Authored by an experienced agriculturalist with substantial field experience in developing countries, this book adds to the literature on food security by proposing practical measures for improving plant-based food security in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. Covering issues affecting food security,...

1. The Introduction: Pandemic Preparedness and A-Platonic Policies for Transforming Africa’s Agri-food Systems -- 2. Technical Efficiency and Poultry Farming in Nigeria -- 3. Economics of Sesame Marketing in Nigeria -- 4.Analysis of Smallholder Maize Farmer’s Technical Efficiency and Farm...

The last decade has seen a resurgence of parastatal crop marketing institutions in sub-Saharan Africa, many of which cite improving food security and incomes as key goals. However, there is limited empirical evidence on the welfare effects of these programs. This article considers one such...