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Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.Ecological differences between species may result in differential impacts of control measures. Our experimental study showed that intensive removal of rodents from houses (mostly Rattus rattus) resulted in increased use of houses by Mastomys natalensis, a species usually found outdoors. Our results suggest that M.
Herieth Mkomwa +7 more
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Food without fire: Environmental and nutritional impacts from a solar stove field experiment
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Over 80% of the population in rural Sub‐Saharan Africa relies on biomass cooking fuel, a substantial source of anthropogenic greenhouse gases. We use a field experiment in Zambia to investigate the impact of solar stoves on biomass fuel use and cooking habits.
Laura E. McCann +4 more
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Alternatives Rurales, 2017 Dans le département d’Adzopé en Côte d’Ivoire, les femmes produisent et commercialisent l’attiéké. Ce produit dérivé du manioc est une sorte de couscous fait à la base de manioc fermenté.
Adon Simon Affessi
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Revue Congolaise des Sciences et TechnologiesCette étude analyse l’influence du pH sur la détoxification du manioc (Manihot esculenta Crantz) lors du rouissage, processus vital pour la sécurité alimentaire en RD Congo.
Fiston-Pèlerin Dongolongo Disashi +6 more
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The economic foundations of powersharing: Evidence from Africa
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract How—and with whom—do rulers share power? Existing research focuses on the strategic logic of powersharing. In this paper, we analyze its economic foundations. Powersharing is modeled as a subnational fiscal contract, in which rulers allocate political representation based on constituencies’ revenue potential. Empirically, we combine historical
Yannick I. Pengl, Philip Roessler
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Making Mining Licit: Gold, Commodification, and the Everyday Performance of Law in Colombia
American Anthropologist, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Ethnographies of resource‐making have shown that the extraction of resource value from objects is premised on obviating the emplaced lifeworlds that surrounded objects before they traveled to consumer markets. Much of this literature looks at such supply‐chain disentanglement from the viewpoint of corporate and formal regulatory practices ...
Jesse Jonkman
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An integrated model to study varietal diversity in traditional agroecosystems. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2022 Hirata Sanches V, Adams C, Ferreira FF.
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Acta Paediatrica, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Aim Body dissatisfaction and unhealthy weight control behaviours are common during adolescence. We examined associations between body image, diet, physical activity, and risk behaviours for weight control among high school students. Methods This cross‐sectional study included 802 adolescents from five municipalities in southern Brazil ...
Leandro André Vieira Olsson +4 more
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