Perspective: could Ethiopian potatoes contribute to environmental sustainability, the Ethiopian economy, and human health? DOI Creative Commons

Mohammed Ahmed Yimam,

Martina Andreini,

Sara Carnevale

и другие.

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 8

Опубликована: Май 9, 2024

Environmental data are rapidly accruing on the unsustainability of diets based animal products, such as dairy and meats. Shifting to alternative sources protein is inevitable given an increase in projected global population demand. Left unchecked, a collision between food security sustainability imminent. Potatoes could be strategic cash crop harmonize worldwide. Recently, there has been growing interest extracting proteins from byproduct potato starch industry known fruit juice. These garnering attention due their nutritional value, characterized by well-balanced amino acid profile, well functional properties including emulsifying, foaming, gelling capabilities. Moreover, these considered less allergenic than some other sources. Extracting protein, which sourced byproduct, reduces loss waste, thereby eliminating pathogenic microorganisms environment mitigating greenhouse gas emissions. Ethiopia major producer East Africa. help country household income, ensure revenue generation, produce starch. However, Ethiopia’s not yet begun extraction, despite vital role country’s huge cultivation potential. Furthermore, market experiencing significant growth. This information urgently calls for innovative approaches assess impact potatoes produced Ethiopia. Therefore, this perspective article two main objectives. First, scan extent production relation environmental economy. Second, provide prospects isolate sustainability, economy, human health.

Язык: Английский

Towards Climate-Smart Agriculture: Strategies for Sustainable Agricultural Production, Food Security, and Greenhouse Gas Reduction DOI Creative Commons
Wogene Kabato, Girma Tilahun Getnet, Tamrat Sinore

и другие.

Agronomy, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 15(3), С. 565 - 565

Опубликована: Фев. 25, 2025

Without transformative adaptation strategies, the impact of climate change is projected to reduce global crop yields and increase food insecurity, while rising greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions further exacerbate crisis. While agriculture a major contributor through unsustainable practices, it also offers significant opportunities mitigate these adoption sustainable practices. This review examines climate-smart (CSA) as key strategy for enhancing productivity, building resilience, reducing GHG emissions, emphasizing need strategic interventions accelerate its large-scale implementation improved security. The analysis revealed that nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) has in developed countries, NUE remains at 55.47%, precision nutrient management integrated soil fertility strategies enhance productivity minimize environmental impacts. With 40% world’s agricultural land already degraded, sustainability alone insufficient, necessitating shift toward regenerative practices restore degraded water by improving health, biodiversity, increasing carbon sequestration, thus ensuring long-term resilience. CSA including agriculture, biochar application, agroforestry, improve security, emissions. However, result variability highlights site-specific optimize benefits. Integrating multiple enhances health more effectively than implementing single practice alone. Widespread faces socio-economic technological barriers, requiring supportive policies, financial incentives, capacity-building initiatives. By adopting technologies, can transition sustainability, securing systems addressing challenges.

Язык: Английский

Процитировано

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Impact of climate-smart agricultural practices on smallholder farmers' resilience in Ethiopia DOI Creative Commons

Assefa A. Berhanu,

Zewdu Berhanie Ayele,

Dessalegn C. Dagnew

и другие.

Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 16, С. 101147 - 101147

Опубликована: Апрель 2, 2024

Climate change poses challenges to smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa, including Ethiopia. To address this, adopting Climate-Smart Agricultural Practices (CSAPs) is crucial for building resilient communities. However, limited evidence exists on the impact of CSAPs farmers' resilience. Therefore, this study aimed examine resilience and identify factors determining their The collected both quantitative qualitative data. Quantitative data was obtained from 646 survey households using household surveys, while gathered through focus group discussions key informant interviews. Findings reveal that there an agroecological difference status like education level head, livestock size, agricultural extension worker visits positively influence CSAP-adopting farmers. Conversely, sharing crop outlands negatively impacts adoption climate-smart practices. Crop CSAP adopters show significantly higher gains (37.74% ATT) compared non-adopters. Non-adopters could have experienced a substantial improvement (23.83% ATU) if they had adopted CSAPs. Positive significant effects were also observed soil management adopters, with 28.36% 40.58%, capacity, respectively. these enhanced by 24.74% 10.80%, respectively, This underscores need adopt more importance considering designing policies promoting enhance Ethiopia similar contexts.

Язык: Английский

Процитировано

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The effect of heterogeneous adoption of climate-smart agriculture practices on household food and nutrition security of small-scale urban crop farmers in eThekwini Municipality DOI Creative Commons
Nolwazi Z. Khumalo, M. Sibanda, Lelethu Mdoda

и другие.

PLOS Climate, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 4(1), С. e0000551 - e0000551

Опубликована: Янв. 10, 2025

Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) addresses food security issues under climate change. The research examined the effect of adopting CSA practices on and nutrition by small-scale urban crop (SSUC) farmers in eThekwini (ETH) Municipalityusing purposive sampling from 412 SSUC farmers. Results suggest that socio-demographic institutional factors influence household consumption patterns dietary status probit selection model show farmer’s age, education, size, off-farm income, monthly expenditure food, agricultural training, group membership, credit access significantly influenced adoption decisions. endogenous switching regression using marginal treatment effects shows farm hired labour distance to farming site affected patterns. Gender, marital status, employment number part-time labourers households diversity findings confirm heterogeneity practices. Unobserved benefits are prevalent through a positive depicted Household Food Consumption Score (HFCS) Dietary Diversity (HDDS). Adopting enhanced SSCU farmers, shown average (ATT) when adopt correlated positively with adopters being 16 31 percent more secure concerning HFCS HDDS, respectively. Hence, ETH Municipality were likely better off regarding diversity. In light this, nexus between researchers, extension services must consider suitable sets relevant scale chosen directed toward welfare localised contexts.

Язык: Английский

Процитировано

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The Role of Climate Change Adaptation in Enhancing Household Food Security: A Case Study of the Hamassa Watershed Agroecologies, Southern Ethiopia DOI Creative Commons
Tegegn Bergene, Belay Simane,

Meskerem Abi

и другие.

F1000Research, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 14, С. 188 - 188

Опубликована: Фев. 11, 2025

Background Climate change adaptation is an incomparable prior measure to tackle unpreventable climate calamities enhance smallholder farming and food security. This empirical study assesses farmers’ options or variability for achieving Methods Data were gathered from a survey of 328 respondents, selected randomly proportionally three different agro-ecological zones. Additional qualitative insights collected through focus group discussions interviews with key informants reinforce the findings. The multinomial endogenous switching regression, independent t-test instrumental variable (2sls) regression used as method analysis Results result indicated that ACAC impacted security positively significantly in area at percent rate 12.4, 16.3,18 27.7 when households adopting one, two, three, four ACAC, respectively, HFBM case, same meaning was obtained other measuring tools. However, manner differ agroecologies, signifying careful discernment applying spacial areas, especially agroecology. agroecology declares midlands have negative likelihood propensity compared highlands, while lowlands positive insignificant implications. mean comparison showed statistically significant adopters non-adopters measures, which also informed contribution CACA on households’ Interestingly, factors such distance water sources, land size, ox ownership, crop income, access credit influenced diverse ways depending regional contextual specifics. Conclusions Thus, impacts differently rates agroecologies area. Integrated tailored technical, institutional, policy interventions are needed leap security

Язык: Английский

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Climate Smart Land Management Practices for Livelihood Resilience in Ethiopia: A systematic Review DOI Creative Commons
Abrha Asefa, Mitiku Haile,

Melaku Berhe

и другие.

Heliyon, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. e42950 - e42950

Опубликована: Фев. 1, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Factors driving Climate-Smart Agriculture adoption: a study of smallholder farmers in Koumpentum, Senegal DOI Creative Commons

Taiwo A. Ewulo,

Folorunso M. Akinseye,

Niaba Témé

и другие.

Frontiers in Agronomy, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 7

Опубликована: Март 14, 2025

Climate change significantly threatens agriculture and food systems in developing countries, especially Senegal, where is vital for livelihoods economic advancement. A study investigated the factors influencing adoption of Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) innovations among smallholder farmers Koumpentum, Senegal. Through comprehensive research multistage random sampling, 270 were interviewed using structured questionnaires. The results indicated that 56.3% have adopted CSA practices. Household size, perceived climate change, access to advisory information positively influenced 70.4% adopt crop rotation. Additionally, farmer's experience (in years) perception conservation tillage. highlights how smallholder-specific characteristics external influences interact determine adoption. Moreover, it underscores need targeted interventions promote practices, emphasizing importance farmer education, services, capacity building. Based on our findings, policy recommendations include aligning with preferences local conditions enhance rates strengthen resilience agricultural systems. Policymakers should integrate into Senegalese develop innovative financing mechanisms encourage adaptation technologies tailored contexts address current future risks.

Язык: Английский

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Perspective: could Ethiopian potatoes contribute to environmental sustainability, the Ethiopian economy, and human health? DOI Creative Commons

Mohammed Ahmed Yimam,

Martina Andreini,

Sara Carnevale

и другие.

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 8

Опубликована: Май 9, 2024

Environmental data are rapidly accruing on the unsustainability of diets based animal products, such as dairy and meats. Shifting to alternative sources protein is inevitable given an increase in projected global population demand. Left unchecked, a collision between food security sustainability imminent. Potatoes could be strategic cash crop harmonize worldwide. Recently, there has been growing interest extracting proteins from byproduct potato starch industry known fruit juice. These garnering attention due their nutritional value, characterized by well-balanced amino acid profile, well functional properties including emulsifying, foaming, gelling capabilities. Moreover, these considered less allergenic than some other sources. Extracting protein, which sourced byproduct, reduces loss waste, thereby eliminating pathogenic microorganisms environment mitigating greenhouse gas emissions. Ethiopia major producer East Africa. help country household income, ensure revenue generation, produce starch. However, Ethiopia’s not yet begun extraction, despite vital role country’s huge cultivation potential. Furthermore, market experiencing significant growth. This information urgently calls for innovative approaches assess impact potatoes produced Ethiopia. Therefore, this perspective article two main objectives. First, scan extent production relation environmental economy. Second, provide prospects isolate sustainability, economy, human health.

Язык: Английский

Процитировано

1