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Not Necessarily Farm‐Wives: The Working Women of Rural Aotearoa/New Zealand

New Zealand Geographer, Volume 82, Issue 3, December 2026.
ABSTRACT There's a perception farm‐resident women are farmers or farmwives (e.g., cooks, record‐keepers, errand‐runners). Yet most farm‐resident women record a non‐farm occupation in their census returns. This article investigates this anomaly. It looks at the changing status of farm and other rural women, the diversity of non‐farming careers they ...
Ann Pomeroy
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The New Economics of Cape Slavery

South African Journal of Economics, Volume 94, Issue 4, December 2026.
ABSTRACT In this survey, I argue that the Cape Colony has become one of the most useful settings for studying the economics of unfree labour. The Cape offers a distinctive combination: a slavery regime linking the Indian Ocean and Atlantic worlds, an urban and agrarian economy, overlapping labour regimes and archives rich enough for linked micro‐data ...
Johan Fourie
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Beyond Park Boundaries: Pastoral Rangelands as Functional Habitat for Migratory Herbivores in the Serengeti Ecosystem

African Journal of Ecology, Volume 64, Issue 7, October 2026.
ABSTRACT Communal rangelands outside core protected areas are vital for biodiversity conservation and pastoral livelihoods. The Serengeti–Mara Ecosystem (SME) in Tanzania and Kenya includes both protected areas and communal areas that border the parks.
Fred Ledidi, Kelvin Shoo, Isa Naline Noor, A. W. Kisingo, Han Olff   +4 more
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The relevance of traditional knowledge for modern landscape management: Comparing past and current herding practices in Mongolia

People and Nature
Traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) is increasingly acknowledged as key to sustainability and to the successful adaptation of local communities to rapid changes. However, implementing TEK is a major challenge in most parts of the world.
Gantuya Batdelger, Beáta Oborny, Batbuyan Batjav, Zsolt Molnár   +3 more
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Whole‐Genome Sequencing Pilot of the Central Asian Genomic Diversity Project Reveals Distinct Histories, Adaptation, and Introgression

Advanced Science, Volume 13, Issue 53, 24 September 2026.
As a pilot phase of the Central Asian Genomic Diversity Project, whole‐genome sequencing of 166 individuals from 20 Central Asian and Afghan Hazara populations reveals fine‐scale substructure shaped by repeated trans‐Eurasian migration and admixture. Integrated analyses uncover post‐admixture adaptation, archaic introgression, and medically relevant ...
Mengge Wang, Shuhan Duan, Qiuxia Sun, Renkuan Tang, Lintao Luo, Jie Zhong, Zhaxylyk Sabitov, CAGDP Consortium†, Lan‐Hai Wei, Chao Liu, Maxat Zhabagin, Guanglin He   +11 more
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Kenyan Farmers' Policy Priorities During Economic Crisis and Stability: Insights From a Best‐Worst Scaling Experiment

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, Volume 48, Issue 4, Page 820-833, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Amid rising food and fertilizer prices, understanding farmers' policy preferences is critical for effective crisis response. We use best‐worst scaling experiment to assess Kenyan mobile‐owning crop farmers' preferences for government support under high and normal price scenarios.
Mywish K. Maredia, John Olwande, Jacob Ricker‐Gilbert, David L. Mather, Nicole M. Mason   +4 more
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Dental Microwear Evidence of Holocene Dietary Variability in the Argentinian Pampas and Paraná Delta

American Journal of Biological Anthropology, Volume 191, Issue 1, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Objectives This study explores the subsistence strategies of Middle‐to‐Late Holocene human populations in the Argentinean Pampas and Paraná River Delta by analyzing dental microwear patterns. Materials and Methods We examined occlusal molar microwear textures of individuals from the Middle and Late Holocene recovered from 12 archaeological ...
Maria Rita Guedes Carvalho, Pablo G. Messineo, María Agustina Ramos van Raap, Gustavo Flensborg, Gustavo Martínez, Nahuel A. Scheifler, Mariela E. Gonzalez, María Clara Álvarez, Cristian A. Kaufmann, Mariano Bonomo, Clara Scabuzzo, Gustavo G. Politis, Sireen El Zaatari, Katerina Harvati   +13 more
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Understanding the Mental Health Impacts of Climate Change in South Africa: Qualitative Insights From Researchers, Practitioners, Ethicists, and Funders on the Need for a Transdisciplinary Approach

Health Science Reports, Volume 9, Issue 9, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Background Against a backdrop of entrenched structural inequalities, poverty, and limited healthcare resources, climate change represents a major public health challenge in South Africa, with significant yet under‐recognized consequences for mental health.
Andrew Tomita, Princess Nyoni, Joyce Mlay, Jessica Garlick, Rosebub Gugulethu Gcaba, Thobile Maphumulo, Helga Chauke, Richard Lessells, Admire Nyamwanza   +8 more
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Botanical diversity as a reservoir of resilience: The emergence of new uses of wild plants under acute food shortages in Karamoja, Uganda

People and Nature, Volume 8, Issue 9, Page 3066-3079, September 2026.
Abstract Agro‐pastoralist communities in Karamoja, Uganda, face food insecurity driven by climate variability, declining livestock numbers and crop failures. In this context, local ethnobotanical knowledge systems play a central role in subsistence and adaptation.
Emiel De Meyer, Emmanuel Emaruk, Simon Omeri, Adam Leese, Claudias N. Lorika, Thomas Achilla, Vivian Lomele, Pablo Manzano, Rainer W. Bussmann   +8 more
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What is ‘relational thinking’, and how does it manifest in research?

People and Nature, Volume 8, Issue 9, Page 2941-2951, September 2026.
Abstract People and Nature is a ‘journal of relational thinking’. This editorial explores what relational thinking can mean and how it might be operationalized in the context of humans and the environment. Relational thinking may seem intuitive because it recognizes the world's inherent interconnectedness. However, the question of how to operationalize
Rachelle K. Gould, Stefan Partelow, Kevin J. Gaston, Tobias Plieninger, Helen E. Roy, Robert Fish, Andrea Rawluk   +6 more
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