Food Security and Sustainability: Global Challenges and Innovations, Volume 10 in the Advances in Food Security and Sustainability series highlights the latest developments in addressing food security concerns worldwide. This volume presents insightful chapters on crucial topics, including The Nexus of Food Security, Water Security, and Land Sustainability in Africa, Impact of Climate Disaster, Migration, and Health Risk on Food Security in Africa, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Food Safety: Challenges, Innovations, and Future Perspectives, and Food Security Amidst Disasters: Cases in the Philippines, among others.
Additional chapters explore Sustainable Water Management for Food Security, Meat Consumption in Africa: Trends, Challenges, and Impact, Food Security and Global Water Security, The Role of Pharmacists in Addressing Nutritional Deficiencies in Food-Insecure Countries, and Biofortification: Addressing Micronutrient Deficiencies in Staple Foods in Africa. The volume also covers innovative solutions such as Advancing Women's Roles in Nutrition-Sensitive Agricultural Practices in Africa, Nurturing Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture in Africa: Policy and Institutional Backing, and Planetary Health and Food Sustainability in Africa: Challenges, Opportunities, and Strategic Pathways.
This comprehensive collection provides an in-depth understanding of food security through the lens of climate change, health systems, technological advancements, and policy frameworks, making it an essential resource for researchers, policymakers, and practitioners in the field.
1. Introduction - p. xxi 2. Chapter One: Food security in the poorest countries of the world: A paradigm shift toward sustainable solutions - p. 1 3. Chapter Two: The nexus of food security, water security, and land sustainability in Africa - p. 41 4. Chapter Three: Planetary health and food sustainability in Africa: Opportunities, challenges, and strategic pathways - p. 83 5. Chapter Four: Food security of the staple food in Africa: A focus on rice, maize (corn), millet, cassava, and yam - p. 113 6. Chapter Five: Nurturing nutrition-sensitive agriculture in Africa: Policy and institutional backing - p. 155 7. Chapter Six: Advancing women’s roles in nutrition-sensitive agricultural practices in Africa - p. 203 8. Chapter Seven: Impact of climate disaster, migration, and health risk on food security in Africa - p. 261 9. Chapter Eight: Demographic changes, poverty, and economy: Impact on food security in Nigeria - p. 297 10. Chapter Nine: Sustainable water management for food security: Addressing poverty using groundwater potential in semi-arid Jigawa, Nigeria - p. 351
Food Security and Sustainability: Global Challenges and Innovations, Volume 10 in the Advances in Food Security and Sustainability series highlights the latest developments in addressing food security concerns worldwide. This volume presents insightful chapters on crucial topics, including The Nexus of Food Security, Water Security, and Land Sustainability in Africa, Impact of Climate Disaster, Migration, and Health Risk on Food Security in Africa, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Food Safety: Challenges, Innovations, and Future Perspectives, and Food Security Amidst Disasters: Cases in the Philippines, among others.
Additional chapters explore Sustainable Water Management for Food Security, Meat Consumption in Africa: Trends, Challenges, and Impact, Food Security and Global Water Security, The Role of Pharmacists in Addressing Nutritional Deficiencies in Food-Insecure Countries, and Biofortification: Addressing Micronutrient Deficiencies in Staple Foods in Africa. The volume also covers innovative solutions such as Advancing Women's Roles in Nutrition-Sensitive Agricultural Practices in Africa, Nurturing Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture in Africa: Policy and Institutional Backing, and Planetary Health and Food Sustainability in Africa: Challenges, Opportunities, and Strategic Pathways.
This comprehensive collection provides an in-depth understanding of food security through the lens of climate change, health systems, technological advancements, and policy frameworks, making it an essential resource for researchers, policymakers, and practitioners in the field.
1. Introduction - p. xxi 2. Chapter One: Food security in the poorest countries of the world: A paradigm shift toward sustainable solutions - p. 1 3. Chapter Two: The nexus of food security, water security, and land sustainability in Africa - p. 41 4. Chapter Three: Planetary health and food sustainability in Africa: Opportunities, challenges, and strategic pathways - p. 83 5. Chapter Four: Food security of the staple food in Africa: A focus on rice, maize (corn), millet, cassava, and yam - p. 113 6. Chapter Five: Nurturing nutrition-sensitive agriculture in Africa: Policy and institutional backing - p. 155 7. Chapter Six: Advancing women’s roles in nutrition-sensitive agricultural practices in Africa - p. 203 8. Chapter Seven: Impact of climate disaster, migration, and health risk on food security in Africa - p. 261 9. Chapter Eight: Demographic changes, poverty, and economy: Impact on food security in Nigeria - p. 297 10. Chapter Nine: Sustainable water management for food security: Addressing poverty using groundwater potential in semi-arid Jigawa, Nigeria - p. 351
