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Adapting to Change: The Dynamic Crop Production Systems of Smallholder Farmers in the PNG Highlands

Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Smallholder sweet potato farmers in Papua New Guinea's Eastern Highlands Province (EHP) face challenges as they navigate social, economic, demographic, and environmental change. While they routinely adapt to weather variability and shifting markets, population growth is placing additional strain on an already finely balanced farming system ...
Geoff Kuehne, Joe Koima, Lonica Aris, Ismael Nae, Akia Aira, Bennie Afigini, James Aniau, John Gahekave, Naomi Paul, Steven Crimp   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Physiological Responses of Minimally Processed Sweet Potatoes Grown with Increasing Doses of Phosphate Fertilizer. [PDF]

ACS Omega, 2023
Santos-Silva VN, de Almeida Oliveira PH, Lopes WAR, Soares AL, Ferreira NL, Marcelino ASAN, de Sá SA, de Brito FAL, Jacobo-Velázquez DA, Barros-Júnior AP, da Silveira LM, Simões ADN.   +11 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Home Gardening [PDF]

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Lancashire, E. R.
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A Walk in the Park: Influence of Natural Co‐Exposure to Grass Pollen and Fungal Spores on Nasal Mycobiome and Cytokine Responses

Clinical &Experimental Allergy, EarlyView.
Volunteers stayed 3 h indoors and followed 1 h outdoors in a flowering meadow. Nasal mycobiome was analysed and aeroallergen content measured in nasal filters. Airborne fungal spores were quantified and fungal isolates were sequenced. Isolated fungal spores were used for stimulation of nasal epithelial cells.
Annika Eggestein, Denise Rauer, Selina M. Herrmann, Franziska Kolek, Vivien Leier‐Wirtz, Swetlana Urban, Bärbel Foesel, Michael Schloter, Madhumita Bhattacharyya, Ioana Pyrri, Matthias Reiger, Vera Schwierzeck, Claudia Hülpüsch, Claudia Traidl‐Hoffmann, Athanasios Damialis, Stefanie Gilles   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Land Reforms in Cuba: First Empirical Assessment on Productivity Using Crop‐Level Panel Data

Economics of Transition and Institutional Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Land reforms implemented in Cuba since 2008 have aimed to increase agricultural production by distributing state‐owned idle lands with land‐use rights. The reforms restricted farmers with the rights from cultivating perennial and capital‐intensive crops.
Yoshihiko Hashiguchi, Yoshimichi Murakami   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Virus-Free Sweet Potato Industry: Development Status and Production Suggestions

Horticulturae
Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L.) is an important food, feed, and industrial raw material and new energy crop. Its rich nutritional value and health effects are increasingly being recognized by consumers, and the demand is increasing. However, due to the
Ying Xu, Li-Xiang Wang, Chen Chen, Shao-Shan Ma, Rui Zhou, Ai-Sheng Xiong   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Post-Harvest Atmospheric Pressure and Composition Modify the Concentration and Bioaccessibility of α- and β-Carotene in Carrots and Sweet Potatoes. [PDF]

Foods, 2023
Hamieh B, Borel P, Raouche S, Bruzzese L, Adjriou N, Halimi C, Marconot G, Gillet G, Rostain JC, Guieu R, Desmarchelier C.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Between famine and freedom: Food prices during the Indonesian War of Independence, 1945–9

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper investigates how the Indonesian War of Independence (1945‒9) influenced staple food prices, and how fluctuations in those prices, in turn, shaped the trajectory and dynamics of the conflict. We compiled a dataset comprising more than 8600 prices for staple foods covering the entire Indonesian archipelago from 1939‒49, allowing us to
Ingrid de Zwarte, Helmi Moret, Pim de Zwart   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multiple Peril Crop Insurance [PDF]

Multiple Peril Crop Insurance (MPCI) is a broad-based crop insurance program regulated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and subsidized by the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation(FCIC).
Edwards, William M., Hofstrand, Donald
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Navigating Prediabetes in a Foreign Country: A Qualitative Study of Self‐Management Experiences Among Chinese‐Speaking Immigrants in Australia

Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim Chinese‐speaking immigrants in Australia have a higher risk of type 2 diabetes and face more barriers to accessing quality healthcare compared to non‐culturally and linguistically diverse populations. This study aimed to explore the self‐management experiences of Chinese‐speaking Australians with self‐reported lived experience of ...
Min Zhang, Kirsten J. Coppell, Johnny Lo, Lisa Whitehead   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source