Aggravated food insecurity in COVID-19 era: quality seed flow of adapted and nutrient-dense varieties is central to the recovery equation in the drylands
| Autor: | Rebbie Harawa, Chris O. Ojiewo, Rajeev K. Varshney, Mequanint B. Melesse, J. K. Mwololo, Essegbemon Akpo, Henry Ojulong, Ganga Rao, Eric Manyasa |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Food security
biology Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Agroforestry COVID-19 Vulnerable communities Sustainable recovery approaches Dryland agriculture food and nutrition security Physics QC1-999 media_common.quotation_subject Mechanics of engineering. Applied mechanics food and beverages TA349-359 Sorghum biology.organism_classification Nutrient density Intervention (law) Promotion (rank) Production (economics) Quality (business) Business media_common |
| Zdroj: | Technium, Vol 2, Iss 5 (2020) BASE-Bielefeld Academic Search Engine |
| ISSN: | 2668-778X |
| DOI: | 10.47577/technium.v2i5.1074 |
| Popis: | The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted every area of our daily activities and businesses. After the health crisis, the food crisis is the next battle to encounter, which will need to mobilize all energies to maintain social security and protect the citizens of the world. For sustained support and recovery of rural and urban populations, especially in the dryland areas of Sub-Saharan Africa, seed of the well-adapted, nutrient dense varieties should flow. The solution of quality seed flow equation is complex and involves several intervention areas, e.g., adapted and modern groundnut, chickpea, pigeonpea, sorghum and finger millet varieties, sustainable and long term approaches leveraging various seed production and delivery models, remote information and knowledge dissemination systems, digital seed production and delivery roadmaps, digitized variety release and promotion processes, smart food campaigns and trainings to promote good utilization of nutrient dense crops. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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