Year: 2021

ASABE Presentation under the theme Transforming Food and Agriculture to Circular Systems

When circularity becomes central to our global food security agenda: Concepts to implementation readiness in rice value chain.Rice is not only the most common cereal in the world, but it is also the staple food for about half the world’s population. Its production has grown over the years, however, the effective utilization and exploitation of…Continue Reading ASABE Presentation under the theme Transforming Food and Agriculture to Circular Systems

ASABE conference presentation

In the just ended 2021 annual ASABE conference that took place between 12 to 16th July virtually, Ebenezer Kwofie, the lead PI at the Miezah Lab made a presentation at the Modernizing African Agri-food System session. The Modernizing African Agri-food System initiative (MAA) takes a holistic approach in exploring the adoption of modern technologies to…Continue Reading ASABE conference presentation

ASABE Conference presentation

The 2021 annual ASABE conference tool place between 12 to 16th July virtually.  Graduate students at Miezah had the opportunity to make a poster presentation under the ASABE Special Interest Poster Session. Presentation Topic: Food Choices Overview Dashboard (F-COD): A toolbox for selecting a healthy and environment sustainable and food. Abstract Chronic diseases account for…Continue Reading ASABE Conference presentation

Food Engineer Aims for Circularity of World Food Systems

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Ebenezer Miezah Kwofie sees food production and consumption as linear, with waste products leaking out all along the line. He’d like to turn that line into a loop to create a more sustainable food system worldwide. Kwofie has joined the University of Arkansas College of Engineering with appointments in the departments of…Continue Reading Food Engineer Aims for Circularity of World Food Systems

Graduate Students Presents at the 5th CIGR conference in Canada

The 5th CIGR virtual conference took place between 11th May to 14th May 2021, with the theme of “Integrating Agriculture and Society through Engineering”. Prince Agyemang, a graduate researcher at the department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, had the privilege to present his research findings at this midian event. He presented on the topic: A…Continue Reading Graduate Students Presents at the 5th CIGR conference in Canada

NEW PUBLICATION

Response-to-failure analysis of global food system initiatives: A resilience perspective International food system initiatives have led the efforts to combat the threats to global food security resulting from the failure of the current food systems. This study set out to investigate and assess the contributions of global food system initiatives in tackling the food system…Continue Reading NEW PUBLICATION