Unscrambling Africa: Regional Requirements for Achieving Food Security

Fish Supply and Food Security for Africa

Aquaculture development in Africa has lagged far behind that seen in Asia. It currently produces less than 5% of Africa's fish. Over the past decade, however, growing demand, the availability of suitable technologies and growing capacity has produced aquaculture success stories in several countries. In Egypt, for example, aquaculture production has grown 10 fold since the 1990s. In Uganda produ...

Challenges in Achieving Food Security in India

First Millennium Development Goal states the target of "Halving hunger by 2015". Sadly, the recent statistics for India present a very gloomy picture. India currently has the largest number of undernourished people in the world and this is in spite of the fact that it has made substantial progress in health determinants over the past decades and ranks second worldwide in farm output. The causes...

Achieving food security in times of crisis.

In spite of several World Food Summits during the past decade, the number of people going to bed hungry is increasing and now exceeds one billion. Food security strategies should therefore be revisited. Food security systems should begin with local communities who can develop and manage community gene, seed, grain and water banks. At the national level, access to balanced diet and clean drinkin...

MOZAMBIQUE FOOD SECURITY ISSUES PAPER for For Forum for Food Security in Southern Africa

Achieving Sustainable Food Security for All: Required Policy Action

With business as usual, neither the World Food Summit Goal nor the 2020 Vision will be achieved. The lecture identifies the key driving forces that will influence the prospects for sustainable food security in coming years and proposes a set of high priority policy actions. Both the World Food Summit Goal and the 2020 Vision can be achieved but only if appropriate policies are followed within a...