Coffee is one of the major crops produced in Honduras. This country is the world’s sixth largest producer and the largest producer in Central America. Its contribution to the economy cannot be overstated: it accounts for 5% of the national Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and 26% of the agricultural GDP. It is also the second most important source of f...
This report explores the agrarian history of Nepal over the last 500 years, and the historical, social, and political trajectories that still shape modern agrifood systems in Nepal. The report is organised according to the main epochs in Nepal’s political-economic history. The study explores the complex layers of factors which vary across space acc...
This study examined the patterns, trends, and drivers of agricultural intensification and productivity growth during the recent decade (2012 - 2019) using three rounds of household data collected from four agricultural regions of Ethiopia. The descriptive results indicate a positive trend both in adoption and intensity of inputs and outputs, albeit...
Published in BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
To investigate maternal lactate concentrations in labour and the puerperium. Reference study. Tertiary obstetric unit. 1279 pregnant women with good perinatal outcomes at term. Electronic patient records were searched for women who had lactate measured on the day of delivery or in the following 24 hours, but who were subsequently found to have a ve...
Published in Baltic Journal of Law & Politics
While considerable efforts are being made to consolidate and implement the principle of gender equality, the gender pay gap remains a real problem. One of the reasons for this gap is the traditional role of women in caring for children and other relatives. By devoting a significant part of their time to the unpaid care function, women have fewer op...
Published in Journal of reproductive and infant psychology
To evaluate pregnant women's voice their concerns and delivery method preferences during the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey. Methods: A cross-sectional study is survey based using an online survey platform. Three hundred pregnant women were included between 16 May and 12 June 2020 in Turkey. Sociodemographic features, obstetric features, concerns abou...
Published in BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
To explore the duration of the active phase of the second stage of labour in relation to maternal pre-pregnant body mass index (BMI). Retrospective cohort study. Labour wards of three Norwegian university hospitals, 2012-2019. Nulliparous and parous women without previous caesarean section with a live singleton fetus in cephalic presentation and sp...
Published in The Australian & New Zealand journal of obstetrics & gynaecology
Evidence shows that depressive symptoms during pregnancy increase the risk of an intervention during delivery (induction, the use of forceps or vacuum, and caesarean sections (CS)). Many women with depression during pregnancy are not identified and therefore will not receive appropriate follow up of their symptoms. We hypothesised that routine scre...
Published in Journal of obstetrics and gynaecology : the journal of the Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Morbid obesity and prolonged pregnancy are independently associated with adverse delivery and perinatal outcomes. We conducted a retrospective observational study on otherwise uncomplicated women with a body mass index (BMI) ≥ 40 kg/m2 where, having reached term, induction of labour (IOL) was planned, to prevent prolonged pregnancy. The primary aim...
Published in The Australian & New Zealand journal of obstetrics & gynaecology
Consensus-based recommendations guiding oral intake during labour are lacking. We surveyed women at a tertiary women's hospital about preferences for and experiences of oral intake during labour, gastrointestinal symptoms during labour and recalled advice about oral intake. Women who experienced labour completed a postpartum survey with responses a...
