Urgently strategic insights to resolve the Nigerian food security crisis

2019 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth David Strang ◽  
Ferdinand Che ◽  
Narasimha Rao Vajjhala
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Food Security ◽  
Expert Knowledge ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
Consensual Qualitative Research ◽  
Specialized Knowledge ◽  
Final Model ◽  
Local Agriculture ◽  
Rural Nigeria ◽  
Agriculture Extension

The food security crisis is a serious worldwide predicament in developing countries but it is a relatively larger problem in Nigeria. We argued there was no solution for the Nigerian food security crisis because researchers had not customized theoretical models with data-driven priorities grounded on local agriculture subject matter expert knowledge. We collected data from local agriculture extension workers who had specialized knowledge of the problems. We applied the consensual qualitative research method with embedded nominal brainstorming and multiple correspondence statistical techniques at the group level of analysis to develop a proposed solution. Our final model highlighted strategically urgent ideas to increase agriculture productivity and appease the most severe constraints in rural Nigeria. The results extended what was already published in the literature and should generalize to rural farmers in Nigeria as well as to government policymakers in developing countries around the world.

scholarly journals Specialist Knowledge Practices of Craftsmen and Clerics in Senegal

Africa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 79 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roy Dilley
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Acquisition ◽  
Expert Knowledge ◽  
Social Processes ◽  
Social Consequences ◽  
Specialized Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge Practices ◽  
Hierarchical Relations ◽  
The Social ◽  
Specialist Knowledge ◽  
Relations Of Power

This article examines the specialized knowledge practices of two sets of culturally recognized ‘experts’ in Senegal: Islamic clerics and craftsmen. Their respective bodies of knowledge are often regarded as being in opposition, and in some respects antithetical, to one another. The aim of this article is to examine this claim by means of an investigation of how knowledge is conceived by each party. The analysis attempts to expose local epistemologies, which are deduced from an investigation of ‘expert’ knowledge practices and indigenous claims to knowledge. The social processes of knowledge acquisition and transmission are also examined with reference to the idea of initiatory learning. It is in these areas that commonalities between the bodies of knowledge and sets of knowledge practices are to be found. Yet, despite parallels between the epistemologies of both bodies of expertise and between their respective modes of knowledge transmission, the social consequences of ‘expertise’ are different in each case. The hierarchical relations of power that inform the articulation of the dominant clerics with marginalized craftsmen groups serve to profile ‘expertise’ in different ways, each one implying its own sense of authority and social range of legitimacy.

Food security in the 21st century and in the role of biotechnology

foresight ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 1 (5) ◽  
pp. 399-412 ◽  
Author(s):  
Per Pinstrup‐Andersen ◽  
Marc J. Cohen
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Food Security ◽  
Food Production ◽  
Supply Side ◽  
Adequate Diet ◽  
The World ◽  
Productivity Gains ◽  
Global Population ◽  
Global Food

Although global food production has consistently kept pace with population growth, the gap between food production and demand in certain parts of the world is likely to remain. More than 800 million people in developing countries lack access to a minimally adequate diet. Continued productivity gains are essential on the supply side, because global population will increase by 73 million people a year over the next two decades. In this article we assess the current global food situation, look at the prospects through to the year 2020, and outline the policies needed to achieve food security for all. Emphasis is on the role that agricultural biotechnology might play in reaching this goal.

The impact of urbanization and aging on food security in developing countries: The view from Northwest China

2021 ◽  
Vol 292 ◽  
pp. 126067
Author(s):  
Xian Liu ◽  
Yueyue Xu ◽  
Bernie A. Engel ◽  
Shikun Sun ◽  
Xining Zhao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Food Security ◽  
Northwest China ◽  
Impact Of Urbanization ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals Strategi Peningkatan Kapasitas Rumah Tangga Petani Padi Sawah Lebak Menuju Ketahanan Pangan Rumah Tangga (Kasus di Kabupaten Ogan Ilir dan Ogan Komering Ilir, Sumatera Selatan)

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yunita Yunita ◽  
Basita Ginting Sugihen ◽  
Pang S Asngari ◽  
Djoko Susanto ◽  
Siti Amanah
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Social Environment ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Structural Equations ◽  
Household Food Security ◽  
Household Food ◽  
Capacity Level ◽  
Status Data ◽  
Agriculture Extension ◽  
Structural Equations Model

<p>To fullfill their household food security, farmers living at lowland areas should have high capacities in improving their productivity and income in order to have food acessibility. The use of lowland areas in South Sumatera have known and have managed by society since along time ago. Some farmers have their own land (owner) and the others don’t have any land property. Nowadays farmers at lowland areas are in difficult conditions because of the climate change impact, bio-physic and socio economic problems. Farmers at lowland areas tend to have the risk at food security. Why the household of lowland farmers still faced with insecurity risk, how the capacity level influenced it, and how the alternative strategy to increase capacity of lowland farmers household, are the problem that undertake in this research. This research used survey design to 200 household of lowland farmers at Ogan Ilir and Ogan Komering Ilir District South Sumatera Province based on landowner status. Data were collected on April-June 2010. Analyzed were performed with descriptive technique and Structural Equations Model (SEM). Conclussion of this research are: (1) food security of lowland farmers are low, the influenced factors is social environment feature, empowering process, capacity of farmers houshold and extension performance; (2) capacity of farmers househould positively influenced the food security of household; (3) the capacity of farmers household increasing may obtain by emendation of empowerment process, strengthen the social environment support, and enhancement of empowerment agriculture extension.</p><p>Keywords: Farmers household capacities, household food security</p>

scholarly journals Disparities in the body, chest, and wing morphometric among three subspecies of local male chickens for genetic breeding

2021 ◽  
Vol 888 (1) ◽  
pp. 012012
Author(s):  
H D Putranto ◽  
Nurmeiliasari ◽  
Y Yumiati ◽  
A M Nur
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Body Weight ◽  
Food Security ◽  
The Body ◽  
Genetic Breeding ◽  
Wing Span ◽  
Body Weights ◽  
Chest Girth ◽  
Average Body ◽  
Local Chickens

Abstract Local chickens in developing countries, including Indonesia, have great potential to be developed into natural superior breeds to support food security and improve farmer welfare. Meanwhile, the major endemic subspecies found in the Bengkulu province are burgo and kampung chicken, as well as ketarras which are recently bred intensively. Therefore, this study aims to analyze the disparities in the morphometrics of three subspecies of local male chickens specifically on the body weight, length, chest girth and length, as well as wing span. Based on the results, the male burgo chicken morphometrical size was significantly smaller than ketarras, while the ketarras chicken was significantly smaller than kampung (P < 0.05). Furthermore, the average body weights for the burgo, ketarras and kampung chicken were 1.0, 1.2 and 1.9 kg cock-1, respectively, while the average of body length, chest and chest length, as well as wing span were 29.9, 40.0, 47.7 cm cock-1; 26.2, 30.1, 36.3 cm cock-1; 12.6, 17.8, 20.3 cm cock-1, and 34.4, 41.9, 55.9 cm cock-1, respectively. Therefore, it was concluded that the burgo and kampung chicken have the smallest and biggest morphometric sizes respectively.

scholarly journals The Impacts of Food Taboos and Preferences on Food Security in Developing Countries: Evidence from Ethiopia

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Alex Sewenet ◽  
Pavol Schwarcz
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Food Security ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Food Utilization ◽  
Orthodox Christian ◽  
Food Taboos ◽  
Essential Components ◽  
Policies And Programs ◽  
Private Investors ◽  
Temporary Closure

Abstract Food norms are embodied within all the essential components of food security; availability, access, utilization, and stability. However, the adverse economic influences of these norms are largely under–researched in developing countries. Unique in its scoop, this study thus investigates the impacts of food taboos and preferences (FTP) on food security in Ethiopia, one of the world’s food–insecure nations combined with a culture of strict food norms. On the basis of a qualitative research design with semi–structured in–depth interviews, primary data was collected from eleven key informants of pertinent multidisciplinary backgrounds, experts and decision–makers. The empirical evidence revealed that religious and secular– based FTP have put significant restrictions on the efficient utilization of the existing edible resources in the country. For example, during Orthodox Christian (OC) and Muslim fasting days, the overall food supply chain undergoes economic turbulence. Particularly, the economic challenge of OC fasting is expressed by (1) a decrease in consumption and supply of non–vegan foods, (2) the temporary closure of butcher and dairy shops, (3) an increase in the demand and price of vegan foods, and (4) an overall reduction in consumption and economic transactions. Moreover, the tradition of animal consecration at home has made many Ethiopians to rarely depend on supermarkets, groceries, and other licensed meat shops. In turn, this impedes the country’s endeavor of attracting local and foreign private investors in the general food sector. It also alienates people from access to food labels, meat quality controls, price, size, and choice advantages, all of which are essential for better, adaptive, and stable food utilization. The results discovered in this thesis enrich our understanding on the role of food norms in the economic systems. Particularly, the study sheds light on the indispensable need to consider the subject of FTP in policies and programs aiming to end food insecurity.

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