Essays about: "Reasons for food insecurity in Africa"

Found 2 essays containing the words Reasons for food insecurity in Africa.

  1. 1. A way out of food insecurity and poverty : the potential of using fly larvae composted faeces as organic fertiliser in sub-Saharan Africa agriculture

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of People and Society

    Author : Thabani Eddington Sithabile Chirere; [2016]
    Keywords : food insecurity; hunger; human faeces; black soldier fly; social-ecological systems; sub-Saharan Africa; farmers; consumers; perceptions; poverty;

    Abstract : Chronic food insecurity in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has become an issue of major concern. An estimated minimum of 25 % of the population suffers from malnutrition, and thousands of people die of hunger everyday. READ MORE

  3. 2. Can Africa feed the World? : land acquisitions as a solution to global food security

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Leila Mc Elvenney; [2012]
    Keywords : land acquisitions; yield; cereal; calorie; intercrop; crop; global food security; sustainability science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Ensuring food security for 9 billion people is one of the biggest challenges facing humanity in the 21st century. Crop production needs to double by 2050 to keep up with demand from increasing population and income growth. READ MORE