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New Sources of Oilseeds from Latin American Native Fruits
Natural Product Communications, 2008 Three Latin American oilseeds obtained from native fruits: nopal (tuna) ( Opuntia ficus-indica ), cherimoya (chirimoya) ( Annona cherimola ), and papaya, Chilean variety ( Carica pubescens or C.
Lilia Masson +5 more
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The mountain papaya may be a possible reservoir of the Kashmir bee virus [PDF]
PeerJBackground The Kashmir bee virus (KBV) infects many species of Hymenoptera, including bees, wasps, and other pollinators, potentially contributing to honeybee population declines. KBV can cause death of bees.
Jorge Y. Faúndez-Acuña +7 more
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Land Reforms in Cuba: First Empirical Assessment on Productivity Using Crop‐Level Panel Data
Economics of Transition and Institutional Change, Volume 34, Issue 3, Page 573-585, July 2026.ABSTRACT Land reforms implemented in Cuba since 2008 have aimed to increase agricultural production by distributing state‐owned idle lands with land‐use rights. The reforms restricted farmers with the rights from cultivating perennial and capital‐intensive crops.
Yoshihiko Hashiguchi +1 more
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Decouplement: Commodity Geography of the Corpse
Antipode, Volume 58, Issue 3, May 2026.ABSTRACT This article examines the commodification of the human corpse from the point of view of its disposal. Whilst offering some analysis on the circulation and harvesting of repurposed human tissues, existing literature does not discuss how these are discarded.
Mark Shtanov
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Cannibal Salvage Expenditure: The Subaltern Style of the Urban Peruvian Amazon
Antipode, Volume 58, Issue 2, March 2026.ABSTRACT This paper explores the political ecology of subaltern existence at the urban cutting edge of our apocalyptic present, in the case of Iquitos in the Peruvian Amazon. Through an ethnographically surrealist montage of multiple elements across the themes of accumulation, architecture, and art, cannibal salvage expenditure emerges as a subversive ...
Japhy Wilson
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Do Adverse Events Influence Time Preferences? Evidence From Smallholder African Farmers
Journal of Agricultural Economics, Volume 77, Issue 1, Page 130-155, February 2026.ABSTRACT Time preferences play a critical role in the agri‐food value chains of low‐income countries, impacting the choices of local operators, including innovation uptake. This paper assesses the association between smallholder farmers' individual characteristics, their exposure to diverse adverse events, and their intertemporal choices using in‐the ...
Valentino Marini Govigli +9 more
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Commodity risk assessment of Vitis spp. plants from Moldova
EFSA Journal, Volume 24, Issue 1, January 2026.Abstract The European Commission requests EFSA to provide scientific opinions in the field of plant health in accordance with Article 29 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002. Annex VI of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 lists plants, plant products and other objects whose introduction into the Union from certain third countries is prohibited.
EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH) +37 more
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Risks for human health related to the presence of plant lectins in food
EFSA Journal, Volume 24, Issue 1, January 2026.Abstract The European Commission asked the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) to assess the risk related to the presence of plant lectins in food. Based on the available evidence, the CONTAM Panel considered only phytohaemagglutinin (PHA), a legume lectin from beans (Phaseolus sp.), for the risk characterisation.
EFSA Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain (CONTAM) +30 more
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Is co‐existence and/or containment of genetically modified plants possible, and is it important?
New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research, Volume 68, Issue 6, Page 1329-1380, December 2025.ABSTRACT Co‐existence and containment of genetically modified (GM) plants has been a contentious issue since GM technologies were first commercially released in the mid‐1990s. In the first decade of commercial GM plant use, there were a significant number of contamination incidents resulting from GM presence in non‐GM crops and seed, some with a ...
John R. Caradus
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Twenty years of cucurbit breeding research at the World Vegetable Center
Crop Science, Volume 65, Issue 6, November/December 2025.Abstract The contribution of cucurbit crops to global food and nutrition security is immense. They are economically and nutritionally important to smallholder farmers in Asia, who account for 81% of global cucurbit production. World Vegetable Center (WorldVeg) has been focused for 20 years on four species: bitter gourd (Momordica charantia), ridge ...
Narinder Pal Singh Dhillon
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