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No. 21: The State of Poverty and Food Insecurity in Maseru, Lesotho [PDF]
, 2015 This report on food insecurity in urban Lesotho is the latest in a series on Southern African cities issued by AFSUN. Like the previous reports, it focuses on one city (Maseru) and on poor neighbourhoods and households in that city. More than 60% of poor
Crush, Jonathan +8 more
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Current Advancements of Probiotic Foods and Their Role in Sustainable Food Security
Food Bioengineering, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Probiotic foods have evolved from traditional fermented products to scientifically validated functional foods, defined by the FAO and WHO as live microorganism that confer a health benefit on the host when administered in adequate amounts, with effects being strain, does and end point specific.
Ashenafi Teklay Yaekob +3 more
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Food Insecurity and Its Determinants in Asia and the Pacific [PDF]
In Asian-Pacific developing countries, the prevalence of food insecurity has diminished dramatically in the past generation. Despite this, many millions continue to suffer from persistent or periodic food insecurity.
Coxhead, Ian, Southgate, Douglas
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Food Chemistry International, EarlyView.Chitosan based coatings/films forming solution with the use ofplant extracts and parameters for fruit shelf life analysis. ABSTRACT Fresh fruits are a natural source of various minerals and vitamins, which are essential for human health. However, a rapid rate of respiration, water loss and fast ripening ability result in shorter shelf life and ...
Arun K. Singh
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Food Frontiers, EarlyView.This review highlights recent biotechnological innovations in the valorization of food waste through enzyme‐assisted processing and microbial fermentation to enhance nutritional, techno‐functional, and shelf‐stable properties for developing sustainable, plant‐based functional foods and nutraceuticals.
Md. Sakhawot Hossain +6 more
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Food Access and Food Security – An Empirical Analysis [PDF]
This paper analyzes the effect of access to different types of food outlets on households’ food insecurity levels. Two years (2004 and 2005) of Current Population Survey – Food Security Supplement data are matched with MSA-level data on store counts of ...
Bonanno, Alessandro, Li, Jing
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Food Safety and Health, EarlyView.A conceptual framework of virtual water showing its sources, major applications, components of the virtual water footprint, and emerging future directions. The diagram emphasizes the growing role of virtual water in global sustainability and resource planning.
Priti Bhowmik +2 more
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Geospatial Analysis of Food Insecurity and Adverse Human Health Outcomes in the United States
GeoHealthPrevious studies have reported that around 33 million people in the United States are food insecure, potentially leading to several health outcomes. This study aimed to evaluate the geospatial variation of food insecurity and its association with adverse
Naveen Joseph
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Minimum Wages, the Earned Income Tax Credit, and Mental Health Around Pregnancy
Health Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study estimates the effects on perinatal mental health of the state's minimum wage and earned income tax credit (EITC), controlling for other policies and state‐level factors. Using data from the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System for 2012–2018 births we find robust evidence that minimum wages and EITC levels reduce depression ...
Bryce J. Stanley, Karen Smith Conway
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Food Insecurity or Poverty? Measuring Need-Related Dietary Adequacy [PDF]
We examine the extent to which food insecurity questions and the standard poverty measure are correlated with various dietary and physiologic outcomes. Our findings suggest that the correlations vary tremendously by age.
Janet Currie +2 more
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