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AGRICULTURE IN A SOCIALIST CITY: Towards an Alter‐Urban Political Ecology

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Urban political ecology has developed as a critique of capitalist urbanization. This article develops the concept of alter‐urban political ecology to define urban environments emerging not from capitalist urbanization but from efforts to transform it. Drawing on archival research and ethnographic fieldwork in five urban farms in socialist Cuba,
Gustav Cederlöf
wiley   +1 more source

Information flow and the adoption of soil‐improving and water conservation measures, and household welfare: Insights from a randomized controlled trial in Uganda

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Extension services are designed to facilitate the flow of information from researchers to farmers. However, information failures continue to impede the diffusion of soil‐improving and water conservation technologies in Sub‐Saharan African countries. We use a randomized controlled trial (RCT) to examine the impact of an extension‐based campaign
Esther Gloria Mbabazi, Awudu Abdulai, Enoch M. Kikulwe, Elisabetta Gotor   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

What is the structure of the coffee market: Can the real poor benefit from the coffee trade? [PDF]

This article deals with the trade with coffee. The primary aim of the paper is to analyse the international coffee trade. Because coffee belongs to the cash crops we have focus on the production. We have analysed the structure of the trade concerning the
Smutka, Lubos, Pokorna, Irena
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Level of caffeine, trigonelline and chlorogenic acids in green coffee (Coffea arabica L.) beans from Amhara region, Ethiopia

Journal of Agriculture and Food Research
Ethiopia's Amhara region produces a wide range of local coffee varieties with varying cup characteristics. However, the coffees have not yet been characterized and then trademarked to be included in the country's coffee export market.
Kasahun Wale, Kassaye Tolessa, Minaleshewa Atlabachew, Bewketu Mehari, Melkamu Alemayehu, Daniel Ayalew Mengistu, Bizuayehu Kerisew   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Input Visualizations to Track Health Data by Older Adults with Multiple Chronic Conditions

Computer Graphics Forum, EarlyView.
Abstract Older adults living with multiple chronic conditions (MCC) can considerably benefit from collecting and reflecting on their health data. Many older adults collect their health data using various approaches, such as digital tools or handwritten notebooks.
Shri Harini Ramesh, Foroozan Daneshzand, Matteo Sotelo, Mahsa Sinaei, Fateme Rajabiyazdi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Powdered hibiscus anthocyanin‐nanofibril complexes as natural colourants: Stability and application in yoghurt and soft candy

Coloration Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract The instability of anthocyanins limits their application as natural food colorants. This study aimed to enhance the stability of anthocyanins extracted from Hibiscus sabdariffa through copigmentation with protein nanofibrils produced from pea, rice, gluten and whey isolates. Linear and curly nanofibril structures were prepared and incorporated
Vildan Eyiz, İsmail Tontul, Selman Türker   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Family meals for future health: A life‐course approach to type 2 diabetes risk reduction after gestational diabetes

Diabetic Medicine, EarlyView.
The potential role of family meals in a life‐course approach to type 2 diabetes risk‐reduction after gestational diabetes. Abstract Aims Gestational diabetes (GDM) more than doubles maternal and child risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D). Post‐GDM, a life‐course approach to T2D risk reduction includes family nutrition‐focused health promotion.
Eloise Litterbach, Alison C. Spence, Georgia Middleton, Jane Speight, Elizabeth Holmes‐Truscott   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Protecting While Promoting? The Limits of Agroindustry‐Driven Pesticide Safety in Ugandan Smallholder Agriculture

Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Pesticide use is expanding rapidly across sub‐Saharan Africa, while regulatory oversight and public protection structures remain weak, leaving smallholder farmers exposed to mounting health and environmental risks. In response, agrochemical industry actors have launched ‘safe use’ initiatives that emphasize training and personal protective ...
Elina Andersson, Ellinor Isgren, Aggrey Atuhaire   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

No Cocoa Without Deforestation? A Field‐Type Analysis of Forest Frontiers in West Africa

Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper analyses the interrelations of production systems, class relations and deforestation in a smallholder forest frontier. Using the concept of field types, we provide a plot‐level analysis of deforestation processes in West Africa, where smallholders convert forest into cocoa farms.
Sarah Lena Graf, Christianah Oyenpemi, Christine Bosch, Oyakhilomen Oyinbo, Emmanuel A. Codjoe, Stéphanie Eileen Domptail   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of agro-forestry systems on coffee yield, coffee plant morphology, physical and chemical attributes of green coffee beans and aroma generation of roasted coffee beans [PDF]

, 2017
A long experiment has been established since 2000 at CATIE (Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center), Turrialba, Costa Rica. Twenty agro-forestry systems with different shade types and managements (organic and non-organic) consisting ...
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