Cet article étudie la vente informelle de légumes dans l’espace urbain de la ville de Hanoï au Vietnam, phénomène jusqu’à présent peu étudié dans la littérature économique. De manière à analyser le rôle et le fonctionnement de la vente informelle, nous avons réalisé un travail de recensement afin de cerner son ampleur et sa répartition spatiale, pu...
Fruits & vegetable value chains (F&V VC) in Nigeria hold significant potential to continue toward sustainable, inclusive food system transformation. Domestic food system growth, including that of F&V, remains crucial in achieving a healthy food environment and serving as a source of various micronutrients. There is a need for bundles of innovations...
Published in Plant disease
Pseudomonas leaf spot (PLS), caused by Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae, is an emerging disease of watermelon in the United States with the potential to severely reduce yield under humid conditions. The genetic basis of resistance to this disease is not known and no resistant germplasm is available. Because Citrullus amarus is an important reservo...
Wastewater irrigation may introduce antibiotic residues in the soil-plant systems. This study aimed to investigate the uptake of tetracyclines by spinach and collard greens and assess associated ecological and human health risks. Synthetic wastewater spiked with 1 ppm and 10 ppm of oxytetracycline, doxycycline, and tetracycline was used to grow veg...
The study conducted in Cavite province sheds light on the factors that influence the availability and accessibility of indigenous vegetables in urban and peri-urban markets. The study specifically looked at the perspectives of both market vendors and consumers in the two primary urban areas of Dasmariñas and Bacoor. One of the key findings of the s...
Published in International journal of environmental health research
Acanthamoeba spp. cause keratitis and encephalitis, and are a proper carrier of foodborne pathogens. A total of 70 samples including garden cress, chives, mint, parsley, and basil were collected. Samples were cultured onto a 2% non-nutrient agar medium. The cultures were analyzed using morphological and molecular techniques. In total, 18 (25.7%) ou...
Published in Frontiers in Plant Science
Environmental changes and increasing population are major concerns for crop production and food security as a whole. To address this, researchers had focussed on the improvement of cereals and pulses and have made considerable progress till the beginning of this decade. However, cereals and pulses together, without vegetables and fruits, are inadeq...
Published in Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
Improving food safety often requires individuals or groups to adopt new food safety behaviors. Understanding individuals’ perceptions of food safety is an important step in creating programs that enable the adoption of such behaviors. To inform the design of food safety programs in Cambodia, this study measured perceptions of vegetable safety among...
