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Does Contract Farming Improve Diet Quality? The Case of Senegalese Smallholders

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The institution of contract farming has gained prominence in most developing countries owing to its numerous benefits. While several studies have already highlighted the welfare benefits of contract farming, very few have investigated the effects on diet quality, despite poor quality diets being a serious challenge in most parts of the ...
Francis E. Ndip, Takeshi Sakurai
wiley   +1 more source

Leaf gas exchange, physiological growth, yield and biochemical properties of groundnut as influenced by boron in soilless culture

Journal of Plant Interactions, 2017
Crops specific proper concentration of micronutrient application is necessary to improve the yield and quality of crops. Therefore, an experiment was conducted to identify the optimum dose of boron for groundnut plant. Six level of boron (B) application,
Md. Quamruzzaman, Md. Jahedur Rahman, Md. Dulal Sarkar   +2 more
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Global trends in dietary micronutrient supplies and estimated prevalence of inadequate intakes

PLoS ONE, 2017
Understanding dietary patterns is vital to reducing the number of people experiencing hunger (about 795 million), micronutrient deficiencies (2 billion), and overweight or obesity (2.1 billion).
Ty Beal, Eric Massiot, J. Arsenault, Matthew R. Smith, R. Hijmans   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A Trial of the Effect of Micronutrient Supplementation on Treatment Outcome, T Cell Counts, Morbidity, and Mortality in Adults with Pulmonary Tuberculosis. [PDF]

, 2008
Tuberculosis (TB) often coincides with nutritional deficiencies. The effects of micronutrient supplementation on TB treatment outcomes, clinical complications, and mortality are uncertain. We conducted a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
Bosch, Ronald J, Fawzi, Wafaie W, Matsumoto, Kenji, Meydani, Simin N, Mugusi, Ferdinand, Saathoff, Elmar, Urassa, Willy, Villamor, Eduardo   +7 more
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The Impacts of Health and Environmental Information Nudges on Meat Choices: Where Does Goat Meat Fit?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Amidst a recent surge in US goat meat imports to meet growing demand, this study contributes to the meat demand literature by examining consumer preferences for goat meat, a relatively healthy and environmentally friendly alternative to other popular meats.
Binod Khanal, Sunil P. Dhoubhadel, Rodolfo M. Nayga Jr.   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of Daily Zinc, Daily Multiple Micronutrient Powder, or Therapeutic Zinc Supplementation for Diarrhea Prevention on Physical Growth, Anemia, and Micronutrient Status in Rural Laotian Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial. [PDF]

, 2019
ObjectivesTo evaluate the optimal zinc supplementation strategy for improving growth and hematologic and micronutrient status in young Laotian children.Study designIn total, 3407 children aged 6-23 months were randomized to receive either daily ...
Arnold, Charles D, Barffour, Maxwell A, Bounheuang, Bangone, Brown, Kenneth H, Chanhthavong, Bigphone, Hess, Sonja Y, Hinnouho, Guy-Marino, Kounnavong, Sengchanh, Ratsavong, Kethmany, Sengnam, Khanpaseuth, Sitthideth, Dalaphone, Wessells, K Ryan   +11 more
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High dose multiple micronutrient supplementation improves villous morphology in environmental enteropathy without HIV enteropathy: results from a double-blind randomised placebo controlled trial in Zambian adults [PDF]

, 2014
PMCID: PMC3897937This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided ...
Banda, R, Greenwald, S, Kelly, P, Louis-Auguste, J, Simuyandi, M, Soko, R   +5 more
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Printed Wearable Sweat Rate Sensor for Continuous In Situ Perspiration Measurement

Advanced Intelligent Systems, Volume 7, Issue 3, March 2025.
A wireless wearable sweat rate sensor system is presented, featuring digital 3D direct‐write printing on a flexible substrate with microfluidic layers for continuous, real‐time monitoring. Printed encapsulated metal electrodes are used for capacitance measurements, achieving high sensitivity (0.01 μL min−1) while maintaining a compact and lightweight ...
Mohammad Shafiqul Islam, Sangwon Cha, Md Farhad Hassan, Wenxin Cai, Tahsin Sejat Saniat, Cedar Rose Leach, Yasser Khan   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Relationships among tissues, biofluids, and otolith selenium concentrations in wild female burbot (Lota lota)

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract In the Lake Koocanusa‐Kootenai River system (Montana, USA and British Columbia, Canada), selenium (Se) contamination has become an international concern and is suspected to contribute to the observed burbot (Lota lota) population collapse. Due to our limited ability to sample burbot in Lake Koocanusa for monitoring studies, we used a reference
Stephanie D. Graves, Noëlie Molbert, David M. Janz, Lauren D. Hayhurst, Jessica E. Brandt, Lauren Timlick, Vince P. Palace   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Establishment of Leaf Tissue Nutrient Sufficiency Ranges of Two Perovskia Selections by Chronological Age

HortScience, 2020
The objective of this study was to determine optimum fertilizer concentrations, identify leaf tissue nutrient sufficiency ranges by chronological age, and establish leaf tissue nutrient standards of containerized Russian sage (Perovskia sp.).
W. Garrett Owen
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