scholarly journals Policy adjustments for enhanced agricultural production in Nigeria after COVID-19 pandemic

Agro-Science ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 28-35
Author(s):  
A.A. Enete ◽  
C.S. Onyenekwe
Keyword(s):  
Food Supply ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Economic Stress ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Agricultural Growth ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Global Food ◽  
Global Food Supply

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused disruptions to global food supply chains. It has led to severe economic stress and malnutrition particularly in developing countries. This paper outlines the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on agriculture and livelihoods in Nigeria, measures put in place by the Nigerian Government to cushion the effect and parses evidence on programmes and policies that can help speed up sustainable economic recovery that Nigeria desperately needs post COVID-19 pandemic, through agricultural growth. Identifying appropriate policies to enhance agricultural production and trade post COVID-19 pandemic is important for maintaining a robust global food supply. The paper concludes that it may be time for a fundamental reassessment of policies designed to tackle challenges in the agricultural sector in sub-Saharan Africa particularly Nigeria. The state of agriculture in any country is a reflection of the long-term agricultural plan designed and pursued by the Government to move the sector forward. In designing strategies, policies and programmes to enhance agricultural growth, the starting point is to diagnose the challenges faced by the sector and the impacts of previous measures put in place to tackle the challenges, so that lessons could be drawn for designing better and more appropriate policies. Key words: COVID-19 pandemic, agricultural policy, agrifood systems, agrarian development

scholarly journals The Impact of Resource and Nutritional Resilience on the Global Food Supply System

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 751 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wayne Martindale ◽  
Mark Swainson ◽  
Sonal Choudhary
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chains ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Food System ◽  
Sustainable Food ◽  
Food Supply Chains ◽  
Critical Control Points ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Global Food ◽  
Global Food Supply

Pressure points in global food supply where resilience in supply chains can be limited or controlled are the equivalent of Critical Control Points in food safety systems. The approach of using critical control in supply chains can provide insights for nutritional improvement, sustainable food trade and food waste reduction. The pressure points determine the provision of a secure and sustainable food system where the outcomes of reducing their criticality are identified in the UN Sustainable Development Goals and other international programmes. These seek to reduce climate change impact and improve public health provision. While policy makers are rightly focussed on these targets, the data analysis methods required to rank and associate resource flow pressure points with commercial food supply chains and nutritional goals remain untested. Here, we show how methodologies can identify where opportunities to tackle future criticality exist, and where they are currently being overlooked for food categories that have the greatest consumer and dietary protein demand. The analysis provides insights that identify where latent restrictions in resilience can occur, so that the future risk of food insecurity is reduced.

Impact of Digital Technologies on Agricultural Production: Methodical Aspect

2020 ◽  
pp. 40-45
Author(s):  
Z.Ch. Pak ◽  
◽  
D.P. Kravchenko ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Agricultural Enterprises ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Impact

The article examines the impact of digital technologies on agricultural production. Digital technologies are classified according to the degree of influence on the development of agricultural enterprises. Groups of technologies with high average and low impact on the configuration of the value chain in agricultural production are identified. The basic (main) and auxiliary (possible) conditions for digitalization of agricultural production are defined, which are the starting point for implementing digital transformations in the agricultural sector of the economy. Along with significant advantages, the key problems of implementing digital innovations in agricultural production are identified.

scholarly journals Ecological Innovations in Agricultural Production as a Pro-Development Factor of the Economy

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 603-612 ◽  
Author(s):  
Magdalena Graczyk ◽  
Piotr Kułyk ◽  
Leszek Kaźmierczak-Piwko ◽  
Łukasz Augustowski
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Growth Models ◽  
Development Factor ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Entire Economy ◽  
Economic Growth Models

Abstract The study presents the impact of eco-innovation and policy conducive to the implementation of the principles of sustainable development in agriculture on economic development. The starting point was the analysis of economic growth models and indicating in them the approach to innovation for the implementation of sustainable development. The specifics of eco-innovation in the agricultural sector and their typology have been presented. Due to the complexity of innovative processes and in particular the resulting effects, multi-component measures of innovation and eco-innovation have been discussed. In the last part, using the panel analysis, the effect of eco-innovation in agriculture on socio-economic development at the level of the entire economy has been demonstrated.

Phosphorus: Past History and Contributions to the Global Food Supply

2019 ◽  
Vol 103 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terry Roberts
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Food Production ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
Past History ◽  
Phosphate Fertilizer ◽  
Global Food ◽  
Global Food Supply

Since its early rudimentary forms, phosphate fertilizer has developed in step with our understanding of successful food production systems. Recognized as essential to life, the responsible use P in agriculture remains key to food security.

scholarly journals Global food supply: land use efficiency of livestock systems

2015 ◽  
Vol 21 (5) ◽  
pp. 747-758 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hannah H. E. van Zanten ◽  
Herman Mollenhorst ◽  
Cindy W. Klootwijk ◽  
Corina E. van Middelaar ◽  
Imke J. M. de Boer
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Land Use Efficiency ◽  
Use Efficiency ◽  
Livestock Systems ◽  
Global Food ◽  
Global Food Supply

scholarly journals Structural Change and Its Impact on the Energy Intensity of Agricultural Sector in China

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 4591 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongyun Han ◽  
Shu Wu
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Energy Intensity ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Scale Economy ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Vegetable Production ◽  
Regional Heterogeneity ◽  
Fuel Price ◽  
Agricultural Structure ◽  
The Impact

China’s agricultural structure has undergone significant changes for the past four decades, mainly presenting as the fall of sown proportion of grain crops and the rise of vegetables, as has its energy consumption. Employing the panel data on 30 provinces during 1991–2016, this paper empirically explores the impact of agricultural structure changes (ASC) on the energy intensity of agricultural production (EIAP), direct energy intensity of agricultural production (DEIAP) and indirect energy intensity of agricultural production (IEIAP) in China. Besides, the regional heterogeneity of such impact is examined. The results show that: (1) ASC increases EIAP and IEIAP significantly, while ASC decreases DEIAP, which is explained by the structural effect and different planting modes of different crops; (2) the impact in the three administrative regions is similar to national situation, except the impact of ASC on DEIAP in the West Region, which is explained by regional differences of vegetable mechanization; (3) the result of the six vegetable production regions reveals greater regional heterogeneity, and this is attributed to the scale economy effect and the incremental effect of vegetable mechanization; and (4) fuel price, income, agricultural labor, old dependency ratio, and fiscal expenditure have different but significant impacts on EIAP, DEIAP, and IEIAP. Finally, some policy implications are given.

Sustainable Global Food Supply

2016 ◽  
pp. 651-668 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norman R. Scott ◽  
Hongda Chen ◽  
Robin Schoen
Keyword(s):  
Food Supply ◽  
Global Food ◽  
Global Food Supply

Surface ozone impact on global food supply: Potential damage and adaptation for soybean crops

2009 ◽  
Vol 6 (37) ◽  
pp. 372043
Author(s):  
Edmar Teixeira ◽  
G Fischer ◽  
H van Velthuizen ◽  
F Ewert ◽  
R van Dingenen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Supply ◽  
Surface Ozone ◽  
Supply Potential ◽  
Potential Damage ◽  
Global Food ◽  
Global Food Supply

scholarly journals Economic aspects of lfa and organic farming payments in Latvia

2014 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 679-687
Author(s):  
Armands Veveris ◽  
Peteris Lakovskis ◽  
Elita Benga
Keyword(s):  
Economic Impact ◽  
Organic Farming ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Public Funding ◽  
Support Service ◽  
Income Growth ◽  
Economic Aspects ◽  
Direct Payments ◽  
The Impact

Less favoured area (LFA) payments and organic farming (OF) payments represent a third of all public funding available for RDP 2007–2013 in Latvia and are used by about two- thirds of all farms. The aim of the study is to assess the economic impact of LFA and OF payments. The data from Rural Support Service, FADN and statistics of agricultural sector were used to conduct the study. A group of farms receiving support payments was compared with a group without this kind of support, in order to evaluate the impact of support payments. The results show that LFA payments have facilitated a significant income growth, especially for small farms. They have also contributed to more intense use of the land. Since OF support has not contributed enough to the agricultural production, direct payments to production will increase economic impact of support payments.

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