The project "Strengthening food and nutrition security through family poultry and crop integration in Tanzania and Zambia" brings together animal, crop, and human health specialists, economists, ecologists, social scientists, and practitioners to work with participating communities. It aims to increase poultry value chain, crop farming systems efficiency, and household food and nutrition securi...

Introduction Beach pea (Lathyrus maritimus [L.] Bigel.), a potential cold-climate circumpolar legume crop, naturally grows along the shorelines of Newfoundland, Canada. It is perennial and persistent for many years, and is resistant to drought and frost. It forms large continuous stands by rhizomes and has prolific seed production. Sometimes, the vegetative parts of beach pea are used as fodder...

Challenged by population increase, climatic change, and soil deterioration, crop improvement is always a priority in securing food supplies. Although the production of grain legumes is in general lower than that of cereals, the nutritional value of grain legumes make them important components of food security. Nevertheless, limited by severe genetic bottlenecks during domestication and human se...

S, POSTERS AND O PRESENTATIONS Altay, F, S Gunasekaran. 2005. Effect of drying temperature on gelation of corn starch (Abstract 71D-29). Annl Mtg Inst Food Technologists, Technical Program Abstracts, New Orleans, LA, July 16-20. Altay, F, S Gunasekaran, S Kasapis. 2005. Viscoelasticity of gelation gels in mixture with high levels of sugar (Abstract 36D-33). Annl Mtg Inst Food Technologists, Tec...

In present world, inequality and uncertainty is high in section of agriculture production and food security of a great amount of people in developing countries is not supplied. Based on studies of international organizations, about a third of produced food for human consumption in worldwide is lost or wasted. While in developing countries, there is price enhancement, decrease in access to healt...

without any scientific basis. About 20 years ago, researchers In response to requests by small scale cane growers of KwaZulu-Natal for advice on i~nproving their system of crop production, a Joint Project between SASEX and the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Agricul~ure was started in 1996. Trials were initiated to investigate the practicalitics of intercropping rainfed and irrigated cane with food...

Attaining the twin goals of food and environmental security in the coming decades poses a significant sustainability challenge. This paper examines the food and environmental security implications of a range of policies affecting the global food economy and terrestrial ecosystems, first in the context of historically segmented markets, and secondly in a hypothetical future world of fully integr...

and Coaker G (2015) Focus issue on plant immunity: from model systems to crop species. One of the largest challenges of our time is to enhance agricultural production to feed a growing population in the midst of a changing climate. According to estimates, the global population will increase from 7 to 9 billion people by 2050 requiring a 60% increase in food in order to meet demand (Alexandratos...

The populations of West African countries continue to grow at rates exceeding three per cent per year. The international food price spike of 2008 focused attention on the risks to national security and livelihoods associated with importing significant quantities of food; and government and donor investment strategies now focus on ensuring national food security. Since rice is a key staple crop ...