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CALL FOR PAPER FOOD SECURITY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN THE 21ST CENTURY A FESTSCHRIFT

In Honor of PROF. TIMOTHY ABIODUN ADEBAYO B.Sc (Hons), M.Sc (Ile-Ife), Ph.D, FCIA, FHSN
The Vice Chancellor

PREAMBLE

Ensuring sustainable food security remains a critical global hurdle particularly in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) during the 21st century. The problem is aggravated by climate change and its attendant debilitating effects on the environment, agricultural production, and human well-being. Overcoming food insecurity is essential for achieving numerous sustainable development goals, including poverty, hunger, health, education, infrastructure, sustainable climate action, and ecosystem preservation. The quantity and quality of food available per capita in many developing countries of SSA have been a critical challenge. In SSA, the problem of food insecurity has worsened due to inefficiency resulting from outdated agricultural practices, inadequate technological adoption, and poor agricultural research outputs.

Certainly, the deployment of innovative technologies birthed by cutting-edge scientific research will lead to sustainable development that transacts agriculture but includes health, security, education, biophysics, geo-informatics, architecture, religion, and nuclear reactions, among other fields of study. In many developing countries, funding of cutting-edge research projects, which ought to be a critical component of public project financing, has been abysmally poor and, in some instances, non-existent, thereby making innovative technologies that are drivers of sustainable development a rarity. This is a challenge that needs to be addressed, especially in the 21st century.

The question this highly priced book seeks to address is how the aims of sustainable development, which focus on food security, innovative technologies, and good public policies among other things, could be achieved. Researchers and scholars are hereby requested to submit papers on the central themes to provide cutting-edge ideas on the roles that institutions, industries, research boards, government agencies, and policymakers can play in boosting food security for SSA.

The Festschrift is being organized by Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo, to honor Prof. Timothy Abiodun Adebayo, the Vice-Chancellor, whose research focus is on Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. The book seeks to highlight the diverse dimensions of food security and sustainable development through a multidisciplinary approach while providing insight into innovative technologies for sustainable food security in SSA.

Thematic Areas

The thematic areas that the book project seeks to address are as follows:

  1. Enhancing Crop Production and Horticultural Innovations as a Panacea for Food Insecurity
  2. Precision Intelligence and Agricultural Innovation Diffusion for Sustainable Food Security
  3. Biotechnology and Chemical Science as Drivers of Sustainable Food Production
  4. Media, Food Security, and Sustainable Development
  5. Engineering Designs for Enhanced Food Productivity
  6. Physics, Geophysics, Earth Sciences, and Sustainable Food Production
  7. Leadership, Public Policies, and Administration in Sustainable Development
  8. Land Tenure Systems and Food Security
  9. Research Funding for Sustainable Development
  10. Architecture, Environmental Management, and Design for Sustainable Development
  11. Management Science and Sustainable Development
  12. Religion, Humanities, and Historical Antiquities as Bedrocks for Sustainable Development
  13. Public Health and Sustainable Development
  14. Law and Sustainable Development
  15. ICT, Artificial Intelligence, and Libraries as Drivers of Sustainable Development
  16. Education and Sustainable Development
  17. Other Areas Related to the Central Theme

Guidelines

  • All manuscripts should be written in the English Language using Microsoft Word.
  • Times New Roman
  • Font Size 12 Regular
  • Line Spacing – 1.5
  • Between 5,000 – 6,000 words
  • The 7th edition APA referencing style
  • Authors should visit the link provided for easy access and guide on referencing:
    https://myjurnal.org/citation/apa-7

All manuscripts should be forwarded to the following official email address:
📧 [email protected]

General Framework

  • Abstract | Introduction or background to the study | Statement of the problem
  • Aim and objectives | Review of relevant literature (conceptual and empirical)
  • Theoretical orientations | Methodology | Results and discussion | Conclusion | References

Editors

📞 Muyiwa Popoola – 08034424452
📞 Adeolu Adebayo – 08167260656
📞 Afolake Olanbiwoninu – 08035736061
📞 Lekan Oduola – 08034227134
📞 Opeyemi Aluko – 07035391946

Submission Deadline for Full Paper: April 30, 2025

📌 All manuscripts shall be subjected to plagiarism and AI checks.

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