Between 1964 and 1991, Zambia's agricultural policy aimed at ensuring food security through increased crop production. In order to provide incentives for production, notably of maize, the national staple food crop, the government introduced uniform prices for inputs and guaranteed uniform producer ...
Seasonality is an important aspect of food security for subsistence households in developing countries. Among the multidimensional aspects of food security, this paper focuses on how unexpected negative harvest shocks would affect the seasonal food consu
This paper represents a collaborative effort by the Zambia National Farmers ' Union (ZNFU) and the Food Security Research Project (FSRP). It responds to a request emanating from the ZNFU membership during meeting of agricultural exporters, in January 2006, to urgently study the potential impact ...
FoodAfricasecurityworldnotpeopleSoutherncountriescrisisaccess 系统标签: foodafricasecuritysaharansubundernourished Introduction Nohumanrighthasbeensofrequentlyand spectacularlyviolatedinrecenttimesasthe righttofood, 1 despitethefactthatitisone ofthemostconsistentlyenshrinedrightsin internationalhumanrightslaw,as constantly...
in domestic and regional economies, was neglected. International institutions were dominant and served the political and economic interests of the Global North. We substantiate our two arguments in three sections by describing the: i) exogenously driven colonial systems’ impact on food security; ii...
The government was currently monitoring the movement of maize and has since put in place measures to safeguard food security. Zambia produced 2.8 million tons of maize during the 2015/2016 agricultural season, despite the drought that hit most countries in the southern African region. ...
The level of food security in Africa is mainly dependent on climate, poverty, national security, infrastructure and efficiency of production. Efforts at improving food security have been aimed at providing food aid which has been a disincentive to commercial producers and detracted from, the real ne...
This book is concerned with food production and security in Sub Saharan Africa. It seeks to highlight the importance of urban food systems, women and micro-livestock farming, and how these can be instrumental in ensuring food security. There is an attempt to suggest that understanding of climate...
LUANDA, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- More than 500,000 people in Angola face food insecurity due to a severe drought hitting several provinces, a government official said here Tuesday. In a statement released to the press, Ermelinda Kaliengue, the head of the food security office of the Angolan Min...
Manda, J., Gardebroek, C., Kuntashula, E., & Alene, A. D. (2018). Impact of improved maize varieties on food security in Eastern Zambia: A doubly robust analysis.Review of Development Economics.https://doi.org/10.1111/rode.1251 ...