Conclusion: Fostering Nutrition Security, Climate Adaptation and Sustainable Agriculture Strategies Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

2020 ◽  
pp. 175-182
Author(s):  
Gbadebo Odularu ◽  
Olatokunbo Akinseye Aluko ◽  
Adenike Odularu ◽  
Monica Akokuwebe ◽  
Adebola Adedugbe
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Agriculture ◽  
Climate Adaptation ◽  
Nutrition Security

scholarly journals Bi-regional Scientific Cooperation on Food and Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture

2018 ◽  
pp. 65-79
Author(s):  
Jean Albergel ◽  
Arlène Alpha ◽  
Nouhou Diaby ◽  
Judith-Ann Francis ◽  
Jacques Lançon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Agriculture ◽  
Scientific Cooperation ◽  
Food And Nutrition Security ◽  
Nutrition Security ◽  
Food And Nutrition

scholarly journals Weather variability in derived savannah and rainforest agroecologies in Nigeria: Implications for crop yields and food security

1970 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 513-534
Author(s):  
O.I. Akano ◽  
K.O. Oluwasemire ◽  
M.S. Modirwa ◽  
O.O. Aminu ◽  
F.O. Oderinde ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
Climate Adaptation ◽  
Crop Yields ◽  
Seedling Emergence ◽  
Weather Variability ◽  
Nutrition Security ◽  
Food And Nutrition ◽  
Southwest Nigeria ◽  
Maximum Temperatures

Weather variability and its effects on agricultural and food systems are burgeoning global concerns. This study examined the effects of weather variability in the derived savannah and rainforest agroecologies, on crop yields in Southwest Nigeria, and what it portends for food and nutrition security in the region. The trends in the distribution of rainfall and temperature were analysed using the Sens method. The effects of weather variability on crop yield and inferences on what it portends for food security were determined using a stepwise regression model. The results revealed that rainfall fluctuations decreased the yields of cassava (Manihot esculenta) and yam (Dioscorea spp.) in the derived savannah; while a decrease in temperature may support improved yields for maize (Zea mays), sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) and cowpea (Vigna unguiculata). The increase in yields of cocoa (Theobroma cacao) and cocoyam (Colocasia esculenta) would be hampered by increasing maximum temperatures in the rainforest agroecology. Increasing rainfall and temperature would impact warmer conditions that support rapid crop putrefaction, flooding, droughts, challenging postharvest crop management, pest and disease proliferation, and ultimately, reduced crop yields. On the other hand, perpetually low rainfall and temperature conditions will cause poor seedling emergence and growth, seed and total crop loss. It is, therefore, imperative that effective climate adaptation and mitigation mechanisms be put in place across the agroecologies in the region.

Agenda 2030 and sustainable agriculture: the case of Chile

2017 ◽  
pp. 187-196
Author(s):  
Juvenal Urízar Alfaro ◽  
Araya Wildo EVega
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Agriculture ◽  
Agenda 2030

Sustainable Agriculture and No-Food Production: An Empirical Investigation on Organic Cosmetics

2015 ◽  
pp. 63-77
Author(s):  
Francesco Marangon ◽  
Tiziano Tempesta ◽  
Stefania Troiano ◽  
Daniel Vecchiato
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Agriculture ◽  
Food Production ◽  
Empirical Investigation

The Methow Beaver Project: the Challenges of an Ecosystem Services Experiment

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Philip Brick ◽  
Kent Woodruff
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Climate Adaptation ◽  
Castor Canadensis ◽  
Water Storage ◽  
Climate Projections ◽  
High Mountain ◽  
Natural Resource Policy ◽  
Watershed Scale ◽  
Positive Role ◽  
Climate Conditions

This case explores the Methow Beaver Project (MBP), an ambitious experiment to restore beaver (Castor canadensis) to a high mountain watershed in Washington State, USA. The Pacific Northwest is already experiencing weather regimes consistent with longer term climate projections, which predict longer and drier summers and stronger and wetter winter storms. Ironically, this combination makes imperative more water storage in one of the most heavily dammed regions in the nation. Although the positive role that beaver can play in watershed enhancement has been well known for decades, no project has previously attempted to re-introduce beaver on a watershed scale with a rigorous monitoring protocol designed to document improved water storage and temperature conditions needed for human uses and aquatic species. While the MBP has demonstrated that beaver can be re-introduced on a watershed scale, it has been much more difficult to scientifically demonstrate positive changes in water retention and stream temperature, given hydrologic complexity, unprecedented fire and floods, and the fact that beaver are highly mobile. This case study can help environmental studies students and natural resource policy professionals think about the broader challenges of diffuse, ecosystem services approaches to climate adaptation. Beaver-produced watershed improvements will remain difficult to quantify and verify, and thus will likely remain less attractive to water planners than conventional storage dams. But as climate conditions put additional pressure on such infrastructure, it is worth considering how beaver might be employed to augment watershed storage capacity, even if this capacity is likely to remain at least in part inscrutable.

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