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Journal of Postsecondary Student Success, 2021 This exploratory descriptive, single-university study (N=700) joined institutional, external, and survey data to examine first-year students’ food insecurity links to non-cognitive attributes and first-semester performance and persistence.
Daniel A Collier +3 more
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The Power of Unity: Collective Action and Smallholder Agricultural Performance in West Africa
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We analyze the impact of collective action through farmer‐based organizations (FBOs) on smallholders' farm performance and income inequality in Ghana, Benin, The Gambia, and Mali. We find that FBO membership increases cereal yield in Ghana and The Gambia, legume yield in Mali, ruminant numbers in Benin and The Gambia, and total farm income in ...
Emmanuel Donkor +3 more
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BMC Public Health, 2020 Background Nearly 40 million American adults report past year food insecurity. This is concerning, as food insecurity is associated with chronic disease morbidity and premature mortality.
Joanne G. Patterson +2 more
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BMC Public Health, 2022 Background We estimated socioeconomic factors associated with food insecurity during the first year of the Covid pandemic in the UK and explored potential mechanisms explaining these associations.
Heather Brown +2 more
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Associations of womens position in the household and food insecurity with family planning use in Nepal. [PDF]
, 2017 BACKGROUND: Women in Nepal have low status, especially younger women in co-resident households. Nepal also faces high levels of household food insecurity and malnutrition, and stagnation in uptake of modern family planning methods.
Diamond-Smith, Nadia +4 more
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The Role of Certifications in Improving Household Food Security Among Peruvian Farmers
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Achieving global food security requires sustainable transformations in agri‐food systems. Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) such as Organic and Fairtrade aim to internalize certain social and environmental costs while promoting more equitable value distribution, improved market access, and sustainable production practices.
Lisa‐Marie Schulte, Awudu Abdulai
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Food insecurity and cardiovascular disease risk factors among U.S. adults
BMC Public HealthBackground Food insecurity is an ongoing public health issue that involves limited or uncertain access to food. National rates of food insecurity among U.S.
Michael F. Royer +2 more
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Newspaper coverage of food insecurity in UK, 2016–2019: a multi-method analysis
BMC Public Health, 2021 Background Food insecurity is a growing concern in the UK. Newspaper coverage can reflect and shape public and political views. We examined how frequently food insecurity was reported on in UK newspapers, how the problem and its drivers were described ...
Amy Yau +5 more
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Mapping food insecurity and food sources in New Hampshire cities and towns [PDF]
, 2012 Using a series of detailed New Hampshire maps, this brief presents a geographic picture of the towns and cities at risk for food insecurity as well as the food resources available across the state.
Ward, Sally, Wauchope, Barbara
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Food insecurity and linear growth of adolescents in Jimma Zone, Southwest Ethiopia [PDF]
, 2013 Background: Although many studies showed that adolescent food insecurity is a pervasive phenomenon in Southwest Ethiopia, its effect on the linear growth of adolescents has not been documented so far.
Gebremariam, Abebe +5 more
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