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Browsing SCHOOL OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES by Subject "Food security"

Browsing SCHOOL OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES by Subject "Food security"

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  • Effects of large-scale acquisition on food insecurity in Sierra Leone 
    Yengoh, Genesis Tambang; Ato Armah, Frederick (University of Cape Coast, 2015-07-17)
    The recent phenomenon of large-scale acquisition of land for a variety of investment purposes has raised deep concerns over the food security, livelihood and socio-economic development of communities in many regions of ...
  • Exploring the impacts of climate change and mitigation policies on UK feed barley supply and implications for national and transnational food security 
    Yawson, D. O.; Armah, F. A.; Adu, M. O. (University of Cape Coast, 2020-03-16)
    The destabilizing impacts of climate change make mitigation measures a global imperative and urgent. The Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goal 13 give fresh impetus for climate change mitigation action. ...
  • Food security and climate change in drought-sensitive savanna zones of Ghana 
    Armah, Frederick A.; Odoi, Justice O.; Yengoh, Genesis T.; Obiri, Samuel; Yawson, David O.; Afrifa, Ernest K. A. (University of Cape Coast, 2010-09-04)
    Desertification, climate variability and food security are closely linked through drought, land cover changes, and climate and biological feedbacks. In Ghana, only few studies have documented these linkages. To establish ...
  • Paths to attaining food security: the case of Cameroon 
    Yengoh, Genesis T.; Armah, Frederick Ato; Onumah, Edward Ebo (University of Cape Coast, 2010-08-03)
    This paper sets out to develop a framework for characterizing agricultural growth orientations. We identify four main components in the global food system (technology, institutions, people, and natural resources). Based ...
  • Regionalism, Food Security And Economic Development 
    Mkandawire, Paul; Nyantakyi-Frimpong, Hanson; Armah, Frederick; Arku, Godwin (University of Cape Coast, 2014)
    It is remarkable that Africa, with enormous resource endowments and with more than 70 percent of the population engaged in agriculture, cannot feed itself. This background paper ofers a critical assessment of the potential ...

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