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‘Women stay behind and grow the food’: Agricultural productivity and the interstices of petty commodity production and reproductive labour in Tanzania

Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.
Abstract Inspired by the work of Carmen Diana Deere, this paper examines how an analysis of the work of rural production, even when gendered, is compromised if it does not incorporate reproductive labour. The paper presents estimates of the gender yield gap in agricultural crop productivity in Tanzania, along with the statistical causes of the gender ...
A. Haroon Akram‐Lodhi
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Enhancing alfalfa and sorghum silage quality using agricultural wastes: fermentation dynamics, microbial communities, and functional insights. [PDF]

BMC Plant Biol
Zhao Y, Liu D, Chen Y, Lei Y, Li M, Wang J, He X, Yang Y, Zhang X, Liu S, Zhang X, Cheng Q, Chen C.   +12 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Is Surplus Appropriated Differently in Cereals, Cocoa and Cattle Production? A Systematic Literature Analysis of Class Relations in West African Farming Systems

Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper synthesizes and systematizes existing empirical knowledge on agrarian class relations in West Africa. It contributes to the debate on agrarian transitions, which largely neglects coexisting diverse forms of class relations in land, labour and capital markets, and how these are interrelated with different agricultural production ...
Sarah Lena Graf, Nikola Blaschke, Carlos Oya   +2 more
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Advancing Climate-Resilient Sorghum: the Synergistic Role of Plant Biotechnology and Microbial Interactions. [PDF]

Rice (N Y)
Srivastava AK, Riaz A, Jiang J, Li X, Uzair M, Mishra P, Zeb A, Zhang J, Singh RP, Luo L, Chen S, Yang S, Zhao Y, Xie X.   +13 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Micronutrient Powders Combined With Malaria Chemoprevention to Improve Anaemia and Cognitive Function in Early Childhood in Mali: A Cluster‐Randomised Trial

Maternal &Child Nutrition, EarlyView.
Globally nearly 40% of children under 5 years old are anaemic, which affects their ability to grow and develop. A cluster randomised trial was conducted in 60 communities in Southern Mali to evaluate the added impact of home fortification with micronutrient powders, delivered alongside seasonal malaria chemoprevention, on anaemia, malaria infection ...
Niélé H. Diarra, Yahia Dicko, Natalie Roschnik, Modibo Bamadio, Michael Boivin, Yvonne Griffiths, Rebecca Jones, Sham Lal, Helen Moestue, Hamidou Niangaly, Lauren Pisani, Renion Saye, Kalifa Sidibe, Karla Smuts, Nia‐An Philippe Thera, Josselin Thuilliez, Hans Verhoef, Moussa Sacko, Siân E. Clarke   +18 more
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A Global Scoping Review on Alternative Ready‐to‐Use Therapeutic Foods

Maternal &Child Nutrition, EarlyView.
This scoping review identified 53 alternative RUTF formulations replacing primarily peanuts and/or milk. Many showed promising results in acceptability and effectiveness, with potential cost savings. Further research is needed on outcomes beyond anthropometric recovery including cost‐effectiveness, safety, accessibility, macro and micronutrient ...
Patrizia Pajak, Sebsibie Teshome, Anne Berton, Heather Stobaugh, Alison Fleet, Durga Khatiwada, Bernardette Cichon   +6 more
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Valorisation of insect infested sweet sorghum reeds towards production of a fermented beverage. [PDF]

BMC Microbiol
Makopa TP, Semumu T, Gaaipone MT, Masemola T, Ramchuran S, Vrhovsek U, Zhou N.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Dietary Diversity in Pregnant Women and Its Association With Household Food Security in Rural Southern Angola

Maternal &Child Nutrition, EarlyView.
Only 7% of pregnant women in rural South Angola reached the minimum dietary diversity for women. Food insecurity measured by Food Insecurity Experience Scale and by the Household Dietary Diversity Score was above 70%, but the association with women dietary diversity varied depending on the indicator used. ABSTRACT Dietary diversity in pregnant women is
Rocio Martin‐Cañavate, Elena Trigo, Maria Romay‐Barja, Lourdes Maria Faria, Ana Silva Gerardo, Isabel Aguado, Eva Iráizoz, Tayna Marques, Israel Molina, Estefania Custodio   +9 more
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Biomass Sorghum (<i>Sorghum bicolor</i>) Agronomic Response to <i>Melanaphis sorghi</i> (Hemiptera: Aphididae) Infestation and Silicon Application. [PDF]

Insects
Santos DG, Dias LLC, Avellar GS, Simeone MLF, Parrella RAC, Santos NM, Silva TF, Neto AA, Mendes SM.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Watch out for witchweed : a new parasitic plant that attacks corn, sugarcane, sorghum and other plants /

, 1959

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