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Agricultural Systems, 2017 Rwanda's agricultural sector is facing severe challenges of increasing environmental degradation, resulting in declining productivity. The problem is likely to be further aggravated by the growing population pressure.
B. Paul +10 more
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The impact of a community-based food skills intervention on cooking confidence food preparation methods and dietary choices – an exploratory trial [PDF]
, 2007 Objective To evaluate the feasibility of undertaking a food skills intervention study in areas of social deprivation aimed at altering cooking confidence, food preparation methods and dietary choices.
Longbottom, Pat J +22 more
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Cuttlefish Buoyancy in Response to Food Availability and Ocean Acidification
Biology, 2020 Carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere is expected to continue rising by 2100, leading to a decrease in ocean pH in a process known as ocean acidification (OA).
Eve Otjacques +5 more
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Determining Romania's Position in Europe According to the Optimized Global Food Security Index in 2018 [PDF]
Amfiteatru Economic, 2019 This article aims to analyze how the Global Food Security Index (GFSI) has evolved across the European countries for the period 2012-2018. In this respect, we have taken as a starting point the Report of Global Food Security Index 2018 as well as the ...
Cristina Năftanăilă +5 more
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Food Security Simulator – Nigeria
, 2023 The Food Security Simulator is an innovative and easy-to-use, MS-Excel-based tool for assessing the potential short-term impacts of food price or household income shocks on food security and people’s diets.
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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Impact of climate variability on household food availability in Tigray, Ethiopia
Agriculture & Food Security, 2018 Currently, climate variability is a hot issue across the globe, especially in countries where rain-fed agriculture is a means of livelihood. Climate variability increases the risks of hunger in the region as it affects all four components of food ...
Shishay Kahsay Weldearegay +1 more
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Food availability and food access in rural agricultural communities: use of mixed methods
BMC Public Health, 2018 BackgroundHispanics bear some of the highest burden of the obesity epidemic and the disparities gap is bigger among Hispanics in rural communities. This mixed methods study examined the objective and subjective assessment of food availability and food ...
Linda K. Ko +6 more
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Comparative Drug Response Profiling in Neuroblastoma Cell Lines and Patient‐Derived Tumor Organoids
Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT High‐risk neuroblastoma remains a leading cause of pediatric cancer mortality, and improved preclinical models are needed to guide therapeutic developments. We screened seven high‐risk neuroblastoma cell lines and three patient‐derived tumor organoids with 528 compounds alongside bone marrow controls, and compared them with external datasets ...
Krzysztof Wierbiłowicz +12 more
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Nutrition Journal, 2013 Objective The retail food environment may be one important determinant of dietary intake. However, limited research focuses on individuals’ food shopping behavior and activity within the retail food environment.
Gustafson Alison +4 more
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Open Agriculture, 2020 The Sierra Leonean government has implemented the improved rice varieties directed at enhancing more rice production to reduce food insecurity. This paper evaluates the food security effect of improved rice variety adoption using cross-sectional data ...
Mansaray Bashiru, Jin Shaosheng
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