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Agriculture, food security, nutrition and the Millennium Development Goals [In Arabic]: [PDF]

open access: yes
"...Today, 1.1 billion people live on less than one US dollar per day (the internationally recognized poverty threshold)—430 million in South Asia, 325 million in Sub-Saharan Africa, 260 million in East Asia and the Pacific, and 55 million in Latin ...
Rosegrant, Mark W.   +2 more
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King and Cochrane: The technological treadmill and racial inequity in US agriculture

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
Abstract Between 1920 and 1969, the number of Black farmers in the US decreased from 14% of all operators to 4%. Using Martin Luther King Jr.'s critique of agricultural policy and Willard Cochrane's theory of the technological treadmill, we explore how racial discrimination was linked to policies that led to structural change in US agriculture.
Jared Hutchins, Jacopo De Marinis
wiley   +1 more source

A Detailed Comprehensive Role of Digital Technologies in Green Finance Initiative for Net‐Zero Energy Transition

open access: yesAdvanced Energy and Sustainability Research, EarlyView.
This study aims to provide actionable recommendations for leveraging digital innovation for the achievement of scalable, equitable, and transparent Net Zero Energy Transition by offering actionable recommendations. As a result of this comprehensive analysis, the review highlights the critical interplay between digital technologies and GF as vital ...
Furkan Ahmad   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Risk Factors and Predictive Models for Sarcopenia in Older Adults

open access: yesAGING MEDICINE, EarlyView.
Independent risk factors for sarcopenia identified by Lasso regression and logistic regression in the study were BMI, prealbumin, albumin/globulin ratio (A/G ratio), serum creatinine, and phosphorus. These factors were used to construct a nomogram model and a decision tree model. Both models showed effectiveness in predicting sarcopenia in older adults,
Shiyuan Zhang   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use on Elderly Patients in a General Medicine Ward Using 2023 AGS Beers Criteria

open access: yesAGING MEDICINE, EarlyView.
This study found that 54% of elderly inpatients were prescribed at least one potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) based on the 2023 AGS Beers Criteria. Among identified PIMs, 32.2% were medications to avoid, and 52.8% required cautious use. Polypharmacy and chronic kidney disease (CKD) were key predictors of PIM use.
Subash Karki   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Measuring specialty crop grower willingness to pay for genetic modification and genetic editing

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract In contrast to the widespread adoption of agricultural commodities modified using biotechnology, the adoption rate of bioengineered specialty crops by growers remains low. The use of bioengineered crops has been controversial since their introduction in the 1990s due to concerns about their potentially harmful effects to human health, the ...
Marie Abbey   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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