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Expanding the reach: ethnobotanical knowledge and technological intensification in beekeeping among the Ogiek of the Mau Forest, Kenya

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2020
Background Initiatives for beekeeping intensification across the tropics can foster production and income, but the changes triggered by the introduction of modern beehives might permeate traditional knowledge and practices in multiple ways, and as such ...
Dauro Mattia Zocchi, Gabriele Volpato, Duncan Chalo, Patrick Mutiso, Michele Filippo Fontefrancesco   +4 more
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Learning About and Learning From Sustainability Alliances: How Do SMEs Develop Dynamic Capabilities?

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) develop sustainability capabilities by engaging in sustainability alliances. By combining perspectives on organisational learning theory and the dynamic capabilities framework, the research investigates how SMEs develop both networking and sustainability capabilities across ...
Raffaele Silvestri, Francesca Ceruti, Elisa Carloni, Anna Romagno   +3 more
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CSR Disclosure and Operating Performance in the Agri‐Food Manufacturing Industry: Evidence From Southern Europe

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explores the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) disclosure and operating profitability in the agri‐food manufacturing industry of Southern Europe, focusing on Extremadura (Spain). From an initial pool of 284 firms, the final sample comprised 185 companies after excluding inactive or non‐reporting cases.
Ángel Sabino Mirón Sanguino, Maria Pache Durán, Triana Arias Abelaira, María Beatriz Corchuelo Mártinez Azua   +3 more
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Nitrogen-Dependent Growth and Yield Attributes in Mutant Lines of Solanum villosum: A Pathway to Enhanced Leafy Production

International Journal of Agronomy
This study investigates the response of selected improved mutant lines of Solanum villosum to varying nitrogen levels, focusing on their agronomic trait performance to enhance yield production.
Faraja Makwinja, Joseph O. Charles, Mkabwa L. K. Manoko   +2 more
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Environmental threats to beekeeping in the Western Balkan countries - beekeepers’ perceptions

Environmental Research Communications, 2023
Abstract The subject of the paper refers to the research on beekeepers’ perceptions of environmental threats to beekeeping in the Western Balkan region. The following environmental threats were supposed to be the most pronounced: cutting of melliferous perennial plants and clearing of forests, urbanisation and environmental pollution ...
Bojana Bekić Šarić, Etleva Muça, J. Subic, Irena Džimrevska, Slađan Rašić   +4 more
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The effects of royal jelly on human health: A narrative review of clinical studies

JSFA reports, EarlyView.
Abstract Royal jelly (RJ) is a natural bioactive substance with documented effects on human health. This narrative review synthesizes evidence from clinical and clinically relevant experimental studies evaluating the therapeutic potential of RJ.
Georgios Goras, Andreas Thrasyvoulou, Evanthia Tsilimpokou   +2 more
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Knockout of a single Pax6 gene (toy but not ey) leads to compound eye deficiency and small head in honeybees

Communications Biology
The compound eyes are crucial to honeybees, playing pivotal roles in color recognition, orientation, localization, and navigation processes. The development of compound eyes is primarily mastered by an evolutionarily conserved transcription factor Pax6 ...
Xiaofen Hu, Fuping Cheng, Zhixian Gong, Kaixin Qin, Tingting Shan, Wenwen Li, Lizhen Zhang, Weiyu Yan, Zhijiang Zeng, Zilong Wang   +9 more
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The buzz about bees and poverty alleviation: Identifying drivers and barriers of beekeeping in sub-Saharan Africa.

PLoS ONE, 2017
The potential of beekeeping to mitigate the exposure of rural sub-Sahara African farmers to economic stochasticity has been widely promoted by an array of development agencies.
Deborah Ruth Amulen, Marijke D'Haese, Elizabeth Ahikiriza, Jacob Godfrey Agea, Frans J Jacobs, Dirk C de Graaf, Guy Smagghe, Paul Cross   +7 more
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Hobbyist Beekeepers and Their Importance for Future Beekeeping and Food Production

Bee World, 2023
Hobbyist Beekeepers and Their Importance for Future Beekeeping and Food ...
Boris Maciejovsky, Barbara Baer-Imhoof, Boris Baer   +2 more
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Bee pollen as functional food and environmental bioindicator: current evidence and future challenges

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, EarlyView.
Abstract Bee pollen (BP), a plant‐derived product collected by honey bees, is increasingly promoted as a functional food due to its content of proteins, essential amino acids, lipids, vitamins, minerals, and bioactive compounds such as polyphenols and flavonoids.
Luigi Parrotta, Stefano Del Duca
wiley   +1 more source