Agricultural Support Measures of Advanced Countries and Food Insecurity in Developing Countries

Impact of Cash Transfer on Food Security: A Review

Cash transfer (CTs) is an increasingly popular social protection mechanism used by many developing countries to improve the food security and nutritional status of lower socio-economic groups. This paper is a review of the literature regarding the impact of CT programs on the food security of recipient households in the developing countries, including Iran. We looked for all original studies...

The role of South–South and triangular cooperation for sustainable agriculture development and food security in developing countries

With South–South economic cooperation on the rise, there are many opportunities for developing countries to benefit from the experiences of their more successful counterparts in the developing world through enhanced trade and investment links and knowledge transfer. Since 2005, rising international demand for food products, the diversion of some food crops to biofuel production, and excessive s...

Livestock Production at the Nexus of Resources Competition and Ethnoreligious Cynicism in Nigeria–Implicative Analysis on Food Security

Nigeria is one of the most malnourished and hunger ridden in the league of developing countries; according to reports of Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) of United Nations estimated daily animal protein intake for developing countries averaged at 4.5 g/head/day at the beginning of this century which has hardly risen to 10 g/head/day into the second decade of the century in Nigeria. This...

Proceedings of the fAo internAtionAl technicAl conference on “AgriculturAl Biotechnologies in develoPing countries: oPtions And oPPortunities in croPs, forestry, livestock, fisheries And Agro-industry to fAce the chAllenges of food insecurity And climAte chAnge” (ABdc-10) Biotechnologies for AgriculturAl Development

Analysis of Challenges to Food Security and Its Recommended Strategies

Food security is a global challenge embedding complexities including social, economic and environmental fronts. Food security has to be achieved on the quantitative and qualitative level reflected by food availability, food access, food use and their stability. As a result, food security is overlapped to agricultural systems including food production, processing, distribution, retails, delivery...