TY - JOUR
T1 - Food security impacts of industrial crop production in sub-Saharan Africa
T2 - a systematic review of the impact mechanisms
AU - Jarzebski, Marcin Pawel
AU - Ahmed, Abubakari
AU - Boafo, Yaw Agyeman
AU - Balde, Boubacar Siddighi
AU - Chinangwa, Linda
AU - Saito, Osamu
AU - von Maltitz, Graham
AU - Gasparatos, Alexandros
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, International Society for Plant Pathology and Springer Nature B.V.
PY - 2020/2/1
Y1 - 2020/2/1
N2 - A number of industrial crops have been promoted in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) to meet a range of policy objectives including economic growth, rural development, agricultural modernization and energy security. The food security impacts of industrial crop production have received extensive policyattention and have been widely discussed in the academic literature. There is, however, an overall lack of a clear understanding of these impacts due to thelarge diversity of industrial crops, and their varied modes of production, expansion areas, and impact mechanisms. This systematic review synthesizes theavailable knowledge on the interface of industrial crops and food security in SSA. In particular we identify key patterns with how different industrial cropsand impact mechanisms are represented and studied in the current literature, and how they intersect to affect food security. The current literature isfragmented, as most studies focus on single or small subsets of crops and impact mechanisms. Most studies capture mechanisms related to food access andavailability, rather than to food utilization and stability. A clustering analysis identified the main literature clusters that combine mechanisms related to foodavailability, access to food, and environmental impact. The overall analysis presented in this systematic review allowed us to identify priority policy andpractice domains that need to be targeted in order to improve the food security outcomes of industrial crop production in SSA.
AB - A number of industrial crops have been promoted in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) to meet a range of policy objectives including economic growth, rural development, agricultural modernization and energy security. The food security impacts of industrial crop production have received extensive policyattention and have been widely discussed in the academic literature. There is, however, an overall lack of a clear understanding of these impacts due to thelarge diversity of industrial crops, and their varied modes of production, expansion areas, and impact mechanisms. This systematic review synthesizes theavailable knowledge on the interface of industrial crops and food security in SSA. In particular we identify key patterns with how different industrial cropsand impact mechanisms are represented and studied in the current literature, and how they intersect to affect food security. The current literature isfragmented, as most studies focus on single or small subsets of crops and impact mechanisms. Most studies capture mechanisms related to food access andavailability, rather than to food utilization and stability. A clustering analysis identified the main literature clusters that combine mechanisms related to foodavailability, access to food, and environmental impact. The overall analysis presented in this systematic review allowed us to identify priority policy andpractice domains that need to be targeted in order to improve the food security outcomes of industrial crop production in SSA.
KW - Biofuels
KW - Cash crops
KW - Cluster analysis
KW - Impact mechanism
KW - Sub-Saharan Africa
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U2 - 10.1007/s12571-019-00988-x
DO - 10.1007/s12571-019-00988-x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85076623694
SN - 1876-4517
VL - 12
SP - 105
EP - 135
JO - Food Security
JF - Food Security
IS - 1
ER -