Factors driving the acceptance of genetically modified food crops in Ghana

Food Safety and Health, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 2(1), P. 158 - 168

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

Abstract Crops produced using recombinant DNA technology have invaluable food security roles but are not broadly accepted. Food insecurity affects between 45% and 50% of the Ghanaian populace, while debate to adopt, accept, use, commercialize genetically modified (GM) crops is ongoing. In this study, a choice‐based conjoint experimental design was adopted investigate factors driving acceptance or rejection GM in Ghana. Results from average marginal component effect estimation suggest that safety concern major driver for accepting rejecting crops. This further confirmed predicted probabilities means community especially when it possesses certain attributes. The safer crop perceived human consumption, health, environment, more likely populace will accept it. addition, yield taste were observed be other key Importantly, country patency also critical factor whether accepted There need active greater engagement with put proper legislation, regulations, policies, knowledge co‐creation process ensure use

Language: Английский

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Organic Food Preservatives: The Shift Towards Natural Alternatives and Sustainability in the Global South’s Markets

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

Language: Английский

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Implications of Artisanal Crude Oil Refining on Sustainable Food Production in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria

Journal of Environmental Bioremediation and Toxicology, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 5(2), P. 69 - 77

Published: Dec. 31, 2022

The rate of environmental degradation is an increasing trend globally and most especially in many developing nations where it has food production implications. This deterioration quality mostly attributed to population growth, urbanization, industrialization, unsustainable agricultural practices. Niger Delta region Nigeria the oil gas province Nigeria. activities illegal crude refiners, theft, vandalism, etc. are common within region, thereby leading major biophysical matrices conditions. Plant fish-based diets sources for humans region. review focuses on implications artisanal refining (ACOR) sustainable found that refiners harming vegetation cover, altering physicochemical microbial composition soil, releasing hydrocarbons into environment, which absorbed by increase human biodiversity contamination from ACOR as well loss arable farmlands, uncontrolled bush burning, increased cases soil erosion. Therefore, having negative effects security, characterized availability, accessibility, stability, utilization. Hence, there a need curtail through issuance operational liens followed stricter regulations monitoring harmful emissions released during processes.

Language: Английский

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Sustainable Agricultural Pest Control Strategies to Boost Food and Socioecological Security: The Allelopathic Strategy

Sustainable development and biodiversity, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 637 - 657

Published: Jan. 1, 2023

Language: Английский

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Sustainable Extraction and Production of Raw Materials for Bio-based Products in the Global South

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Integrating the One Health Approach and Statistical Analysis for Sustainable Aquatic Ecosystem Management and Trace Metal Contamination Mitigation

ES Food & Agroforestry, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Jan. 1, 2023

The "One Health" approach links humans, biodiversity, and the environment. Statistical analysis aids trace metal study for resource management, pollution control, biodiversity conservation, improved human health.

Language: Английский

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Sustainable Supply Chain Management in the Herbal Medicine Industry

Reference series in phytochemistry, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 29

Published: Jan. 1, 2023

Language: Английский

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Regulations and Policies for Herbal Medicine and Practitioners

Reference series in phytochemistry, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 23

Published: Jan. 1, 2023

Language: Английский

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Prospects and application of multivariate and reliability analyses to one health risk assessments of toxic elements

Toxicology and Environmental Health Sciences, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 16(2), P. 127 - 134

Published: Dec. 19, 2023

Language: Английский

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Fish as a Sustainable Biomonitoring Tool in Aquatic Environments

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

Biomonitoring involves the use of biological organisms to detect or measure presence various toxic substances rather on land in water. Fish resides aquatic environments and its position at top food chain has made it a useful tool for biomonitoring. They can easily accumulate pollutants that are bio-available environment, most especially their gills. The composition, abundance, distribution fish species give potential indication condition environments. Other such as crustaceans, zooplankton, macro micro invertebrates also be used because they ubiquitous. is principally dictated by effects land-based activities, which affect water quality composition. Humans other hand exposed bio-accumulated when plants consumed from polluted In lieu this, therefore essential sustainably biomonitor environments, either with tool. Productivity impaired primary production inhibited increased concentration organic wastes. responses pollution biomonitoring recorded form percentage mortality, enzymatic responses, histological electrolyte haematological genotoxicity DNA changes. environment biotic abiotic components tool, may regulated biomarker application approaches. Conversely, sustainable approaches indicator geared. This review, therefore, emphasizes population composition relation pollution, human health monitoring, plant behavioural environmental factors pollutants, employed indication.

Language: Английский

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