Moodi, Mitra Salehiniya, Hamid Mohtashaminia, Somayeh Amininasab, Zahra Arab-Zozani, Morteza
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Introduction The right to food is a human right. Food insecurity refers to the inability to prepare proper and healthy food. Food insecurity is associated with adverse outcomes among households. To determine the prevalence of food insecurity, its level, and the factors affecting it among households covered by health centers in marginalized areas of...
Neik, Ting Xiang Siddique, Kadambot H. M. Mayes, Sean Edwards, David Batley, Jacqueline Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe Song, Beng Kah Massawe, Festo
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The recent Russia–Ukraine conflict has raised significant concerns about global food security, leaving many countries with restricted access to imported staple food crops, particularly wheat and sunflower oil, sending food prices soaring with other adverse consequences in the food supply chain. This detrimental effect is particularly prominent for ...
Waseem, Muhammad Li, Xiaoyun Jamil, Ihsan Islam, Abu Hayat Md. Saiful Abbas, Qasir Raza, Muhammad Haseeb Eliw, Moataz
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Crop diversification and livestock production is an important strategy to enhance nutrition, sustainable food production, and improve food security, especially at the smallholder household level. However, existing evidences are mixed and there are limited information about the relationship among agriculture crops, household income diversification (...
Kendel Jovanović, Gordana Janković, Suzana Pavičić ŽeŽelj, Sandra
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Introduction Nutrition education during adolescence has proven effective in increasing knowledge, attitudes, and practices in the diet. The Mediterranean diet has proven health benefits and is proposed as a model of a sustainable diet that is beneficial for health and the environment. Its promotion with the educational program can have a significan...
Khoshnodifar, Zahra Karimi, Hamid Ataei, Pouria
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Introduction Frequent droughts in Iran have imposed economic and social losses on farmers. To mitigate drought implications, farmers' behaviors should be shifted towards drought adaptation. This research mainly aimed to study mechanisms for changing farmers' drought adaptation behaviors in Sistan and Baluchistan Province. Methods The research was c...
Melville, Jonathan L. Kuznesof, Sharron Franks, Jeremy R.
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In Guyana, the coastal plains dominate agricultural production, while the hinterland is an emerging agricultural frontier. The coastal and hinterland regions have differing agro-climatic conditions, but share immediate climate change and environmental degradation pressures, including soil degradation. Even though climate change adaptation is priori...
Ntamwira, Jules Ocimati, Walter Blomme, Guy Lubobo, Antoine Kanyenga Mwarabu Lolonga Pyame, Dieudonne Dhed'a Djailo, Benoit
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Land degradation is a major obstacle to agricultural development in Africa, where it's accentuated by poor agricultural practices and climate change effects. Restoration of degraded lands is crucial to prevent incursions into virgin and marginal lands. A field experiment was carried out over a four-year period on two degraded sites, to assess and c...
Andrade-Velásquez, Amaury Hernández Sánchez, Humberto Dorantes-Álvarez, Lidia Palmeros-Sánchez, Beatriz Torres-Moreno, Raymundo Hernández-Rodríguez, Dolores Melgar-Lalanne, Guiomar
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Stingless bees are essential to preser tropical ecosystems. They pollinate native flora, producing honey with properties for traditional health uses. Lactic acid bacteria spontaneously ferment honey in stingless bee honey (SBH). This study aims to determine the main physicochemical characteristics of Melipona beecheii, Scraptotrigona pectoralis, Pl...
Jiang, Deping Ji, Xiang Wang, Dong Liu, Pin
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Coastal regions in China have the highest levels of economic development due to their prominent geographical locations and corresponding supporting policies. Global research concerns now include the spatiotemporal analysis of urban land use and landscape fragmentation in coastal plains. Research on coastal land use in China and related topics can p...
Chang, Zhiyao Cai, Hongyi Talsma, Elise F. Fan, Shenggen Ni, Yuanying Wen, Xin Veer, Pieter van't Biesbroek, Sander
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Background Increased urbanization has been linked to transitions in dietary patterns. However, evidence on the impacts of urbanization on diet quality, and environmental impact, and diet cost is limited. The aim of this study was to investigate the time trends of these three dietary sustainability in China over the period 1997–2011 and to examine t...