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Peri-urban food insecurity and coping strategies among farm households in the face of rapid urbanization in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Ethiopia

open access: yesResearch in Globalization
A growing body of literature discusses food insecurity in rural and urban contexts in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Peri-urban food insecurity and coping strategies remain an understudied topic.
Bahiru Haile Aboye   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Natural South African iron‐rich sand as a functional catalyst in hybrid photocatalytic wet peroxide oxidation technology for the degradation of methyl orange dye pollutant

open access: yesThe Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, EarlyView.
This research explored South African iron‐rich sand (SAIRS) as a natural catalyst for light‐mediated wet peroxide oxidation of methyl orange dye in wastewater and at an optimized of conditions of 3500 mg/L catalyst dose, 6 mM H2O2, and pH 2.5, SAIRS achieved 94% methyl orange degradation within 90 min under visible light.
Aaliyah Ebrahim   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cigarette smoking and food insecurity among low-income families in the United States, 2001 [PDF]

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The goal of this research is to quantify the association between food insecurity and smoking among low-income families. This analysis is a retrospective study using data from the 2001 Panel Study of Income Dynamics, a longitudinal study of a ...
Chung-won Lee   +2 more
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Poverty and food insecurity could grow dramatically as COVID-19 spreads [PDF]

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With COVID-19 and its economic fallout now spreading in the poorest parts of the world, many more people will become poor and food-insecure. In a new scenario analysis, we estimate that globally, absent interventions, over 140 million people could fall ...
Martin, Will   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Sustainable Business Model Innovation and Firm's Performance: A Multiple Case Study in the Agri‐Food Industry

open access: yesCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This research investigates how sustainability‐oriented initiatives aimed at innovating a firm's business model can lead to different economic, social and environmental performance configurations, with the objective of identifying the determinants that explain these differences. We carried out a multiple case study, selecting firms based on the
Paolo Di Toma   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Double Burden: Food Insecurity and Depressive Symptoms in a Rural Community of Southern India

open access: yesJournal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences
Introduction: Food insecurity has been linked to adverse mental health outcomes, particularly depression. However, there is a paucity of community-based studies investigating this association, especially in southern India.
Kumar Guru Mishra   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Harmonizing Social Impact Assessment in the Bioeconomy: A Cross‐Regional Fuzzy‐Delphi Approach

open access: yesCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The bioeconomy transition risks underrepresenting social sustainability, while existing Social Life Cycle Assessment (S‐LCA) applications remain insufficient for comparison and decision support due to heterogeneous and non‐standardized selection of social impact categories. This study proposes a cross‐regional baseline set of impact categories
Julia Lessa Feitosa Virgolino   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of the National School Lunch Program on Children’s Food Security [PDF]

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National School Lunch, Food Insecurity, Ordered Probit, Instrumental Variables, Agricultural and Food Policy, Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety, Food Security and Poverty, Health Economics and Policy, I18, I38, P46, Q18, R28,
Gao, Xiang   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Investigating Perceptions of the Eating Disorder Examination‐Questionnaire Among Undergraduate Students: A Qualitative Approach

open access: yesInternational Journal of Eating Disorders, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Quantitative methods that have evaluated the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDE‐Q) have found consistent evidence that the original four‐factor structure does not replicate across diverse samples and genders. Emerging evidence in the broader psychology literature shows that qualitative methods can provide nuanced insight ...
Katarina L. Huellemann   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Household Food Security in the United States in 2010 [PDF]

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An estimated 85.5 percent of American households were food secure throughout the entire year in 2010, meaning that they had access at all times to enough food for an active, healthy life for all household members.
Carlson, Steven   +3 more
core   +1 more source

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