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Report to SAREC on the UNITAR-UNU-TWF Project: "Strategies for the Future of Africa" [PDF]

, 1985
This is a report by Boston University professor Ann Seidman. This report had been prepared at the request of SAREC following a meet1ng of the panel convened March ll-16, 1985.
Seidman, Ann
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Mekânsal, Kültürel ve Politik Bağlamda Gıda Coğrafyası

Coğrafi Bilimler Dergisi
Food geography considers food not merely as a biological necessity, but as amultidimensional phenomenon embedded within a network of socio-spatialrelationships encompassing production, distribution, consumption, and wasteprocesses.
Cemile Bahtiyar Karadeniz
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No. 02: The State of Urban Food Insecurity in Southern Africa [PDF]

, 2010
The number of people living in urban areas is rising rapidly in Southern Africa. By mid-century, the region is expected to be 60% urban. Rapid urbanization is leading to growing food insecurity in the region’s towns and cities.
Acquah, Ben, Battersby-Lennard, Jane, Bras, Eugenio, Chiweza, Asiyati, Crush, Jonathan, Dlamini, Tebogo, Fincham, Robert, Frayne, Bruce, Kroll, Florian, Leduka, Clement, Mosha, Aloysius, Mulenga, Chileshe, Mvula, Peter, Pendleton, Wade, Pomuti, Akiser, Raimundo, Ines, Rudolph, Michael, Ruysenaa, Shaun, Simelane, Nomcebo, Tawodzera, Godfrey, Tevara, Daniel, Tsoka, Maxton, Zanamwe, Lazarus   +22 more
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Inclusive and dynamic economic growth in rural areas: alternatives from localized agri-food systems and short chains [PDF]

, 2016
Six case studies of Rural Agro-Industries activation (AIR from "Agroindustrias Rurales") with Localized Agri-Food Systems – LAFS (SYAL for its acronym in french) are analyzed in four Latin American countries.
Boucher, François, Espinoza Ortega, Angelica, Riveros-Cañas, Raúl Antonio   +2 more
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No. 13: The Growth of Food Banking in Cities of the Global South [PDF]

, 2018
As the number and size of food banks increase globally, it is critical to research how food banks fit into existing food systems and their role in reducing food insecurity and food waste.
Warshawsky, Daniel N.
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Alternative food networks in supply Chains: A Biblio-metric analysis using RStudio and VOSViewer (1989–2024)

Waste Management Bulletin
Alternative Food Networks (AFNs) have gained growing attention for promoting sustainable food systems by addressing upstream food production, distribution, and waste reduction challenges.
Wang Xi, Zailani Suhaiza
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Information Communication Tools in Alternative Food Networks

Procedia Computer Science
Effective communication in food supply chains is increasingly important, especially in supply chains that strive to provide improved levels of information from producer to consumer. Such supply chains can be found in alternative food networks. Alternative food networks often adopt local and short supply chain strategies to provide embedded information ...
Burgess, Patrick, Sunmola, Funlade, Wertheim-Heck, Sigrid   +2 more
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The spaces in between: an actor network analysis of alternative food systems in Latin America and the Caribbean

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
For years, researchers and activists have claimed that alternative food systems are required to increase the resilience of low-income families in the Global South and overcome the negative effects of capitalist, agro-industry regimes.
Gonzalo Lizarralde, Sara Latorre, Neidy Clavijo, Benjamin Herazo, Manuel Pérez, Kevin Gould, Myriam Paredes, Elsa Monsalve, Nicolas Ordoñez, Roberto Burdiles, Claudio Araneda, Lisa Bornstein, Ricardo Dueñez, Adriana Patricia López-Valencia, Oswaldo López-Bernal, Andrés Olivera, Pedro Tex Martinez, Gloria Artze   +17 more
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Economic resilience : including a case study of the global transition network

, 2012
This paper explores the dynamic properties of organisms and ecosystems that make them so resilient and capable of adapting to changing circumstances, allowing them to maintain an overall condition of coherence, wholeness and health while living in ...
RICHARDSON, Julie
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Predicting beta-glucan content in food using neural networks

Discover Applied Sciences
Beta-glucan, a bioactive polysaccharide found in foods like oats, barley, yeast, and mushrooms, is widely recognized for its significant health benefits, including immune modulation and cholesterol reduction. Accurate prediction of beta-glucan content in
Suhani Sajad, Khalid Ul Islam Rather
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