Bloom, Elias H. Bauer, Dana Marie Kaminski, Abigail Kaplan, Ian Szendrei, Zsofia
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Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
While research suggests that pollinator decline is linked with agricultural practices, it is unclear whether farmers share this view and adapt management to promote pollinators based on their understanding of these threats. To address these issues, we surveyed farmers of pollinator-dependent cucurbit crops across four states in the Midwest, USA. We...
Soltys, Rachel C. Sakomoto, Carson K. Oltean, Hanna N. Guard, Jean Haley, Bradd J. Shah, Devendra H.
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Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
Non-typhoidal Salmonella (NTS) is a major cause of foodborne illness globally. Salmonella Kentucky is a polyphyletic NTS serovar comprised of two predominant multilocus sequence types (STs): ST152 and ST198. Epidemiological studies have revealed that ST152 is most prevalent in US poultry whereas ST198 is more prevalent in international poultry. Int...
Ahmad Rizal, Ammar Redza Md Nordin, Shahrina Hussin, Siti Haslina Hussin, Siti Rahayu
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Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
The demand for palm oil is steadily increasing where global consumption in 2020 has reached 77 million metric tons or equivalent to 7 kg of palm per capita usage. However, the industry is under critics for unsustainable production practice and environmental degradation due to unscrupulous deforestation. One of the measures taken to ensure sustainab...
Upadhaya, Suraj Arbuckle, J. Gordon
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Studies have pointed to a positive relationship between farmers' active engagement in watershed management (WM) and soil and water conservation practice adoption. If farmers' involvement in WM leads to more conservation, what predicts WM participation? This study seeks to answer that question through binomial logistic regression analysis of data fr...
Pucel, Nicholas Sarkar, Dipayan Labbe, Ronald G. Khanongnuch, Chartchai Shetty, Kalidas
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Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
Blackberry and pear are rich in human health protective phenolic bioactives with high antioxidant activity. These fruits are relevant dietary targets to counter chronic oxidative stress-linked diseases, such as type 2 diabetes (T2D). Due to high perishability, the human health relevant bioactive qualities of such fruits deteriorate during postharve...
Tantoh, Henry Bikwibili McKay, Tracey T. J. M. Donkor, Felix Ekwabena Simatele, Mulala Danny
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Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
Water and land are vital resources essential to ensuring sustainable and productive rural economies. They are also essential for safeguarding food security and socio-economic development. In spite of this, the concept of water-land-food (WLF) security nexus has generally been examined from a top-down manner with women mostly disenfranchised in the ...
Griboff, Julieta Horacek, Micha Wunderlin, Daniel A. Monferrán, Magdalena V.
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Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
In this work, the characterization of white and red wines from Austria and Argentina was carried out based on the isotopic and multi-elemental profile data. They were determined using vanguard techniques such as isotope ratio mass spectrometry and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. In particular, Al, As, B, Ca, Co, Cu, Fe, K, Li, Mg, Mn,...
Houben, David Daoulas, Guillaume Dulaurent, Anne-Maïmiti
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Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
The forecasted growth of insect production in the next few years will generate high quantities of frass (insect excreta). Although frass is increasingly considered a potential fertilizer, the dynamics of nutrient supply by frass is still poorly understood. Here, we aimed at gaining insight into the short-term fertilizer value of frass from mealworm...
Catarino, Ingrid C. A. Monteiro, Gustavo B. Ferreira, Marcelo J. P. Torres, Luce M. B. Domingues, Douglas S. Centeno, Danilo C. Lobo, Ana Karla M. Silva, Emerson A.
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Increasing atmospheric [CO2] is thought to contribute to changes in precipitation patterns, increasing heatwaves and severe drought scenarios. However, how the combination of elevated [CO2] and progressive drought affect plant metabolism is poorly understood. Aiming to investigate the effects of this environmental condition on photosynthesis and sp...
Agyemang, Prince Kwofie, Ebenezer Miezah
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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 challenges. In assessing the food system initiatives, we develop...
