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  1. Article ; Online: COVID-19 and food security in Africa: Building more resilient food systems.

    Shilomboleni, Helena

    AAS open research

    2020  Volume 3, Page(s) 27

    Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the fragility of our food systems. Despite increased efficiencies in producing and supplying large volumes of food, our current food systems have generated multiple adverse outcomes comprising high greenhouse gas ... ...

    Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the fragility of our food systems. Despite increased efficiencies in producing and supplying large volumes of food, our current food systems have generated multiple adverse outcomes comprising high greenhouse gas emissions, persistent hunger, and livelihood stress for farmers around the world. Nowhere else than in Africa have large numbers of people experienced more acutely these adverse shocks emanating from our food systems. Thus, building more resilient African food systems, which take a radical change of direction, is fundamentally a matter of survival. While there is broad consensus around a need for transformational change in food systems, what that entails is not always clear, and there are divergent views amongst experts on how to re-orient research priorities and agricultural solutions in ways that effectively address hunger and inequality while also protecting agrobiodiversity and the environment more broadly. This article engages with this debate and proposes an agricultural research for development agenda in Africa that balances technology transfer with realigning societal values, institutional arrangements, and policy decision-making towards the realization of greater sustainability and inclusive outcomes.
    Keywords covid19
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-06-26
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 2515-9321
    ISSN (online) 2515-9321
    DOI 10.12688/aasopenres.13078.1
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  2. Article ; Online: COVID-19 and food security in Africa

    Helena Shilomboleni

    AAS Open Research, Vol

    Building more resilient food systems [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]

    2020  Volume 3

    Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the fragility of our food systems. Despite increased efficiencies in producing and supplying large volumes of food, our current food systems have generated multiple adverse outcomes comprising high greenhouse gas ... ...

    Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the fragility of our food systems. Despite increased efficiencies in producing and supplying large volumes of food, our current food systems have generated multiple adverse outcomes comprising high greenhouse gas emissions, persistent hunger, and livelihood stress for farmers around the world. Nowhere else than in Africa have large numbers of people experienced more acutely these adverse shocks emanating from our food systems. Thus, building more resilient African food systems, which take a radical change of direction, is fundamentally a matter of survival. While there is broad consensus around a need for transformational change in food systems, what that entails is not always clear, and there are divergent views amongst experts on how to re-orient research priorities and agricultural solutions in ways that effectively address hunger and inequality while also protecting agrobiodiversity and the environment more broadly. This article engages with this debate and proposes an agricultural research for development agenda in Africa that balances technology transfer with realigning societal values, institutional arrangements, and policy decision-making towards the realization of greater sustainability and inclusive outcomes.
    Keywords Medicine ; R ; Science ; Q
    Subject code 360
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-06-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher F1000 Research Ltd
    Document type Article ; Online
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  3. Article: COVID-19 and food security in Africa: Building more resilient food systems

    Shilomboleni, Helena

    AAS open research

    Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the fragility of our food systems Despite increased efficiencies in producing and supplying large volumes of food, our current food systems have generated multiple adverse outcomes comprising high greenhouse gas ... ...

    Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the fragility of our food systems Despite increased efficiencies in producing and supplying large volumes of food, our current food systems have generated multiple adverse outcomes comprising high greenhouse gas emissions, persistent hunger, and livelihood stress for farmers around the world Nowhere else than in Africa have large numbers of people experienced more acutely these adverse shocks emanating from our food systems Thus, building more resilient African food systems, which take a radical change of direction, is fundamentally a matter of survival While there is broad consensus around a need for transformational change in food systems, what that entails is not always clear, and there are divergent views amongst experts on how to re-orient research priorities and agricultural solutions in ways that effectively address hunger and inequality while also protecting agrobiodiversity and the environment more broadly This article engages with this debate and proposes an agricultural research for development agenda in Africa that balances technology transfer with realigning societal values, institutional arrangements, and policy decision-making towards the realization of greater sustainability and inclusive outcomes
    Keywords covid19
    Publisher WHO
    Document type Article
    Note WHO #Covidence: #691111
    Database COVID19

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  4. Article ; Online: Political economy challenges for climate smart agriculture in Africa

    Shilomboleni, Helena

    Agriculture and Human Values

    2020  

    Abstract: Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) has gained prominence in global agriculture and climate agendas for its perceived “triple win” contributions to food productivity, adaptation, and mitigation to climate change. This paper highlights three important ... ...

    Abstract Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) has gained prominence in global agriculture and climate agendas for its perceived “triple win” contributions to food productivity, adaptation, and mitigation to climate change. This paper highlights three important challenges for CSA activities in Africa which provide insights into contested debates surrounding CSA’s ability to respond holistically to the complex realities facing resource-constrained farmers in the global South. These are (1) prevailing neoliberal market policies that emphasize private-sector driven agricultural development in the face of rising input costs and falling commodity prices; (2) an expansion in diversified livelihood strategies amongst smallholder households as a response to the highly unpredictable biophysical environment and economic climate under which they live; and (3) a growing competition for land and other productive resources. A deeper dive into political economy processes surrounding these three issues aims to bring critical attention to factors relevant to African agricultural development that highly impact farm-level practices and carry important implications for rural livelihood outcomes.
    Keywords politics ; economics ; climate-smart agriculture ; resource allocation ; agriculture ; livelihoods ; development ; food security ; climate change
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-09-29T14:10:51Z
    Publisher Springer
    Publishing country fr
    Document type Article ; Online
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  5. Article ; Online: COVID-19 and food security in Africa

    Shilomboleni, Helena

    AAS Open Research

    Building more resilient food systems

    2020  

    Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the fragility of our food systems. Despite increased efficiencies in producing and supplying large volumes of food, our current food systems have generated multiple adverse outcomes comprising high greenhouse gas ... ...

    Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the fragility of our food systems. Despite increased efficiencies in producing and supplying large volumes of food, our current food systems have generated multiple adverse outcomes comprising high greenhouse gas emissions, persistent hunger, and livelihood stress for farmers around the world. Nowhere else than in Africa have large numbers of people experienced more acutely these adverse shocks emanating from our food systems. Thus, building more resilient African food systems, which take a radical change of direction, is fundamentally a matter of survival. While there is broad consensus around a need for transformational change in food systems, what that entails is not always clear, and there are divergent views amongst experts on how to re-orient research priorities and agricultural solutions in ways that effectively address hunger and inequality while also protecting agrobiodiversity and the environment more broadly. This article engages with this debate and proposes an agricultural research for development agenda in Africa that balances technology transfer with realigning societal values, institutional arrangements, and policy decision-making towards the realization of greater sustainability and inclusive outcomes.
    Keywords food security ; covid-19 ; food systems ; resilience ; agriculture ; climate change ; covid19
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-08-03T13:25:43Z
    Publisher F1000 Research Ltd
    Publishing country fr
    Document type Article ; Online
    Database BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (life sciences selection)

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  6. Article ; Online: Scaling climate resilient seed systems through SMEs in Eastern and Southern Africa: challenges and opportunities

    Shilomboleni, Helena / Recha, John / Radeny, Maren / Osumba, Joab

    Climate and Development. 2023 Mar. 16, v. 15, no. 3 p.177-187

    2023  

    Abstract: This article examines the potential role of agri-business SMEs in scaling climate resilient seed systems through inclusive business models in Eastern and Southern Africa. Over the last decade, donors and policymakers have coalesced behind a private- ... ...

    Abstract This article examines the potential role of agri-business SMEs in scaling climate resilient seed systems through inclusive business models in Eastern and Southern Africa. Over the last decade, donors and policymakers have coalesced behind a private-sector scaling agenda for Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) in which small-and-medium enterprises, multinational corporations and financial institutions are recognized for their potential to contribute to the effectiveness and efficiency of aid. This agenda has progressively adopted notions of inclusiveness entailing wider socio-economic empowerment for smallholder farmers and sustainability. Whereas proponents of private sector-scaling of CSA seed systems through inclusive business models make linear assumptions surrounding shared value outcomes and impact at scale for farmers and companies alike, we argue that these dynamics are not always straightforward in practice. For instance, the current focus of CSA seed-related investments towards the formalization and commercialization of seed sectors, does not correspond well to the contextual reality of where ESA farmers source the bulk of their seeds-from diverse channels operating under Farmer-Managed Seed Systems. More careful consideration is needed into the conditions under which inclusive business models could be more compatible with local farming contexts in ways that can support equitable and sustainable transitions at scale.
    Keywords agribusiness ; climate ; climate-smart agriculture ; commercialization ; private sector ; socioeconomics ; Southern Africa ; Seed systems ; scaling ; impact at scale ; climate adaptation ; smallholder farmers ; ESA
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2023-0316
    Size p. 177-187.
    Publishing place Taylor & Francis
    Document type Article ; Online
    ISSN 1756-5537
    DOI 10.1080/17565529.2022.2073956
    Database NAL-Catalogue (AGRICOLA)

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  7. Article ; Online: A sustainability assessment framework for the African green revolution and food sovereignty models in southern Africa

    Helena Shilomboleni

    Cogent Food & Agriculture, Vol 3, Iss

    2017  Volume 1

    Abstract: Two vastly different approaches to food security and sustainability have become increasingly prominent in Sub-Saharan Africa over the last decade. One is the African Green Revolution model, implemented by a consortium of partners comprised of African ... ...

    Abstract Two vastly different approaches to food security and sustainability have become increasingly prominent in Sub-Saharan Africa over the last decade. One is the African Green Revolution model, implemented by a consortium of partners comprised of African governments, the private sector, philanthropic donors, and multilateral institutions. The other is the food sovereignty model, headed by Africa’s peasant unions and civil society organizations. This paper examines how the ontological backgrounds of these two agrarian models inevitably inform and influence their respective approaches to food security and sustainability in Sub-Saharan Africa. On one hand, the African Green Revolution favors modern rationalist notions of economic structural transformation and agricultural development. On the other hand, food sovereignty is inspired by historical structural ideas rooted in sociology that tackle issues of power and (in) justice embedded within global political and economic institutions. These diametrically opposed ideological foundations help to explain the polarization and tensions that exist between the two agrarian models. Such tensions, however, also hinder fruitful discussion about how to effectively address key concerns in food and agricultural systems. In response, this paper draws insights from sustainability assessment literature to propose a framework comprised of key sustainable food system indicators that are important for merging food security and sustainability goals in southern Africa.
    Keywords african green revolution ; food sovereignty ; sustainability assessments ; food security ; southern africa ; Agriculture ; S ; Food processing and manufacture ; TP368-456
    Subject code 320 ; 360
    Language English
    Publishing date 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Taylor & Francis Group
    Document type Article ; Online
    Database BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (life sciences selection)

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  8. Book ; Online: Scaling Climate Resilient Seeds Through Inclusive Agri-businesses in East Africa

    Shilomboleni, Helena / Solomon, Dawit

    2022  

    Abstract: In East Africa, the (exclusive) development of formal seed systems has not seen widespread adoption of improved, certified seeds among smallholder farmers, contributing less than 20% of seed use for staple crops. There are various reasons for such ... ...

    Abstract In East Africa, the (exclusive) development of formal seed systems has not seen widespread adoption of improved, certified seeds among smallholder farmers, contributing less than 20% of seed use for staple crops. There are various reasons for such limited impact, including neglect of social system dynamics in the multiplication and eventual delivery of seeds to smallholder farmers. This InfoNote shares CRAFT project experiences of scaling climate-resilient seeds in East Africa, leveraging on farmer agency and inclusive business practices to strengthen the performance of existing seed systems for certified, Quality Declared Seeds (QDS)and clean seeds through complementarity. Multiple CRAFT-supported SME business champions built the capacity of community seed growers to supply climate-resilient seeds for a broader base of smallholder farmers. These inclusive climate-smart agri-business efforts, when combined with an appreciation for system dynamics of intervention contexts, can help bring about effective scaling strategies with the potential to achieve impact at scale.
    Keywords seeds ; agribusiness ; climate-smart agriculture ; agriculture ; food security ; climate change
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-01-12T19:12:41Z
    Publisher CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
    Publishing country fr
    Document type Book ; Online
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  9. Article: Scaling up research-for-development innovations in food and agricultural systems

    Shilomboleni, Helena / De Plaen, Renaud

    Development in practice. 2019 Aug. 18, v. 29, no. 6

    2019  

    Abstract: The last decade has seen a growing interest in scaling up innovations to realise wider benefits from development investments. While numerous proven technologies, products and models have been successfully piloted, scaling them up through expansion, ... ...

    Abstract The last decade has seen a growing interest in scaling up innovations to realise wider benefits from development investments. While numerous proven technologies, products and models have been successfully piloted, scaling them up through expansion, adoption and replication has proved challenging, particularly in poor regions of the world. The low uptake of innovations is partially attributed to the design of technologies, in a manner that is not compatible with local farming practices. At the same time, proven innovations fail to generate large impacts at scale because implementing actors have not sufficiently understood or effectively engaged with the scaling process. This article shares lessons from the Canadian International Food Security Research Fund (CIFSRF) that supported applied research to develop, test and scale up promising food and nutrition security innovations. Key lessons include ensuring that innovations are embedded within local socio-ecological systems; engaging end users throughout the research process and enabling participatory decision-making; and considering the investment returns of innovations for end-users.
    Keywords applied research ; decision making ; food security ; nutrition
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2019-0818
    Size p. 723-734.
    Publishing place Routledge
    Document type Article
    Note NAL-AP-2-clean
    ZDB-ID 1484991-4
    ISSN 1364-9213 ; 0961-4524
    ISSN (online) 1364-9213
    ISSN 0961-4524
    DOI 10.1080/09614524.2019.1590531
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  10. Book ; Online: Leveraging Climate Finance for Agribusiness SMEs to Scale Up Climate Resilient Agriculture in East Africa

    Shilomboleni, Helena / Verberk, Rene / Solomon, Dawit

    Recommendations for Policy and Practice

    2022  

    Abstract: Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play an important role in supporting sustainable development and increasingly towards building adaptation and resilience in Africa's food and agriculture sectors. However, most agribusiness SMEs operating in ... ...

    Abstract Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play an important role in supporting sustainable development and increasingly towards building adaptation and resilience in Africa's food and agriculture sectors. However, most agribusiness SMEs operating in small-scale agriculture are in dire need of business finance to help them flourish and climate-proof their value chains as variable weather increasingly threatens their supply sources of raw materials, disrupts their operations, and increases costs of maintenance and materials. Climate-related risk hazards not only increase the risk and unpredictability of SMEs' revenue streams but also reduce private sector investments into the sector even further. Financial institutions such as banks may avoid the risk by not financing agribusiness SMEs or increasing the cost of financing, such as enforcing more stringent collateral requirements or higher interest rates (Csaky et al., 2017).
    Keywords agriculture ; climate-smart agriculture ; agribusiness ; adaptation ; scaling up
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-09-09T14:52:02Z
    Publisher Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa
    Publishing country fr
    Document type Book ; Online
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