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Water Impacts on Food Security Dr. Ozzie, References:, Omotayo, A. O.,…
Water Impacts on Food Security
Dr. Ozzie
Lecture Content
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Outcomes 📊
Improved nutrition 🥗
Diet diversity 🍛
Higher protein 💪
Increased production 🌾
Higher yields 📈
Efficient farming 🚜
Water efficiency 💧
Better management ⚙️
Reduced pressure 📉
Community impact 👥
5000+ children fed 👧
30,000+ farmers 👨🌾
Gender empowerment 👩
System resilience 🔄
Climate adaptation 🌡️
Sustainable systems 🌍
Problem ⚠️
High water demand 🌾
Agriculture dominant 🚜
Meat intensive 🥩
Climate stress 🌡️
Drought risk 🌵
Flood events 🌊
Heat stress 🔥
Food insecurity 🍽️
Hunger persists 📉
Nutrition gaps 🥗
Water scarcity 🚱
Limited freshwater 💧
Competing demands ⚖️
Population pressure 👥
Rapid growth 📈
Future demand :smiley:
Resource inequality 🌍
Regional imbalance 🌏
Africa vulnerability 🌍
Solutions 🛠️
Community strategies 🤝
Farmer engagement 👨🌾
School programs 🏫
Women leadership 👩🌾
Adaptive management 🔄
Climate-resilient crops 🌱
Mung bean 🌿
Drought-resistant 🌵
Fast growing ⏱️
Conservation farming 🌿
Reduced tillage 🚜
Soil cover 🌱
Crop rotation 🔄
Shift diets 🍽️
Africa focus 🌍
Crop productivity 📈
Connections to This Class
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Cultural competency 🌍
WASH system adoption 👤
Based on needs 🎯
Based on behavior 🔍
Based on capacity 🔧
System design factors 🛠️
Demand estimation 📊
Local materials 🧱
Maintenance capacity 🔧
WASH behavior context 👥
Food habits 🍛
Water use patterns 💧
Farming traditions 🌾
Water-efficient crops 🌱
Less irrigation needed 💧
Reduced system stress ⚙️
Low water demand 💧
Peer-Reviewed Literature Connections
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(Hadebe et al., 2017)
Case context ⚠️
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) 🌍
Compared cereals (maize, wheat, rice vs sorghum)🌱
Crop limitation ⚠️
Method approach 🔬
Literature review 📚
Comparative analysis ⚖️
Crop physiology review 🌱
Water-use efficiency focus 💧
Key findings 📊
Sorghum uses water better 💧
Sorghum survives drought 🌵
Sorghum tolerates heat 🔥
Sorghum keeps producing 🌾
Problem identified ⚠️
Still underused 📉
Low research investment 📚
Low research investment 📚
(Omotayo et al., 2025)
Method approach 🔬
Household Food Insecurity Access Score (HFIAS) 🍽️
Water Poverty Index (WPI) 💧
320 households 📊
Key findings 📊
Extension services 📡
Credit access 💰
Climate information 🌦️
Institutional support 🏛️
Case context ⚠️
Water scarcity 🚱
Food insecurity 🍽️
Climate stress 🌡️
Promoted underutilized crops 🌾
Connections to Other Classes
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UAP 5574: Art, Culture & Society 🎭
Cultural engagement 🧑🤝🧑
Community awareness 📢
Local knowledge 🌍
Education strategies 📚
Visual communication 🎨
Storytelling methods 📖
Creative outreach 🖌️
Community collaboration 🤝
Participatory approach 🗣️
Trust building 🔑
Sustainability Planning 🌱
Resource management 💧
Integrated planning 🏙️
Policy strategies 🛠️
References:
Omotayo, A. O., Omotoso, A. B., & Asong, J. A. (2025). Leveraging Africa’s underutilized crops to combat climate change, water scarcity, and food insecurity in South Africa. Scientific Reports, 15(1), 19404.
Hadebe, S. T., Modi, A. T., & Mabhaudhi, T. (2017). Drought tolerance and water use of cereal crops: A focus on sorghum as a food security crop in sub‐Saharan Africa. Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science, 203(3), 177-191.