Navigating toward resilient and inclusive seed systems

OT Westengen, SP Dalle… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Food systems face new climatic and socioecological challenges and farmers need a
diversity of new plant varieties to respond to these. While plant breeding is important …

What factors influence the likelihood of rural farmer participation in digital agricultural services? experience from smallholder digitalization in Northern Ghana

AR Abdulai, KB Kc, E Fraser - Outlook on Agriculture, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Participation in digital services is critical for the inclusiveness of digitalization in smallholder
Africa. However, farmers engagement with digitalization services needs further explorations …

[HTML][HTML] (Re) assessing Climate-Smart Agriculture practices for sustainable food systems outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa: the case of Bono East Region, Ghana

PT Quarshie, S Abdulai, EDG Fraser - Geography and Sustainability, 2023 - Elsevier
This research paper assesses the reality of Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) practices'
potential to promote the outcomes of sustainable food systems (SFS) within Ghana's …

Drivers of the increasing water footprint in Africa: The food consumption perspective

A Tuyishimire, Y Liu, J Yin, L Kou, S Lin, J Lin… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
In Africa, water resources pervade multiple sustainable development goals (SDGs), which
mainly focus on eliminating poverty (SDG 1) and hunger (SDG 2), promoting good health …

Linkage mapping and genomic prediction of grain quality traits in tropical maize (Zea mays L.)

N Ndlovu, RM Kachapur, Y Beyene, B Das… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The suboptimal productivity of maize systems in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is a pressing
issue, with far-reaching implications for food security, nutrition, and livelihood sustainability …

Climate change and seed system interventions impact on food security and incomes in East Africa

G Otieno, RJO Ogola, T Recha, JN Mohammed… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Climate change is challenging agricultural productivity, especially in Africa. Adoption of
improved or diverse seed varieties is a promising strategy to achieve increased yields …

Why “formal” climate adaptation strategies fail in sub‐Saharan Africa: Ignoring adapters' agency in the case of smallholding agriculture farming practices in Bono East …

PT Quarshie, AR Abdulai, S Abdulai… - Climate Resilience …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This paper reviewed a body of literature on climate adaptation options in sub‐Saharan
Africa's (SSA) smallholding agriculture and complemented it with a case study involving …

[HTML][HTML] Tackling post-COVID-19 pandemic food crises through the adoption of improved maize seeds and technologies by smallholder farmers: The case of Ejura …

PT Quarshie, P Antwi-Agyei, NN Suh… - Frontiers in Sustainable …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Amidst the covid-19 pandemic, the need to accelerate food production efforts to achieve the
UN SDG two, ie, zero hunger target by 2030, is gaining momentum across the global food …

Enabling effective maize seed system in low-income countries of West Africa: Insights from Benin

RFR Adigoun, AC Houdegbe… - … in Sustainable Food …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Access to high-quality seeds remains a key constraint to the intensification of
crop production in low-income countries. In this study, we analyzed maize seed production …

Planned experiments or autonomous adaptation? An assessment of initiatives for climate change adaptation at the local level in Ghana

RA Atanga - Cogent Social Sciences, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
There are increasing concerns about the likely impacts of climate change on poverty,
economic growth, and the overall development of poor countries. The need to adapt to the …