoseph Beyene

The importance of primary inoculum and area-wide disease management to crop health and food security pp. 221-238

A. Bergamin Filho, A. K. Inoue-Nagata, R. B. Bassanezi, J. Belasque, L. Amorim, M. A. Macedo, J. C. Barbosa, L. Willocquet and S. Savary

The importance of primary inoculum and area-wide disease management to crop health and food security pp. 221-238

A. Filho, A. Inoue-Nagata, R. Bassanezi, J. Belasque, L. Amorim, M. Macedo, J. Barbosa, L. Willocquet and S. Savary

Determinants of child nutritional status in the eastern province of Zambia: the role of improved maize varieties pp. 239-253

Julius Manda, Cornelis Gardebroek, Makaiko G. Khonje, Arega D. Alene, Munyaradzi Mutenje and Menale Kassie

Determinants of child nutritional status in the eastern province of Zambia: the role of improved maize varieties pp. 239-253

Julius Manda, Cornelis Gardebroek, Makaiko Khonje, Arega Alene, Munyaradzi Mutenje and Menale Kassie

Frequency and extent of employing food insecurity coping strategies among rural households: determinants and implications for policy using evidence from Swaziland pp. 255-269

M. L. Mabuza, G. F. Ortmann and E. Wale

Frequency and extent of employing food insecurity coping strategies among rural households: determinants and implications for policy using evidence from Swaziland pp. 255-269

M. Mabuza, G. Ortmann and E. Wale

Agroforestry extension and dietary diversity – an analysis of the importance of fruit and vegetable consumption in West Pokot, Kenya pp. 271-284

Göran Bostedt, Agneta Hörnell and Gert Nyberg

Agroforestry extension and dietary diversity – an analysis of the importance of fruit and vegetable consumption in West Pokot, Kenya pp. 271-284

Göran Bostedt, Agneta Hörnell and Gert Nyberg

Action for Adaptation: Bringing climate change science to policy makers - a synthesis report of a conference held in Islamabad on 23–25 July 2015 pp. 285-289

Abid Hussain, Nand Kishor Agrawal and Iris Leikanger

Action for Adaptation: Bringing climate change science to policy makers - a synthesis report of a conference held in Islamabad on 23–25 July 2015 pp. 285-289

Abid Hussain, Nand Agrawal and Iris Leikanger

Agri-health research: what have we learned and where do we go next? pp. 291-298

Fiorella Picchioni, Lukasz Aleksandrowicz, Mieghan M. Bruce, Soledad Cuevas, Paula Dominguez-Salas, Lili Jia and Mehroosh Tak

Agri-health research: what have we learned and where do we go next? pp. 291-298

Fiorella Picchioni, Lukasz Aleksandrowicz, Mieghan Bruce, Soledad Cuevas, Paula Dominguez-Salas, Lili Jia and Mehroosh Tak

Critical role of animal science research in food security and sustainability pp. 299-300

Ann Bruce

Critical role of animal science research in food security and sustainability pp. 299-300

Ann Bruce

Francesca Bray, Peter A. Coclanis, Edda L. Fields Black, Dagmar Schafer (eds): RICE – Global networks and new histories pp. 301-303

Steve Hughes

Francesca Bray, Peter A. Coclanis, Edda L. Fields Black, Dagmar Schafer (eds): RICE – Global networks and new histories pp. 301-303

Steve Hughes