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Heavy Metal Contamination: Impacts From Plants to the Food Chain and Eco‐Friendly Amelioration Strategies

AgriFood: Journal of Agricultural Products for Food, EarlyView.
Heavy metal pollution reduces soil health and threatens food safety by entering plants; however, the use of nanoparticles, biofertilizers, and organic fertilizers such as biochar offers a promising strategy for improvement and sustainable agriculture. ABSTRACT Heavy metal (HM) pollution, resulting from human activities such as mining and the excessive ...
Sina Siavash Moghaddam, Latifeh Pourakbar, Sevda Alizadeh, Zahra Alizadeh, Jelena Popović‐Djordjević   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Staging an Experience of Cultural Heritage Preservation: Consumers' Willingness to Pay for Heirloom Rice in the Philippines

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Cordillera Administrative Region in the Philippines is home to terraced rice embedded in centuries of cultural heritage. However, weak market incentives threaten sustained production, jeopardizing indigenous communities' cultural heritage and the in situ biodiversity of rice genetic resources.
Kofi Britwum, Matty Demont
wiley   +1 more source

Using intersectionality to explore physical activity participation amongst individuals with vision loss from ethnic minority backgrounds in the United Kingdom

Scientific Reports
Participation in physical activity (PA) is essential for maintaining health and mobility. Although women, individuals from ethnic minority backgrounds, and people experiencing vision loss are reportedly the least active of their respective identity ...
Peter M. Allen, Deanna Finn, Paul Tracey, Thomas E. D. Hall, Shabana Younus   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Impacts of Health and Environmental Information Nudges on Meat Choices: Where Does Goat Meat Fit?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Amidst a recent surge in US goat meat imports to meet growing demand, this study contributes to the meat demand literature by examining consumer preferences for goat meat, a relatively healthy and environmentally friendly alternative to other popular meats.
Binod Khanal, Sunil P. Dhoubhadel, Rodolfo M. Nayga Jr.   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Food Tastes in the United States: Convergence or Divergence?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how food consumption tastes have changed in recent decades across the United States. Using NielsenIQ data for over 77 million transactions, there is evidence of divergence in food tastes across regions from 2007 to 2016 and across households of different income, education, and race/ethnicity groups.
Michael DeDad
wiley   +1 more source

Who Are the Consumers of European Farmers' Markets? A Cross‐Country Analysis

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT With substantial growth in the number of farmers' markets (FMs) in developed countries, the number of consumers visiting FMs is also increasing. This study comparatively assesses the consumers of FMs in three European countries where FMs traditionally play a distinctive role in food supply chains.
Áron Török, Gréta Maró, Zsófia Jámbor, Zalán Márk Maró, Barbara Tocco, Péter Balogh, Péter Czine   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Asian industrial development news no. 5

, 1970
• News from the Asian Industrial Development Council • Committee on Industry and Natural Resources — Twenty-second session • Asian Productivity Year—1970 • Research news: Dyestuff industry; Industries based on detrital heavy minerals; Plywood industry;
Asian Industrial Development Council, UN.ECAFE   +1 more
core   +1 more source

A Postcolonial People: South Asians in Britain.

, 2006
The diversity and complexity of British Asian life is plain for all to see and has been celebrated in literature, poetry and film, not to mention performing arts and music. Till now, however, an accessibly written introductory volume on the South Asian presence has been absent from our bookshelves.
Ali, Nasreen, Kalra, V.S., Sayyid, B.
openaire   +1 more source

Pesticide MRLs as Trade Barriers: Evidence From Vietnam's Coffee and Rice Exporters

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As tariffs have declined globally through bilateral and regional trade agreements, food safety standards have emerged as significant determinants of agricultural trade flows. This study examines the impact of maximum residue limits (MRLs) for five pesticides—Azoxystrobin, Chlorpyrifos, Chlorantraniliprole, Clothianidin, and Cyhalothrin—on ...
Nhat Mai Nguyen, Hoa‐Thi‐Minh Nguyen, Kaliappa Kalirajan   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Diversity perceptions and neighborhood preferences for visual representations of mixed racial groups

Scientific Reports
Although the term “diversity” is ubiquitous in modern day society, the meaning of the term is not well understood, and it is unclear when people perceive groups to be more or less diverse.
Chanel Meyers, Jenny Kim, Kerry Kawakami
doaj   +1 more source