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Road Blockades During the Pandemic: Indigenous Citizenship and New Territoriality

Area, Volume 58, Issue 1, March 2026.
Short Abstract In the Peruvian Amazon, the blocking of land and river routes has become an increasingly common strategy among indigenous groups to exercise active citizenship. The adoption of this protest tactic during the pandemic raises two central questions: First, what socio‐political and cultural factors shaped this collective action? Second, what
Silvia Romio, Antonio A. R. Ioris, Emmanuelle Piccoli   +2 more
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Wibana: How Bobonaza Runa and Forest Animals Know and Live With Each Other

The Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology, Volume 31, Issue 1, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Runa women living along the Bobonaza river in the Ecuadorian Amazon raise captured forest animals, in a practice called wibana. Runa women are attentive to the particular ways the wiba (raised) animals interface with the world, and learn the wibas’ communicative repertoires and are able to “read” what wibas sense in the forest, including ...
James Beveridge
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What is missing in our understanding of urban slum environments and maternal, infant and young child nutrition from publicly available data in Asia and the Pacific?

Maternal &Child Nutrition, Volume 22, Issue 1, March 2026.
Abstract Given the recent, rapid urbanisation in Asia and the Pacific region, coupled with increases in the triple burden of malnutrition, we need to better understand maternal, infant and young child nutrition (MIYCN) for populations living in urban slum environments.
Emma Haycraft, Damith Chandrasenage, David Wambui, Sophie Goudet, Emily Rousham, Megan Stanley, Zivai Murira, Paula Griffiths   +7 more
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A critical review of plantain agricultural waste valorization for energy and sustainability applications

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Global plantain production generates approximately 880 million tons of agricultural waste annually, primarily from pseudostems, peels, and leaves, posing significant environmental risks through uncontrolled decomposition and greenhouse gas emissions ...
Arnaldo Alvarez, Jorge Enrique Lopez Galan   +1 more
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Impact of Suaahara, an integrated nutrition programme, on maternal and child nutrition at scale in Nepal

Maternal &Child Nutrition, Volume 22, Issue 1, March 2026.
Suaahara, relative to comparison areas, reduced maternal underweight and improved complementary feeding practices with children 6–23.9 months of age, increasing the percentages of children having minimum dietary diversity, minimum meal frequency and minimum acceptable diet; feeding sick child more and administering oral rehydration solution and zinc ...
Edward A. Frongillo, Shalini Suresh, Deependra K. Thapa, Kenda Cunningham, Pooja Pandey Rana, Ramesh P. Adhikari, Subir Kole, Bhim Pun, Indra Kshetri, Debendra P. Adhikari, Rolf Klemm   +10 more
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A Mixed Methods Analysis of Factors That Influence the Diet Quality and Decision‐Making of Adolescent Girls in an Urban Informal Settlement in Kenya

Maternal &Child Nutrition, Volume 22, Issue 1, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Due to the nutrition transition, adolescent diets globally appear to be shifting to increased consumption of fast foods and snacks high in sodium, added sugar, and saturated fat. In urban informal settlements in Kenya, limited evidence suggests adolescents consume 1–2 meals per day, have low dietary diversity, and consume foods from roadside ...
Emily R. Seiger, Mercy Owuor, Kipkoech N. Ruto, Peter D. Otieno, Rosebel Ouda, Mark Muasa, Kaburia F. Mwenda, Erick S. Nandoya, Jeffrey O. Okoro, Hillary Omala, Linda Adair, Penny Gordon‐Larsen, Venkata Saroja Voruganti, Alice S. Ammerman, Amanda L. Thompson, Katie Meyer, Stephanie L. Martin   +16 more
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Transgene‐Free, Gene‐Edited Cavendish Bananas (Musa acuminata, AAA)

Plant Biotechnology Journal, Volume 24, Issue 3, Page 1620-1634, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Global consumer acceptance of gene‐edited food crops is increasing with new breeding technologies that can modify the genome without foreign DNA integration. Here, we report an Agrobacterium‐based system for transgene‐free, gene editing of the banana cultivar, Cavendish.
Maiko Kato, Jen Kleidon, Amba Phillips, Alexandra Tabrett, Robert Harding, James Dale, Jean‐Yves Paul   +6 more
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Later life mobilities at the margins of urban geography

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, Volume 51, Issue 1, March 2026.
Short Abstract How do older people navigate African cities? This paper addresses that question through vernacular accounts of everyday mobility in Accra and Sekondi‐Takoradi, Ghana. By engaging with geographies of later life, it challenges the Southern urban critique to better reflect the plurality of marginality, and contributes to reimagining how ...
James Esson, Ebenezer F. Amankwaa, Katherine V. Gough, Peter Mensah, Katie McQuaid, Ross Wignall   +5 more
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Optimization of kefir fermentation with plantain peel addition: effects on composition, microbial viability, and sensory quality. [PDF]

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Peres AP, Puerari C, Bento JAC, Martins RADS, Domingues YO, Morzelle MC.   +5 more
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Physicochemical, Nutritional, and Antinutritional Properties of Pretreated Pulp and Whole Fruit Flours From a Plantain-Like Hybrid (<i>CARBAP K74</i>) and a Plantain Landrace (<i>Batard</i>) at Different Post-Harvest Ripening Stages. [PDF]

Food Sci Nutr
Takam Ngouno A, Kendine Vepowo C, Fangueng Kamgo D, Boutaleb S, Hornick JL, Scippo ML, Ngoh Newilah GB, Douny C.   +7 more
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