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Economic performance of smallholder soya bean production in Kwara State, Nigeria

open access: yesOpen Agriculture, 2023
Soya bean occupies a crucial space in solving the problem of poverty and food insecurity in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), given the status of the crop as a multipurpose crop.
Oyenpemi Lawrence Oluwagbenga   +7 more
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Potentials of plantain peel and Tithonia diversifolia leaves as soil amendments in enhancing performance and nutritional contents of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)

open access: yesHeliyon, 2023
Screen house experiment was conducted in 2020 at the Landmark University Teaching and Research Farm Omu-aran, Kwara State. The experiment was carried out to evaluate the potential of dried unripe plantain peel and Tithonia diversifolia as soil amendments
Faith Oluwatobi Okunlola   +8 more
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Improvement of Texture, Nutritional Qualities, and Consumers’ Perceptions of Sorghum-Based Sourdough Bread Made with Pediococcus pentosaceus and Weissella confusa Strains

open access: yesFermentation, 2022
Enriched gluten-free products are in high demand owing to increasing celiac disease worldwide. Sourdough fermentation can improve the quality of gluten-free cereals, rendering the resulting product beneficial as a functional food.
Ayoyinka O. Olojede   +3 more
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Zero hunger [PDF]

open access: yesScience, 2014
The United Nations (UN) designated 2014 as the International Year of Family Farming, recognizing that an estimated 500 million family farms, involving over 2 billion people, play a key role in food production and consumption worldwide. It is thus an opportune time to encourage a shift in tackling global hunger—from a “food security” focus to an agenda ...
openaire   +3 more sources

Land tenure, land use antecedents, and willingness to embrace resilient farming practices among smallholders in Nigeria

open access: yesFrontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2023
IntroductionShifting to Resilient Farming Practices (RFPs) is crucial in building resilience to climate change and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Mojisola Olanike Kehinde   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Avoiding the humanitarian trap: The ‘Nobelization’ of food aid

open access: yesJournal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2021
Despite the significant role that hunger relief has played in global emergency response efforts throughout much of the last century—notably showcased with the 2015 naming of ‘Zero Hunger’ as the second Sustainable Development Goal, and more recently when
Lanika Sanders
doaj   +1 more source

Toward Zero Hunger Through Coupled Ecological Sanitation-Agriculture Systems

open access: yesFrontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2021
Ecological sanitation (EcoSan) systems capture and sanitize human excreta and generate organic nutrient resources that can support more sustainable nutrient management in agricultural ecosystems. An emerging EcoSan system that is implemented in Haiti and
Rebecca Ryals   +7 more
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Global initiatives on implementation of zero hunger policy

open access: yesAgricultural and Resource Economics, 2022
Purpose. The study aims to analyze critically the system and functions of specialized agencies, programs and United Nations (UN) funds that ensure the implementation of the second goal of sustainable development (GSD2), to identify the components of ...
Olena Kotykova   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Nutritional and sensory quality of Ofada rice sourdough bread made with selected lactic acid bacteria strains

open access: yesHeliyon, 2023
Celiac disease ranks highest among immunological disorders attributed to gluten consumption thus, posing great demands on gluten-free products. Rice is a gluten-free cereal with promising dietary applications.
Remilekun M. Thomas   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Assessing the Zero Hunger Target Readiness in Africa in the Face of COVID-19 Pandemic

open access: yesCaraka Tani: Journal of Sustainable Agriculture, 2020
Sustainable Development Goal 2 (SDG 2) is hinged on achieving zero hunger target globally by 2030. Many developing countries, especially African countries, are challenged with extreme hunger that are often caused or compounded by bad governance ...
Olutosin Ademola Otekunrin   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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