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The Evolution of Food Security: Where Are We Now, Where Should We Go Next?

open access: yesSustainability, 2022
Food security is one of the most challenging topics globally; however, the concept of food security has taken on additional dimensions that are general and are less detailed.
M. Akbari   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A comparative analysis of alternative food security indicators, using farm workers in the Northern Cape Province as a case study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Magister Artium (Development Studies) - MA(DVS)The concept of food insecurity is complex and difficult to measure. Food insecurity is measured at different levels – global, national, household and individual. In order to have appropriate assessments of
Devereux, Stephen, Ndondo, Zona
core  

Just and sustainable? : examining the rhetoric and potential realities of UK food security [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
The dominant discourse in 20th century UK food and agricultural policies of a liberal, free trade agenda was modified at the turn of the 21st to embrace ecological sustainability and "food security." The latter term has a long international history; the ...
Dowler, Elizabeth, MacMillan, Tom
core   +1 more source

Unveiling the Biofertilizer Potential of Two Rhizobium sp. Strains on the Secretion of Phytochemical Compounds, Antioxidant Activity, and Nutritional Quality of Three Soybean Varieties (Glycine max L.)

open access: yesInternational Journal of Agronomy
Optimizing agricultural methods to enhance the nutritional quality of crops is crucial for achieving the global sustainable development goals. This study examined the impact of inoculation of seeds from three soybean varieties with Rhizobium sp.
Linda Manet   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Migration, Urbanization and Food Security in Cities of the Global South: 26–27 November 2012, Cape Town, South Africa [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The disjuncture between food security, migration and urbanization must be overcome. It is an institutional as well as a thematic disconnect on a global scale. Food security is primarily about access to food, not agricultural production.
Crush, Jonathan
core   +1 more source

Fast Food Consumption, Quality of Diet, and Obesity among Isfahanian Adolescent Girls

open access: yesJournal of Obesity, 2012
Background and Objective. Few data are available linking fast food intake to diet quality in developing countries. This study was conducted to determine the association between fast food consumption and diet quality as well as obesity among Isfahani ...
Mohammad Hossein Rouhani   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Food Security

open access: yesJournal of Agricultural Studies, 2015
Global food security is one of the most unrelenting issues for humanity, and agricultural production is not sufficient in accomplishing this. However, earlier analyses of agricultural food production barely ever bring out the contrasts associated with economic development and different climatic zones.
openaire   +2 more sources

Aquaculture, fisheries, poverty and food security [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Fisheries and aquaculture play important roles in providing food and income in many developing countries, either as a stand-alone activity or in association with crop agriculture and livestock rearing.
Allison, E.H.
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The effect of LED light quality on the carotenoid metabolism and related gene expression in the genus Brassica

open access: yesBMC Plant Biology, 2023
Background New vegetable production systems, such as vertical farming, but also well-established in-door production methods led to the implementation of light emitting diodes (LEDs).
Katja Frede   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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