Search Results - Human security

  1. Beef, sheep and goat food chains supplying Nairobi: Analysis of 'value chain profiles' to investigate food security and safety risks by Alarcón, Pablo, Karani, M., Muinde, P., Akoko, James M., Fèvre, Eric M., Domínguez Salas, Paula, Kiambi, S., Ahmed, S., Häsler, Barbara, Rushton, Jonathan

    Published 2015
    “…This study shows the importance of specific chains to the food security of a city, and describes the dimensions of urban human-livestock interactions. …”
    Get full text
    Poster
  2. The Role of Latin America’s Land and Water Resources for Global Food Security: Environmental Trade-Offs of Future Food Production Pathways. by Flachsbarth, I., Willaarts, B., Xie, Hua, Pitois, G., Mueller, N.D., Ringler, Claudia, Garrido, A.

    Published 2015
    “…One of humanity’s major challenges of the 21st century will be meeting future food demands on an increasingly resource constrained-planet. …”
    Get full text
    Journal Article
  3. Using natural areas and empowering women to buffer food security and nutrition from climate shocks: Evidence from Ghana, Zambia, and Bangladesh by Cooper, Matthew

    Published 2018
    “…Increasing the resilience of nutrition and food security outcomes is especially critical throughout agrarian parts of the developing world, where human subsistence and well-being are directly affected by local rainfall. …”
    Get full text
    Artículo preliminar
  4. On the feasibility of an agricultural revolution: Sri Lanka’s ban of chemical fertilizers in 2021 by Drechsel, Pay, Madhuwanthi, Piumi, Nisansala, Duleesha, Ramamoorthi, Dushiya, Bandara, Thilini

    Published 2025
    “…Sri Lanka Government’s ambitious decision to ban synthetic agrochemicals, including chemical fertilizers (and pesticides), in April 2021 made it the first nation in the world to embark on a full-scale transition to – as the Government called it—organic farming, and address concerns about human health and the environment. Previous policies had envisioned a gradual shift, but the sudden ban caught agriculture off guard. …”
    Get full text
    Journal Article
  5. A crop wild relative inventory for Southern Africa: A first step in linking conservation and use of valuable wild populations for enhancing food security by Allen, E., Gaisberger, H., Magos Brehm, Joana, Maxted, N., Thormann, I., Lupupa, T., Dulloo, Mohammad Ehsan, Kell, S.

    Published 2019
    “…Prioritization of these species was based on two criteria: (i) the value of the related crop for human food and economic security in the region and/or globally, and (ii) the potential or known value of the wild relatives of those crops for crop improvement. …”
    Get full text
    Journal Article
  6. Disentangling determinants of insecticide use to manage production, food security, and health risks in Cambodia and Vietnam: evidence from household surveys and risk-assessment exp... by Zhang, Wei, Liu, Yanyan, Bell, Andrew R.

    Published 2019
    “…Insecticides protect households from food-security and income shocks, but can induce human health and environmental risks. …”
    Get full text
    Conference Proceedings

Search Tools: