Table 3.2 Variables and values used in the systematic review
Variable
Range of values
Peer-reviewed
1 ¼ Yes
2 ¼ No
Crop
1 ¼ Oil pam
2 ¼ Rubber
3 ¼ Sugarcane
4 ¼ Coffee
5 ¼ Jatropha
6 ¼ Shea
7 ¼ Tobacco
8 ¼ Tea
9 ¼ Cotton
10 ¼ Cocoa
11 ¼ Vanilla
Author affiliation
1 ¼ Local (affiliated with institution in the study SSA country)
2 ¼ Regional/African (affiliated with institution in another
SSA country)
3 ¼ Outside Africa (affiliated with an institution outside SSA)
4 ¼ Collaboration of African and non-African institutions
5 ¼ Not specified/not known
Research funding
1 ¼ Local (offered by an institution within the study SSA
country)
2 ¼ Regional/African (offered by an institution from another
SSA country)
3 ¼ Outside Africa (offered by an institution outside SSA)
4 ¼ Co-funded by African and non-African institutions
5 ¼ Not specified/not known
Spatial scale of study
1 ¼ Local
2 ¼ Sub-national
3 ¼ National
4 ¼ Regional
5 ¼ Continental
6 ¼ Global
7 ¼ Not specified
Methodology
1 ¼ Qualitative
2 ¼ Quantitative
3 ¼ Mixed method
Use of direct measure of food
security
1 ¼ Yes
2 ¼ No
3 ¼ Both
4 ¼ Not applicable
Type of outcome
1 ¼ Historical/baseline (current state)
2 ¼ Predictive (future state)
3 ¼ Both
4 ¼ Not specified
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