food security

Strengthening livelihood resilience through community-based aquaculture in rural Northern Thailand: Successes and challenges
Keywords:

Aquaculture · Food security · Livelihoods · Sustainability

Strengthening livelihood resilience through community-based aquaculture in rural Northern Thailand: Successes and challenges

A multi-site community-based aquaculture system (C-BAS) initiative was launched across 14 villages in northern Thailand in 2023 to enhance food security and livelihood resilience. A mixed-methods approach combined the Community Aquaculture Viability Index (CAVI), Community Capacity Assessment (CCA) and cost-benefit analysis to evaluate social, technical, economic and environmental dimensions of success. Seven sites were successful:...

Srinuansom, K., Sangcharoen, N., Boonta, T., Mukdajaturaphak, N., Wirasith, C., Somboonchai, S., ... Ziegler, A.D. (2025). Strengthening livelihood resilience through community-based aquaculture in rural Northern Thailand: Successes and challenges. APN Science Bulletin, 15(1). doi:10.30852/sb.2025.2897

Climate-smart agriculture strategies for South Asia to address the challenges of climate change: Identification of climate-resilient agriculture practices for India, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan
Keywords:

Climate change · Climate-smart agriculture · Food security

Climate-smart agriculture strategies for South Asia to address the challenges of climate change: Identification of climate-resilient agriculture practices for India, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan

In South Asia, agriculture is pivotal for food and nutritional security and the livelihood of more than 50% of the population. Food production and nutritional security pressures intensify as urbanisation decreases the agricultural land area amid population growth. Climate change complicates this scenario by introducing elevated temperatures, extreme climatic events, surging sea levels, and increased...

Kaushik, N., Siddique, K.H.M., Ahmed, M.S., & Hakimi, S.S. (2023). Climate-smart agriculture strategies for South Asia to address the challenges of climate change: Identification of climate-resilient agriculture practices for India, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan. APN Science Bulletin, 13(1). doi:10.30852/sb.2023.2349

Pathways to strengthening capabilities: A case for the adoption of climate-smart agriculture in Pakistan
Keywords:

Adaptation · Capacity building · Climate-smart agriculture · Food security · High-efficiency irrigation systems · Sustainable development

Pathways to strengthening capabilities: A case for the adoption of climate-smart agriculture in Pakistan

Pakistan has an agro-based economy with a high dependency on the sector, contributing 19.2% to the country’s GDP. The country's geographical position makes agriculture highly vulnerable to climate change as it frequently faces periods of extreme weather events - flooding, droughts, and heatwaves. Due to growing environmental issues and institutional incapacities, there is an observed...

Sultan, M.S., Khan, M.A., Khan, H., & Ahmad, B. (2022). Pathways to strengthening capabilities: A case for the adoption of climate-smart agriculture in Pakistan. APN Science Bulletin, 12(1). doi:10.30852/sb.2022.2021

Enhancing capacity of scientists and practitioners for promoting more sustainable and resilient food systems in Indonesia and the South Pacific
Keywords:

Food security · Food systems · Indonesia · Pacific Island States · Resilience

Enhancing capacity of scientists and practitioners for promoting more sustainable and resilient food systems in Indonesia and the South Pacific

Three Resilient Food Systems training workshops were delivered in Bogor, Indonesia, Suva, Fiji, and Port Vila, Vanuatu. The workshops provided young and early-career professionals with the latest international thinking on food systems and resilience. The workshop teaching material was based on the IFSTAL (Interdisciplinary Food System Teaching and Learning; www.ifstal.ac.uk) programme initially developed in the United...

Bellotti, W., & Ingram, J. (2022). Enhancing capacity of scientists and practitioners for promoting more sustainable and resilient food systems in Indonesia and the South Pacific. APN Science Bulletin, 12(1). doi:10.30852/sb.2022.2004

Future changes in growing degree days of wheat crop in Pakistan as simulated in CORDEX South Asia experiments
Keywords:

Agriculture · Climate change · Food security · Growing Degree Days (GDD) · Temperature · Wheat

Future changes in growing degree days of wheat crop in Pakistan as simulated in CORDEX South Asia experiments

Climate change has become a global phenomenon having severe ramifications on socio-economic sectors such as agriculture, water resources, environment and health. The effects of changing climate are much more prominent on developing economies as compared to the implications on well-developed industrial powers. Pakistan is one of the struggling agricultural economies confronting the issues of food insecurity...

Shaheen, N., Jahandad, A., Goheer, M., & Ahmad, Q. (2020). Future changes in growing degree days of wheat crop in Pakistan as simulated in CORDEX South Asia experiments. APN Science Bulletin, 10(1). doi:10.30852/sb.2020.1221