Food choice responses to changes in the price of a staple crop: a discrete choice experiment of maize in rural MalawiSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - - Trang 1-16 - 2023
M. Matita, J. Mazalale, M. Quaife, D. Johnston, L. Cornelsen, T. Kamwanja, R. Smith, H. Walls
Price and affordability are important drivers of food choice, particularly for
rural smallholder farming households in Malawi, experiencing extreme poverty,
food insecurity, and lack of dietary diversity. Lowering the cost of staple
crops such as maize targeted by agricultural input subsidy programmes (AISPs)
may potentially increase consumption of the staple crop, but it might also lead
to consum... hiện toàn bộ
Food crop marketing and agricultural productivity in a high price environment: evidence and implications for MozambiqueSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 9 - Trang 1405-1418 - 2017
Rui Benfica, Duncan Boughton, Rafael Uaiene, Bordalo Mouzinho
This paper assesses the relationships between smallholder agricultural
productivity and market participation in a high food price environment in
Mozambique. To understand the bi-directional nature of these relationships we
used panel data methods to evaluate the relative importance of market
participation (measured in terms of sales intensity) compared to household and
farm-level factors in explai... hiện toàn bộ
The contribution of fisheries and aquaculture to the global protein supplySpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 14 Số 3 - Trang 805-827 - 2022
Claude E. Boyd, Aaron A. McNevin, Robert P. Davis
AbstractThe contribution of aquatic animal protein to the global, animal-source
protein supply and the relative importance of aquaculture to capture fisheries
in supplying this protein is relevant in assessments and decisions related to
the future of aquatic food production and its security. Meat of terrestrial
animals, milk, and eggs resulted in 76,966 Kt crude protein compared with 13,950
Kt or ... hiện toàn bộ
Taking stock of the genetically modified seed sector worldwide: market, stakeholders, and pricesSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 6 - Trang 525-540 - 2014
Sylvie Bonny
The seed sector has become a subject of attention, debate, and even controversy
with the development of genetically modified (GM) crops. However, this sector is
generally rather poorly known. This paper aims to take stock of the economy of
transgenic seeds in order to better understand the structure of this seed
sector, its size, stakeholders, pricing, and major trends. The global market of
the va... hiện toàn bộ
Managing for resilience: a landscape framework for food and livelihood security and ecosystem servicesSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 8 - Trang 477-490 - 2016
Ian Bailey, Louise E. Buck
To address the twin pressures of land degradation and climate change in
communities of agriculturalists, agro-pastoralists and pastoralists who are
vulnerable to acute and chronic food and livelihood insecurity, we review
emerging resilience approaches to agricultural development and present a
resilience framework for agriculture and resource management at multiple scales
and social-ecological int... hiện toàn bộ