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Sustaining Biodiversity and Income against Climate Change through Food Value Chain System by the Small-Holder Farmers in Southern Nigeria

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Asadu C. L. A.

Path of Science

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2016

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vol. 2

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issue 11(16)

8.1-8.7

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Biodiversity and sustainable income are very necessary in ecosystem stability. The food value chain (FVC) introduced in Nigeria to transform agriculture is commendable because through the system farmers receive various incentives as highly subsidized inputs from government and loans of low interest rates from designated Agricultural Banks and Central Bank. However, the system encourages specialization in the production of the reference crops but intercropping and mixed cropping systems practiced by most small-holder farmers because of its inherent advantages is de-emphasized or completely abandoned. This paper presents the results of two surveys of sole pepper and maize growers in 2015 and 2016 respectively as affected by sudden stoppage of rainfall in Nsukka area. The analyses showed that on the average > 70 % of the pepper farmers lost ≈ 65 % of their pepper fields while ≈ 57 % of the maize fields were lost. For a substitute intercropping system, plantain yield data from plantain plus moringa intercrop trials carried out in 2014 and 2015 were analyzed and projected to incorporate a food crop within inter-alleys. The mean plantain yields from the trials were 20 kg plant-1 for fresh bunch and 7 suckers stand-1. Based on a 6 m x 5 m (≈330 plants ha-1) spacing and the 2016 prices of bunches and suckers, these yields translated to a minimum net income per annum of N 1 320 000.00 (N 330 000.00 from bunches and N 990 000.00 from 6 suckers (net) stand-1). Proceeds from the food crop, moringa seed and leaf extracts used as liquid fertilizer took care of the cost of other inputs and cultural practices. The inter-row spacing of 6 m allows mechanical cultivation of any food crop by the farmer. This system was considered a reliable insurance against climate change and pest insurgence and can be adopted by farmers in the entire southern Nigeria because both plantain and moringa can do very well in the subregion.

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Биоразнообразие и устойчивый доход имеют важное значение в стабильности экосистемы. Цепочка добавленной стоимости продуктов питания, введенная в Нигерии для трансформации сельского хозяйства, заслуживает высокой оценки, так как через данную систему фермеры получают различные стимулы, такие как высокосубсидируемые вклады со стороны правительства и кредиты с низкими процентными ставками от целевых сельскохозяйственных банков и Центрального банка. Несмотря на то, что система поощряет специализацию в производстве эталонных культур, междурядные и смешанные системы возделывания сельскохозяйственных культур, практикуемые большинством мелких фермеров из-за присущих им преимуществ, являются ослабленными или же от них полностью отказываются. В данной статье представлены результаты опросов двух производителей перца и кукурузы в 2015 и 2016 годах соответственно, как пострадавших от внезапного прекращения дождей в районе Nsukka. Анализы показали, что в среднем > 70% фермеров, выращивающих перец, потеряли ≈ 65% своих полей, в то время только ≈ 57% полей кукурузы были потеряны. Для замены системы промежуточных культур, были проанализированы данные урожайности подорожника при пробном междурядном выращивании подорожника и культуры moringa в 2014 и 2015 годах. Было запланировано применить междурядное выращивание данной продовольственной культуры. Средний выход урожайности подорожника при испытании составил 20 кг растений-1 для пучка зелени и 7 боковых отростков-1. На основании расчетов при интервале высаживания 6 м х 5 м (≈330 растения га-1) и цен на свежие пучки и отростки в 2016 году был определен минимальный чистый доход в год от N 1 320 000.00 (N 330 000.00 от пучков и N 990 000.00 от 6 отростков (нетто). Доходы от продовольственных культур, семян moringa и экстрактов из листьев, используемых в качестве жидкого удобрения, покрыли стоимость других расходов и культурных практик. Междурядье в 6 м позволяет механическое культивирование фермером любой пищевой культуры. Эта система считается надежным страхованием от изменения климата и борьбы с вредителями и может применяться фермерами во всей южной части Нигерии, потому что и подорожник и moringa могут давать хорошую урожайность в этом субрегионе.

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Ekonomiczna dostępność żywności w gospodarstwach domowych krajów Unii Europejskiej

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Krysztofiak J., Pawlak K.

Zeszyty Naukowe Polskiego Towarzystwa Ekonomicznego w Zielonej Górze

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2017

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issue 7

192-208; 187-201

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Celem artykułu jest przedstawienie skali problemu ekonomicznego dostępu do żywności w państwach Unii Europejskiej (UE), m.in. przez zbadanie wielkości dochodów rozporządzalnych mieszkańców, udziału wydatków gospodarstw domowych na żywność oraz poziomu cen produktów żywnościowych. Choć powszechna jest opinia, że problem zapewnienia bezpieczeństwa żywnościowego w wymiarze ekonomicznym w wysoko rozwiniętych krajach UE nie ma istotnego znaczenia, przeprowadzone badania dowiodły, że w 2015 roku niemal co dziesiąty mieszkaniec UE żył w poważnym niedostatku materialnym i z powodów finansowych nie mógł sobie pozwolić na spożywanie mięsa, ryb lub ich roślinnego ekwiwalentu co drugi dzień.

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The aim of this article is to present the scale of problems concerning economic access to food problem in European Union countries, above all, by determining the disposable income of European Union (EU) households, the share of households’ food expenditure and the price level of food products. Despite the opinion that the economic aspect of the food security problem is not significant in highly-developed EU countries, in 2015 almost every tenth inhabitant of the EU lived in material deprivation, and for financial reasons was not able to afford a meal with meat, chicken, fish (or a vegetarian equivalent) every second day.

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Globalization Processes – The New Environment for the Global Governance of Food Security

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Marzęda-Młynarska K.

Athenaeum. Polskie Studia Politologiczne

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2013

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vol. 40

65-87

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Żywność stanowi podstawową potrzebę człowieka. Zachodzące współcześnie zmiany sugerują że problem bezpieczeństwa żywnościowego będzie systematycznie zyskiwał na znaczeniu. Kluczowe pytanie zatem brzmi: jak je zapewnić i w jaki sposób nim zarządzać w obliczu procesów globalizacji? Celem artykułu jest analiza procesów globalizacji jako nowego jakościowo środowiska globalnego zarządzania bezpieczeństwem żywnościowym. W jej efekcie ustalono że, po pierwsze, w wyniku procesów globalizacji zmianie ulega sposób percepcji bezpieczeństwa żywnościowego a sam problem nabiera założonego, wielowymiarowego charakteru co wzmaga zapotrzebowanie na nowe formy zarządzania nim. Po drugie, że pod wpływem procesów globalizacji odpowiedzialność za zapewnienie bezpieczeństwa żywnościowego rozszerza się na coraz większą grupę podmiotów i wymaga skoordynowanych działań z uwzględnieniem coraz szerszej grupy tzw. interesariuszy. Po trzecie, że procesy globalizacji stymulują formułowanie i rozwój paradygmatów i strategii na rzecz bezpieczeństwa żywnościowego, oferując ‘infrastrukturę’ i tworząc ich podbudowę intelektualną, jak w przypadku modelu wolnorynkowego oraz oferując „infrastrukturę” i stanowiąc punkt odniesienia, w opozycji do którego rozwijane są alternatywne propozycje, jak samowystarczalność czy suwerenność żywnościowa.

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Food constitutes the basic human need. Changes in the modern world indicate that the problem of food security will steadily grow in importance in the future. The key question is therefore how to provide it, how to governance it in a dynamically changing world under the globalization processes. The article deals with the problem of global governance of food security. Its main assumption is that the globalization processes create the qualitatively new environment of food security global governance. The analysis permits three conclusions. First, as a consequence of the globalization processes, the way food security is perceived has changed while the problem itself becomes complex and multi-dimensional, which increases demand for new forms of its governance. Second, under the influence of the globalization processes, the responsibility for ensuring food security extends over an increasingly large group of actors and requires coordinated actions taking an increasingly broad group of so-called stakeholders into consideration. Third, globalization processes stimulate the formulation and development of paradigms and strategies for food security, offering an ‘infrastructure’ and creating their intellectual foundation as in the case of the free-market model, as well as offering an ‘infrastructure’ and being the point of reference, in opposition to which alternative proposals are developed, such as food self-sufficiency and food sovereignty

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Food Security Governance in the Southeast Asia Region: from National to Regional Governance

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Marzęda-Młynarska K.

Historia i Polityka

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2017

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issue 20(27)

31-48

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Food constitutes the basic human need. Without food it is impossible to meet other needs. Southeast Asia – with its growing population, deteriorating environmental conditions, exposure to climate change and rapid economic development – is particularly exposed to its negative consequences. This analysis is based on the assumption that single states cannot achieve food security without some degree of international cooperation. The goal of the paper is to analyze the changing paradigms of food security governance in Southeast Asia and identify opportunities and constraints to regional food security governance in the ASEAN context.

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Regulations, markets and economic efficiency: sustainable development and food security

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Reynolds Pacheco de Carvalho B.

Zagadnienia Ekonomiki Rolnej

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2015

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issue 1(342)

101-121

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Observed structural changes and case studies examples. The need for development models: some proposals. Food System Case Study: Portugal example in Europe/an overview. Main conclusions and new opportunities for Europe.

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GMO – is it possible to breed livestock without GM feed in Poland?

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Woźniak E., Twardowski T.

Nauka

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2018

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issue 3

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The production of domestic protein for feed in Poland is insufficient. The import of feed raw materials, especially soybean, which is genetically modified (GM) is necessity. In 2016, Poland imported about 2 million tonnes of GM soybean. In Poland was introduced a ban for using and production of GM feed (Law – animal feed from 2006). This ban has already been suspended few times, mainly due to the fact, that the complete replacement of imported GM soybean meal with other components was impossible. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development appointed “Team for alternative sources of protein”, responsible for finding solutions that will impact on reducing imports and will increase the share of domestic sources of protein in animal feed. To achieve this aim research are needed to indicate plants and their possibilities for using. The aim of the article is to analyse selected feed components such as: soybean and rapeseed meal, sunflower meal and oilcakes. This analysis concerns the area of cultivation of soybean, rapeseed and sunflower, purchase costs of meals and oilcakes, properties of these components and foreign trade in Poland.

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Managing Resource-Saving Development of Agri-Food Enterprises in the Context of Food Security and Sustainability: Strategic Aspects

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Markina I., Somych N., Shkilniak M., Chykurkova A., Lopushynska O.

Central European Management Journal

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2021

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vol. 29(3)

114-135

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Purpose: The study’s purpose was to examine the management of agri-food enterprises’ resource-saving development to minimize potential imperfections in managing material and human resources and improve data quality. Materials and methods: A combined analysis was used to display the potential relationships between the agri-food sector achievements and basic indicators of natural resources’ sustainability and resilience to risks. The analysis covered Ukraine, Romania, and Poland. The analysis allowed for developing a general management scheme, including a management transformation comparative description in the economic growth context. Results: The study revealed that Ukraine is clearly not on the path to progress in manufacturing enterprises and agriculture, as most of its indicators do not meet global nutrition goals. At the same time, Ukraine remains an export-oriented country. Its agri-food enterprises’ activities focus on external markets, corresponding to the priorities of the country’s agricultural policy and sustainable development goals of the United Nations organization. Conclusion: The obtained results provide knowledge about and understanding of processes that occur in the agri-food enterprises’ organizational structure in countries with different development levels. The awareness of these processes is crucial for effective enterprise management in the resource conservation context.

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Food insecurity as a basis for drafting a Strategic Food Sovereignty Plan: A case study of the Kutai Kartanegara District, Indonesia

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Subejo, Fidiashtry A., Aryudiawan C., . S., L A., Marfai M. A.

Quaestiones Geographicae

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2017

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vol. 36

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issue 4

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This study aims to analyse food sovereignty strategies in an effort to eradicate poverty in a micro-scale region by strengthening its food security status. The research was conducted in the Kutai Kartanegara District East Kalimantan Province in Indonesia. Food insecurity status in the study area was determined based on nine food security indicators. The 237 villages in the Kutai Kartanegara District were ranked based on four classifications of vulnerability to food insecurity. The results showed that 3.80% of the villages were highly vulnerable, 5.06% were vulnerable, 8.86% were slightly vulnerable and 82.28% were food secure. While Kutai Kartanegara was a food secure district, in order to maintain its food security status and enhance the performance of the villages that are still vulnerable to food insecurity, local government, and related stakeholders must work together to develop strategies to improve agricultural productivity, increase the region’s human resources capability and strengthen its infrastructure so food can be more readily accessed.

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Food insecurity as a basis for drafting a Strategic Food Sovereignty Plan: A case study of the Kutai Kartanegara District, Indonesia

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Subejo, Fidiashtry A., Aryudiawan C., . S., L A., Marfai M. A.

Quaestiones Geographicae

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2017

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vol. 36

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issue 4

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This study aims to analyse food sovereignty strategies in an effort to eradicate poverty in a micro-scale region by strengthening its food security status. The research was conducted in the Kutai Kartanegara District East Kalimantan Province in Indonesia. Food insecurity status in the study area was determined based on nine food security indicators. The 237 villages in the Kutai Kartanegara District were ranked based on four classifications of vulnerability to food insecurity. The results showed that 3.80% of the villages were highly vulnerable, 5.06% were vulnerable, 8.86% were slightly vulnerable and 82.28% were food secure. While Kutai Kartanegara was a food secure district, in order to maintain its food security status and enhance the performance of the villages that are still vulnerable to food insecurity, local government, and related stakeholders must work together to develop strategies to improve agricultural productivity, increase the region’s human resources capability and strengthen its infrastructure so food can be more readily accessed.

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Challenges of urban garden initiatives for food security in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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Ishak N., Abdullah R., Mohd Rosli N. S., Majid H. A., Halim N. S. A. A., Ariffin F.

Quaestiones Geographicae

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2022

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vol. 41

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issue 4

57-72

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Sustainable urban farming is a strategy to improve food availability and food access, and to support food security for the urban population in Malaysia. However, the development of these activities has been affected by several constraints. This article aims to identify the challenges faced by urban farmers in Kuala Lumpur. The challenges of practicing urban gardening were categorised into five groups (technical, resource-related, economic, social and environmental factors). Data were collected via a questionnaire survey distributed to 106 urban farming practitioners from 17 urban gardens in Kuala Lumpur and were analysed using descriptive analysis by tabulating the frequency and percentage. The result showed that highly fluctuating weather, problems with access to available land and financial problems were the main challenges faced by urban farmers in Kuala Lumpur. Furthermore, difficulty in access to a financial institution, lack of commitment and the increased number of pests were also the problems faced by the urban garden. Availability of technical factors is the least issue in this study. Correlation analysis was used to determine the relationship between the challenges of urban gardens and socio-demographics. The result showed that there was a weak correlation between technical factors of educational level (r = 0.225) and race (r = 0.210), respectively, as well as between race and social factor (r = 0.201), while there was a moderate correlation between age and environment factor (r = −0.410). There is a need for further work, and comprehensive research should be conducted to capture what actions can be taken to create a policy-making space for urban farmers.

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Global, regional and internal factors of Egypt’s stance towards Russo-Ukrainian war

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Lipa M.

Krakowskie Studia Międzynarodowe

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2023

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vol. XX

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issue 1

103-119

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The paper aims to explain the origins of Egypt’s foreign policy toward the Russian-Ukrainian war. The major hypothesis says that Egypt’s policy towards the Russian-Ukrainian conflict results from Egypt’s relations with the United States, the Russian Federation and regional powers, namely Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, with the Egyptian leaders trying to pragmatically put their policy in line with those of major regional powers with which Cairo has close relations while taking into account interests of their nation.

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Wybrane aspekty zapewnienia bezpieczeństwa żywnościowego w Unii Europejskiej

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Obiedzińska A.

Studia BAS

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2016

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issue 4(48)

123-161

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The article provides an overview of selected aspects of the EU food security and factors affecting it. In the first section, the evolution of food security and its pillars are discussed. The second section covers selected factors affecting food security, including self-sufficiency, food safety, food losses and waste. The author concludes that despite the food security assurance in European Union, there is a need for actions to improve it at national as well EU level.

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Stan rybołówstwa na świecie – trendy i prognozy

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Dabrowska A.

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2012

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vol. 3

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issue 3

25-36

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As human population on Earth has just reached seven billion, food, freshwater and energy supplies are of increasing concern. With fisheries supporting hundreds of millions livelihoods and most of the global capture fisheries production coming from the marine environment, sustainable management of fishing activity based on sound scientific data and reasonable predictions is one of the major issues we face these days. Literature review of the most recent publications on the state of global fisheries was conducted and ten main trends were identified, including expansion of fishing to new ecosystems and species, decline in landings, increase in fishing effort, growth of aquaculture and changes in the abundance and distribution of species. Issues with predicting the future were discussed, as well as usefulness of computer models and possible recovery of the ecosystem.

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Regionalne porozumienia handlowe w zapewnianiu bezpieczeństwa żywnościowego

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Agnieszka S.

Journal of Agribusiness and Rural Development

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2016

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issue 2(40)

415-422

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The aim of the article was to identify certain relationships between international trade and food security with special emphasis on regional trade agreements. The study was conducted on the basis of domestic and foreign sources of literature. Unresolved problem of food insecurity indicate not only identification of the source of this state , but also ways to improve the food situation in the world. One of the factors that improve directly and indirectly food security level is international trade. Limited capability for performing trade liberalization at the global level means that the way of improving access to food is regionalism. However, taking full advantage of regional trade agreements to solve the problem of food insecurity must be accompanied by elimination or reduction the non-tariff barriers, that still exist.

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Celem artykułu była identyfikacja wybranych relacji pomiędzy handlem międzynarodowym i bezpieczeństwem żywnościowym ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem regionalnych porozumień handlowych. Badania przeprowadzono w oparciu o krajowe i zagraniczne źródła literatury przedmiotu. W warunkach ciągle nierozwiązanego problemu braku bezpieczeństwa żywnościowego, identyfikuje się nie tylko źródła takiego stanu rzeczy, ale również sposoby poprawy sytuacji żywnościowej na świecie. Jednym z czynników poprawiających w sposób bezpośredni i pośredni poziom bezpieczeństwa żywnościowego jest handel międzynarodowy. Ograniczone możliwości przeprowadzenia liberalizacji handlu na poziomie globalnym powodują, że poprawianiu dostępu do żywności służyć może regionalizm handlowy. Jednak pełnemu wykorzystaniu regionalnych porozumień handlowych w rozwiązaniu problemu braku bezpieczeństwa żywnościowego towarzyszyć musi eliminowanie czy chociaż ograniczenia barier pozataryfowych.

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Exploring linkages between the Common Agricultural Policy and food security in the Mediterranean region

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Driouech N., El Bilali H., Capone R., Sisto L., Berjan S., Lipińska I. H.

Zagadnienia Ekonomiki Rolnej

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2014

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issue 2(339)

79-103

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Linkages between the CAP and food security in developing countries. Food security in southern and eastern Mediterranean countries: a critical analysis. CAP and food security in SEMCs: foucus on Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia.

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Analysis of rural households’ food security status in Ogun state, Nigeria

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Tolulope O. O., Adedayo O. A., Temitayo Y. A.

Journal of Agribusiness and Rural Development

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2017

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issue 1(43)

163-174

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Although food is one of the basic necessities of life, food insecurity remains a major problem in Nigeria. This paper analyzes the factors influencing food security among rural households in Ogun State, Nigeria. Data were collected with multi-stage sampling procedure and analyzed with descriptive statistics and Probit regression model. The results show that mean age and household size of the respondents were 43years (std dev = 13.31) and 5 (std dev = 3.28) respectively. The mean per capita household expenditure per day was N113.57. Using two-third mean per capita expenditure as food security line, 70.1 percent of the households were food secure, while 36.7 percent were food secure with dollar per day per person food security line. Factors that contributed to food security status of the households at two-third mean per capita household expenditure and a dollar per day were dependency ratio, marital status, age, and income. It was recommended that in order to increase food security, rural dwellers should be encouraged to diversify their income sources, among others.

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Chociaż jedzenie stanowi jedną z podstawowych potrzeb życiowych, brak bezpieczeństwa żywnościowego pozostaje poważnym problemem dla mieszkańców Nigerii. W niniejszym opracowaniu przeanalizowano czynniki oddziałujące na bezpieczeństwo żywnościowe gospodarstw wiejskich w nigeryjskim stanie Ogun. Dane zebrano w ramach wieloetapowej procedury pobierania próbek, a następnie przeanalizowano za pomocą metod statystyki opisowej i modelu regresji probitowej. Jak pokazują wyniki, średnia wieku respondentów wyniosła 43 lata (odchylenie standardowe = 13,31) przy średniej liczbie 5 osób (odchylenie standardowe = 3,28) wchodzących w skład gospodarstwa domowego. Średnie wydatki dzienne gospodarstwa domowego w przeliczeniu na osobę kształtowały się na poziomie 113,57 NGN. Jeśli przyjąć, że granica bezpieczeństwa żywno- ściowego odpowiada dwóm trzecim średnich wydatków dziennych w przeliczeniu na osobę, to 70,1% gospodarstw domowych miało zapewnione bezpieczeństwo żywnościowe. Natomiast przy założeniu, że granica ta przypada na kwotę jednego dolara dziennie na osobę odsetek bezpiecznych żywnościowo gospodarstw wyniósł 36,7%. Na bezpieczeństwo żywnościowe gospodarstw przy granicy przebiegającej na poziomie dwóch trzecich średnich wydatków na osobę lub na poziomie jednego dolara dziennie oddziaływały następujące czynniki: wskaźnik zależności, stan cywilny, wiek i dochód. Zaleca się, aby w celu poprawy bezpieczeństwa żywnościowego zachęcać mieszkańców obszarów wiejskich m.in. do dywersyfikacji źródeł dochodu.

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Linking alternative food networks and urban food policy: a step forward in the transition towards a sustainable and equitable food system?

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Matacena R.

International Review of Social Research

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2016

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vol. 6

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issue 1

49-58

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Seen as a response to the incumbent crisis affecting the food system, alternative food networks are a promising link of a new food chain, founded on a sustainable paradigm. Their activities aim at realizing a process of ‘re-localization’ and ‘re-socialization’ of food production-distribution-consumption practices, holding a prospect for the construction of a more environmentally sound, socially just and economically sustainable local food system. In order to provide such benefits, though, a host of regulatory constraints and logistical and operational barriers have to be overcome. In this paper we argue that a potentially effective force supporting the development of alternative food networks is detectable in the rapidly diffusing trend constituted by the adoption, by local governments, of a set of urban food policies integrating food issues into the many spheres of urban regulation. Such policy effort may help to coordinate public intervention with the purpose of setting the ground for a healthy local/regional food system, and provide alternative food networks with stronger connections, political capital and legitimization.

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Multi-benefits of national parks and protected areas: an integrative approach for developing countries

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Atiqul Hag S. M.

Environmental & Socio-economic Studies

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2016

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vol. 4

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issue 1

1-11

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National parks and protected areas can contribute significantly to the needs of poor people who live in and around them and depend heavily on forest resources for their subsistence. Especially for the rural poor who have limited economic options, use of national park resources are the main source for their survival, giving them direct benefits from food, medicine and forest products. National parks can contribute to maintaining the ecosystem and biodiversity conservation, along with the economic benefits to the local population. National parks and protected areas can play a significant role in climate change mitigation as well. Nevertheless, benefits from these areas are not well recognized in management especially in developing countries by incorporating them for climate change mitigation. Though usually more priority is given to conservation, improvement of livelihood and climate change mitigation can be achieved by integrating national parks into management and policy, and by consideration of the potential of human resources. Thus the integration can improve the poverty situation of local people and help them to adapt to climatic change mitigation strategies. Therefore, management of national parks and protected areas should ensure the participation of local communities and stakeholders.

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Bezpieczeństwo żywnościowe w procesie globalizacji sektora rolnego

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Kraciuk J.

Journal of Modern Science

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2016

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issue 1(28)

251-262

EN

This paper presents the state of world food security and the impact on the security of the processes of agribusiness sector globalization. It was stated that the processes of globalization occurring in agriculture and the food economy have various multidirectional impact on the global food security. On the one hand they contribute to the growth of global production which can result in greater access to food. On the other hand, these processes can cause deterioration of food security, mainly due to the move away from sustainable to large-farming, industrialized agriculture, in which large agricultural corporations take over more value-added links and leads to oligopolization of global agribusiness space. This causes a loss of profits by the current owners and the deterioration of their affordability. Lowest affordable price of food and thus the worst food security is located in sub-Saharan Africa.

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W artykule przedstawiono stan światowego bezpieczeństwa żywnościowego oraz wpływ na to bezpieczeństwo procesów globalizacji sektora agrobiznesu. Stwierdzono, że procesy globalizacji zachodzące w rolnictwie i gospodarce żywnościowej mają wieloraki i wielokierunkowy wpływ na stan globalnego bezpieczeństwa żywnościowego. Z jednej strony przyczyniają się do wzrostu globalnej produkcji, czego efektem może być lepszy dostęp do żywności. Z drugiej zaś strony procesy te mogą powodować pogorszenie bezpieczeństwa żywnościowego, przede wszystkim na skutek od- chodzenia od rolnictwa zrównoważonego na rzecz rolnictwa wielkopowierzchniowego, uprzemysłowionego, w którym duże koncerny rolne przejmują kolejne ogniwa wartości dodanej i oligopolizują globalną przestrzeń agrobiznesu. Powoduje to utratę zysków przez dotychczasowych właścicieli i pogorszenie ich osiągalności cenowej. Najniższą osiągalnością cenową żywności, a co za tym idzie – najgorszym bezpieczeństwem żywnościowym charakteryzują się kraje Afryki Subsaharyjskiej.

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Operational pattern and contribution of urban farming in an emerging megacity: evidence from Lagos, Nigeria

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Lawal M., Aliu I.

Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series

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2012

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vol. 17

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issue 17

87-97

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Urban farming is rapidly growing in many cities in Nigeria including a leading African megacity Lagos, although urban stakeholders have paid little attention to the trend over time. The rate of growth of urban farming and its contributions to Lagos state's food supply strategy is worthy of note. In Lagos farming activities are practiced and performed by some able bodied migrants from all parts of the country, who for many reasons could hardly have been absolved by the aggressive urban economy of the city. A close watch on the practitioners reveals a pattern of operation which requires deeper inquiry. A total of 202 urban vegetable farmers were interviewed in four areas of Lagos state to provide primary data for this study. Results from the study showed that an average farmer owns a farm plot of below 120 m by 60 m usually linear and along the expressway, the green vegetable (Celosia argientes) alone constitutes about 97% of what is grown, beds are arranged in sizes of about 1.8 m long by 0.9 m wide and 0.3 m high with furrows in between. The farmers use the simplest local tools, chemical fertilizers, and strategically located irrigation wells. It was also found that the farmers use some part of the vegetables for household consumption, sell others to the local marketers, and contribute their own quota to stem the rising prices of vegetable produce in the local markets. It is therefore imperative on the stakeholders to re-examine the relevance of urban farming in the city and provide support for its growth.

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