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Rural food security, subsistence agriculture, and seasonality

PLoS ONE, 2017
Many of the world’s food-insecure and undernourished people are smallholder farmers in developing countries. This is especially true in Africa. There is an urgent need to make smallholder agriculture and food systems more nutrition-sensitive.
Kibrom T. Sibhatu, M. Qaim
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Glyphosate Residues in Groundwater, Drinking Water and Urine of Subsistence Farmers from Intensive Agriculture Localities: A Survey in Hopelchén, Campeche, Mexico

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2017
The use of pesticides in Mexican agriculture creates an interest in learning about the presence of these substances in different environmental matrices.
J. Rendón-von Osten, Ricardo Dzul-Caamal   +1 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Integrating Indigenous knowledge across homelands and scientific knowledge to support collaborative harvest management for Emperor Goose in Alaska

Ecology and Society
This study documented Indigenous knowledge and perspectives about Emperor Goose ( Anser canagicus ) in Alaska to support use of both Indigenous and scientific knowledge in harvest management.
Liliana C Naves, Lara F Mengak, James A. Fall   +2 more
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MACROECONOMICS OF SUBSISTENCE POINTS [PDF]

Macroeconomic Dynamics, 2008
This paper explores the macroeconomic consequences of preferences displaying a subsistence point. It departs from the existing related literature by assuming that subsistence points are specific to each variety of goods rather than to the composite consumption good.
Ravn, M.O., Schmitt-Grohé, S., Uribe, M.   +2 more
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Caries prevalence in skeletal series: is it possible to compare?

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2006
Because of the relationship with subsistence, dental caries is a central issue in paleopathological research. Usually, comparisons between caries prevalence exhibited in different skeletal series are made. Dietary variation is the most common explanation
Veronica Wesolowski
doaj   +1 more source

Social-ecological changes and implications for understanding the declining beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas) harvest in Aklavik, Northwest Territories

Arctic Science, 2020
Subsistence is the basis for food access for Inuvialuit in the western Canadian Arctic and has strong economic, dietary, and cultural importance. Inuvialuit harvest beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas (Pallas, 1776)) from the eastern Beaufort beluga ...
Elizabeth Worden, Tristan Pearce, Michelle Gruben, Dorothy Ross, Clarence Kowana, Lisa Loseto   +5 more
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The global geography of human subsistence [PDF]

Royal Society Open Science, 2018
How humans obtain food has dramatically reshaped ecosystems and altered both the trajectory of human history and the characteristics of human societies.
Michael C. Gavin, Patrick H. Kavanagh, Hannah J. Haynie, Claire Bowern, Carol R. Ember, Russell D. Gray, Fiona M. Jordan, Kathryn R. Kirby, Geoff Kushnick, Bobbi S. Low, Bruno Vilela, Carlos A. Botero   +11 more
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The importance of wild resources as a reflection of the resilience and changing nature of early agricultural systems in East Asia and Europe

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022
We examine the changing importance of wild starch rich plant staples, predominantly tree nuts, in early agricultural societies in East Asia and Europe, focusing on Korea, Japan, and Britain. A comparative review highlights variations in the importance of
Chris J. Stevens, Chris J. Stevens, Enrico R. Crema, Enrico R. Crema, Shinya Shoda, Shinya Shoda   +5 more
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Building adaptive capacity in a changing Arctic by use of technology

Ecology and Society, 2021
Rapid Arctic warming, manifested as thawing permafrost, loss of coastal sea ice, sea level rise, and climate-related extreme events, is particularly challenging for Indigenous people relying on wild food to sustain their livelihood and culture.
Jennifer I. Schmidt, Vera H. Hausner, Christopher Monz   +2 more
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Factors affecting subsistence farming in rural areas of nyandeni local municipality in the Eastern Cape Province

, 2020
Agriculture is the foremost locomotive of the economic growth for Sub-Saharan African countries, especially South Africa. Subsistence agriculture is one of the imperative segments in the South African economy and it remains a substantial sector for ...
Q. Siphesihle, M. Lelethu
semanticscholar   +1 more source