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The Role of Certifications in Improving Household Food Security Among Peruvian Farmers

Agribusiness, Volume 42, Issue 2, Page 603-622, Spring 2026.
ABSTRACT Achieving global food security requires sustainable transformations in agri‐food systems. Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) such as Organic and Fairtrade aim to internalize certain social and environmental costs while promoting more equitable value distribution, improved market access, and sustainable production practices.
Lisa‐Marie Schulte, Awudu Abdulai
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Optimizing roasting time and temperature to enhance the physicochemical properties, and retention of bioactive compounds of three coffee arabica subvarieties

Applied Food Research
The study optimized the roasting process of three arabica coffee subvarieties (Caturra, Catimor, and Typica) to enhance the physicochemical properties, while retaining bioactive compounds.
César R. Balcázar-Zumaeta, Katherine Reyna-Gonzales, Deysy Inga Diaz, Alexa J. Pajuelo-Muñoz, Angel F. Iliquin-Chavez, Ives Yoplac, Marleni Medina-Mendoza, Diner Mori-Mestanza, Ilse S. Cayo-Colca, Efraín M. Castro-Alayo   +9 more
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‘Incoherence Is, in a Way, a Choice’: The Production of Policy Coherence at the Intersection of Uruguay's Agricultural, Environmental and Water Policies

Environmental Policy and Governance, Volume 36, Issue 2, Page 365-384, April 2026.
ABSTRACT This study explores the production of coherence between Uruguay's agricultural, environmental and water policies amidst growing tensions, which are particularly manifested in conflicts between an expanding agricultural sector and water insecurity for the broader public.
Simon Ryfisch, Paula Díez Boldú, Tamara Avellán, Carlos Santos, José Sciandro, Manuel Vázquez Cirillo, Malgorzata Blicharska, Mariana Meerhoff   +7 more
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Polymeric Biocoatings for Postharvest Fruit Preservation: Advances, Challenges, and Future Perspectives

Polysaccharides
The growing demand for fresh fruit, coupled with high postharvest losses, highlights the need for sustainable and effective preservation technologies.
Carlos Culqui-Arce, Luz Maria Paucar-Menacho, Efraín M. Castro-Alayo, Diner Mori-Mestanza, Marleni Medina-Mendoza, Roberto Carlos Mori-Zabarburú, Robert J. Cruzalegui, Alex J. Vergara, William Vera, César Samaniego-Rafaele, César R. Balcázar-Zumaeta, Marcio Schmiele   +11 more
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Paddy ponding water quality responses to land use intensity in flooded rice systems in Uruguay

Journal of Environmental Quality, Volume 55, Issue 2, March/April 2026.
Abstract Understanding water quality responses in flooded rice (Oryza sativa L.) systems is essential to reconcile high productivity with environmental protection. This study provides the first high‐frequency dataset of paddy water quality dynamics in temperate South American rice systems, conducted in the Laguna Merín Basin (Uruguay–Brazil).
G. Cantou, P. González‐Barrios, I. Furtado, A. Roel   +3 more
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Inmigrantes marroquíes en el sector agrario andaluz

Estudios Fronterizos, 2005
En Andalucía (España), la falta de mano de obra local dispuesta a aceptar los salarios y las condiciones laborales imperantes en la agricultura de exportación, aunada a un aumento en la producción de frutas y hortalizas recogidas a mano, ha incrementado la dependencia de los empresarios agrarios de mano de obra inmigrante, procedente principalmente de ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Short‐Term Incubation Assay Effectively Indicates Potentially Available Nitrogen From Organic Residues

Applied and Environmental Soil Science, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
This study examines the mineralization of nitrogen (N) in soil treated with anaerobic digestates and spent mushroom substrate. To this end, we used a laboratory aerobic incubation assay over 42 days to determine the maximum NO3−‐N concentration produced. The objective was to test the following organic residues as fertilizers: liquid and solid anaerobic
María Rosa Yagüe, María Carmen Lobo, Pilar García, Bon-Jun Koo   +3 more
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Enriching white chocolates with native Amazonian blackberries improves its physicochemical properties

Applied Food Research
White chocolate has seen a promising trend in consumption in recent years; however, the minimal concentrations of its bioactive properties have not brought benefits to human health.
Delli Huaman-Rojas, Jorge L. Maicelo-Quintana, Diner Mori-Mestanza, Erick A. Auquiñivin-Silva, Marleni Medina-Mendoza, Ilse S. Cayo-Colca, Italo Maldonado-Ramirez, Efrain M. Castro-Alayo, César R. Balcázar-Zumaeta   +8 more
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El usufructo ambiental en el ordenamiento jurídico de cuba

Temas Socio-Jurídicos, 2017
El artículo tiene como objetivo demostrar la ausencia dentro del ordenamiento jurídico cubano del reconocimiento del Usufructo ambiental como institución jurídica, sin un asidero jurídico adecuado en las normas relacionadas con la protección del medio ...
Alcides Francisco Antúnez Sánchez, Darwin Javier Zamora Mayorga, Jorge Rondón Váldes   +2 more
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Talking as friends: Weaving local and scientific knowledge to co‐produce an integrated index to assess rangeland multifunctionality in a dryland Biosphere Reserve in Mexico

People and Nature, Volume 7, Issue 11, Page 3036-3056, November 2025.
Abstract The complexity of sustainability challenges and the need for transformative change have prompted the exploration of novel approaches for knowledge co‐generation and decision‐making. This calls for integrative assessment methods that meaningfully include and represent diverse knowledge systems, capturing multiple values, needs and interests as ...
Ricardo Ismael Mata‐Páez, Elisabeth Huber‐Sannwald, Natalia Martínez‐Tagüeña, Ruperto Cázares‐Reyes, Víctor Manuel Reyes‐Gómez, Juan José López‐Pardo, Sandra Hernández‐Valdez   +6 more
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