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Popular cleaning systems of bottles reused for traditional food packaging in the city of Yaoundé (Cameroon) and study of their prospective effectiveness on biofilms

Frontiers in Food Science and Technology, 2022
This study was focused on the collecting and recycling systems of bottles reused for traditional food packaging in the city of Yaoundé and the presence of biofilms in these bottles.
Hippolyte T. Mouafo, Jorelle J. B. Adjele, Raïssa H. Hell, Annick M. B. Baomog, Alex D. Tchuenchieu, Junior A. N. Kamgnia, Linda Manet, Patrice Bonny, Roger M. M. Baleba, Gabriel N. Medoua   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cross-national analysis of food security drivers: comparing results based on the Food Insecurity Experience Scale and Global Food Security Index

Food Security, 2021
The second UN Sustainable Development Goal establishes food security as a priority for governments, multilateral organizations, and NGOs. These institutions track national-level food security performance with an array of metrics and weigh intervention ...
A. Allee, L. Lynd, Vikrant Vaze
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Metagenomics Shows That Termite Activities Influence the Diversity and Composition of Soil Invertebrates in Termite Mound Soils

Applied and Environmental Soil Science, 2022
Background. Soil invertebrates are a significant part of the functioning and biodiversity of engineered soil. Nevertheless, it remains unclear how termite bioturbation that promotes soil nutrients affects the diversity and composition of invertebrates ...
Ben Jesuorsemwen Enagbonma, Olubukola Oluranti Babalola   +1 more
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Process evaluation of Project Daire: a food environment intervention that impacted food knowledge, wellbeing and dietary habits of primary school children

BMC Public Health
Background Project DAIRE was a randomised-controlled, factorial design trial which aimed to improve children’s health-related quality of life, wellbeing, food knowledge and dietary habits via two multi-component interventions: Nourish and Engage. Nourish
Naomi Anderson, Sarah F. Brennan, Fiona Lavelle, Sarah E. Moore, Dilara Olgacher, Amy Junkin, Moira Dean, Michelle C. McKinley, Patrick McCole, Ruth F. Hunter, Laura Dunne, Niamh E. O’Connell, Chris T. Elliott, Danielle McCarthy, Jayne V. Woodside   +14 more
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Modern plant biotechnology as a strategy in addressing climate change and attaining food security

Agriculture & Food Security, 2022
Global warming causes a range of negative impacts on plants especially due to rapid changes in temperatures, alterations of rainfall patterns, floods or drought conditions, and outbreaks of pests and diseases.
T. Munaweera, N. U. Jayawardana, Rathiverni Rajaratnam, Nipuni Dissanayake   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Prevalence of food insecurity and associated factors among refugee households in Rhino Camp Refugee Settlement, Arua District, Uganda

Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public Health
Introduction: Food insecurity is a big challenge in protracted refugee situations. We assessed food insecurity and the associated factors, as well as the coping strategies of the refugee households in a protracted situation in the Rhino camp settlement ...
Food security; Refugee households, protracted refuge situation, Henry Komakech, Angela Nakanwagi Kisakye, Justine Bukenya   +3 more
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Food Security and Climate Change: Differences in Impacts and Adaptation Strategies for Rural Communities in the Global South and North

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2022
This research highlights the mismatch between food security and climate adaptation literature and practice in the Global North and South by focusing on nested case studies in rural India and the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Subhashni Raj, Sam Roodbar, C. Brinkley, D. Wolfe   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Substitution of Mineral Fertilizer with Organic Fertilizer in Maize Systems: A Meta-Analysis of Reduced Nitrogen and Carbon Emissions

Agronomy, 2020
Organic fertilizer is an effective substitute for mineral fertilizer that improves crop yield and is environmentally friendly. However, the effects of substitution often vary due to complicated interactions among the organic fertilizer substitution rate (
Zhibiao Wei, Hao Ying, Xiaowei Guo, Minghao Zhuang, Zhenling Cui, Fusuo Zhang   +5 more
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Land-use and food security in energy transition: Role of food supply

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2022
Food security in a just energy transition is a growing debate about designing sustainable food secure networks worldwide. Energy transition, land-use change, and food security are crucial factors for food security and provision.
Daoyong Zhuang, Jaffar Abbas, K. Al-Sulaiti, Mochammad Fahlevi, Mohammed M Aljuaid, Sebastian Saniuk   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

National climate, agriculture and socio-economic development policies and plans formulated with the use of scenarios across six global regions [PDF]

, 2015
Climate change impacts bring great uncertainty, raising the need to plan for the future. As the impacts of climate change are complex and far-reaching, it can be extremely difficult to foresee exactly what the consequences will be, and how they will ...
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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