Rationale: Food insecurity has emerged as an important, and potentially modifiable, risk factor for depression.
Despite much policy attention to agricultural development in South Africa, efforts since democratisation have failed to raise smallholder engagement in agriculture and to break the trend of persistent
As the post-MDG era approaches in 2016, reducing child undernutrition is gaining high priority on the international development agenda, both as a maker and marker of development.
Scientists in the Netherlands are cultivating edible insects to address concerns of international food security.
A changing climate alters the living conditions for almost every species on earth.
Voluntary standards are gaining in importance in global markets for high-value foods.
Agricultural systems models worldwide are increasingly being used to explore options and solutions for the food security, climate change adaptation and mitigation and carbon trading problem domains.
This paper examines the development and use of scenarios as an approach to guide action in multi-level, multi-actor adaptation contexts such as food security under climate change.
Sub-Saharan Africa needs to produce more food, feed, and fiber to support its growing population and intensification of smallholder agriculture is a crucial component of any strategy towards this goal
For economic development to succeed in Africa in the next 50. years, African agriculture will have to change beyond recognition.
