The increase in global demand for healthy food products and initiatives to ensure food
security in developing countries has focused on the cultivation of drought-resistant and …

Characterization of physicochemical properties of starches from improved cassava varieties
grown in Zambia Page 1 AIMS Agriculture and Food, 4(4): 939–966. DOI: 10.3934/agrfood.2019.4.939 …

Hunger and malnutrition remain enormous challenges in low-income countries. Many of the
malnourished live in smallholder farm households in sub-Saharan Africa. Agricultural …

Background The prevalence of food insecurity in Mozambique is alarming, despite progress
made during the 2010s. Several studies apply different proxy indicators of food security (FS) …

Reducing both hunger and high expenditure on food imports is a priority for most developing
African countries. Countries that hitherto have relied heavily on food imports are seeking …

This article intends to provide pragmatic guidance for avoiding the more severe problems of
food price instability in east and southern Africa. I first summarize the empirical record of …

Cassava flours obtained from 6 cassava varieties grown in Zambia were incorporated into
wheat flour for bread making. The effect of cassava variety (CV) and cassava flour …

Purpose This paper aims to identify the appropriate model to address the financial
challenges in agricultural sector in Zanzibar. Since the middle of 1960, clove production has …

Low-income households in Sahelian West Africa face multiple shocks that risk compressing
their already-low food consumption levels. This paper develops a multi-market simulation …

Purpose The study examined policy improvement and cassava attractiveness. The purpose
was to determine the optimum rewards using three strategies: selling of farm produce to …