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The Malabo Declaration places the transformation of agriculture and food systems at the centre of regional and national policy priorities across Africa. Transformative change in the way that food is produced, processed...

Our health and active life depend critically on nutritious food. While agriculture and food production increased over the past decades, millions of people are still...

Promoting Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR) aims to increase the productive capacities of farmer households. Under FMNR, farmers select and manage natural regeneration on farmlands...

Background Crop diversification is the potential for greater dietary diversity, and reduced micronutrient deficiencies and malnutrition. Despite the increasing global concern of improving food security, the nature and extent...

Airborne transmission is considered one of the most common ways of transmitting respiratory viruses. The reach of airborne pathogens and persistence of aerosolized particles suspended in the air are a significant...

The paranoid belief that climate change will gradually reduce the ability of the world to meet the demand for food serves as the rationale for Nigerian smallholder farmers’ advocacy of climate-smart agriculture...

Background Food security is a function of food access and dietary diversity. Older age is a period when adequate and diverse dietary intake is a challenge. This study aimed to investigate...

Highlights: Summary of Agriculture and Food Security in the CEMAC Region The agriculture sector is pivotal in the CEMAC region, employing about 47% of the labor force. However, the sector suffers...

Industrial food production is driving the biodiversity and climate crises. Our food systems leave 900 million people with food insecurity and over 3 billion people...