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Soil productivity improvement under different fallow types on Alfisol of a derived savanna ecology of Nigeria

Heliyon, 2021
Fallowing is considered an important management strategy for the restoration of soil productivity. Therefore, a three-year fallow of pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan), mexican sunflower (Tithonia diversifolia) and elephant grass (Pennisetum purpureum) was ...
Aruna Olasekan Adekiya, Charity Aremu, Taiwo Michael Agbede, Adeniyi Olayanju, Wutem Sunny Ejue, Kehinde Abodunde Adegbite, Ibukun Elizabeth Olayiwola, Babatunde Ajiboye, Ayodele Tunmise Oni   +8 more
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Children Rights to ‘Zero Hunger’ and the Execution Challenges during the COVID-19 Crisis

Hasanuddin Law Review, 2022
‘Zero hunger is the world’s pledge under the Sustainable Development Goals 2030, which aims to end hunger, achieve food security and improve nutrition. Nevertheless, the mission had been seized as the world faced economic turndown due to the outbreak of ...
Nurul Hidayat binti Ab Rahman, Redwan bin Yasin   +1 more
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Residential waste segregation: The interconnection with SDG 2 zero hunger

Environmental Challenges, 2023
In the scientific literature, academics and practitioners have advocated the interconnection between Sustainable Development Goal 2 (SDG 2) and composting.
Luis Velazquez, Nora Munguia, Diana Alvarez-Alvarez, Guillermo Cuamea-Cruz, Carlos Anaya-Eredias, Francisco Martinez-Castañeda   +5 more
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Identification of factors associated with acute malnutrition in children under 5 years and forecasting future prevalence: assessing the potential of statistical and machine learning methods

BMJ Public Health
Introduction Eliminating acute malnutrition in children under 5 years of age stands as a critical health priority outlined in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 2, ‘Zero Hunger’. This requires targeted provision of treatment and preventative
Christopher Coffey, Meike Reusken, Frans Cruijssen, Bertrand Melenberg, Cascha van Wanrooij   +4 more
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Three decades of fighting against hunger in Africa: Progress, challenges and opportunities

World Nutrition, 2020
Tackling hunger is a challenge for many African governments because of its endemic nature on the continent. Many African countries have found it difficult to achieve significant reductions in hunger and malnutrition since 1990.
Olutosin Ademola Otekunrin, Oluwaseun Aramide Otekunrin, Barbara Sawicka, Idris A Ayinde   +3 more
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A tree-based approach to identify indispensable foods in minimum-cost food baskets

Frontiers in Nutrition
IntroductionOptimization techniques, such as linear programming, can be used to estimate the minimum cost of a nutrient-adequate food basket, to determine if individuals or households can afford nutritious diets.
Melissa F. Koenen, Melissa F. Koenen, Romée Geelen, Romée Geelen, Marleen Balvert, Marleen Balvert, Hein Fleuren, Hein Fleuren   +7 more
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Shocks, socio-economic status, and food security across Kenya: policy implications for achieving the Zero Hunger goal

Environmental Research Letters, 2022
This study assessed the association between shocks, socio-economic factors, and household food security across Kenya, and provided policy implications for achieving the Zero Hunger goal at national and local levels in Kenya.
Emily Mutea, Md Sarwar Hossain, Ali Ahmed, Chinwe Ifejika Speranza   +3 more
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Physicochemical and thermal characterization and antioxidant property of chicken feather keratin and ginger starch hybrid nanocomposite film

Carbohydrate Polymer Technologies and Applications, 2023
The fabrication of starch-based nanocomposites is regarded as a sustainable method of manufacturing ecologically favourable packaging materials in addition to their better gaseous barrier attribute over starch films.
Olarewaju M. Oluba, Deborah A. Edeh, Samuel I. Ojeaburu, Opeyemi A. Bayo-Olorunmeke, Sunday J. Josiah   +4 more
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Do Village Allocation Funds Contribute towards Alleviating Hunger among the Local Community (SDG#2)? An Insight from Indonesia

Economies, 2022
Using an exclusive data set from Indonesia in 2018–2020, this study aims to prove whether there is a relationship between the allocation of village funds and the level of hunger in the community.
Elizabeth T. Manurung, Sylvia F. E. Maratno, Paulina Permatasari, Arif B. Rahman, Reifa Qisthi, Elvy M. Manurung   +5 more
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The role of language technology and artificial intelligence in food security policymaking

Discover Sustainability
Natural Language Processing (NLP) offers significant opportunities to support the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including Zero Hunger. While many NLP applications have been documented for SDGs such as healthcare and education, its application to ...
Marieke Meeske, Frans Cruijssen, Chris van der Lee, Emiel Krahmer   +3 more
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