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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"food scarcity"”.
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Scarcity, government, population: The problem of food in colonial Kenya, c. 1900-1952
Food security in Africa is a foremost development challenge. Dominant approaches to addressing food security concentrate on availability and increasing production. This 'productionist' focus arguably limits the capacity of government policies to address contemporary food problems. It does so by …
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Multidimensions of Poverty: An Analysis of the Differential Effects of Racism and Poverty on Skeletal Growth
… Understanding how the long-term consequences of food scarcity and pollution will affect the human body in its entirety will better contribute to understanding social harms. As such, detailed descriptive statistics and multivariate linear regression were used to analyze skeletal and documentary …
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Gendered drought effects within family settings, Masvingo Zimbabwe " 2000 to 2016"
… were; environmental effects, economic effects, food scarcity, health effects, distribution of gender roles and coping strategies to drought. The findings showed that there were paradigm shifts in terms of gender relations with regard to drought in many villages, townships and cities today. …
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Analyzing the Politics of Development Funding, Competition, and Corruption in the Ch’orti’ Maya Area
… have treated the symptoms but not the causes of food scarcity and malnutrition in the Ch’orti’ Maya area. My analysis suggests that, beyond determining which agency will implement which project, donors foster the emergence of service economies when funding is abundant, and they foster competition …
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The readiness of the agricultural sector to adopt the internet of things: a case of Western Cape, South Africa
Background: Food scarcity arising from climate change has garnered widespread recognition as a critical global concern, necessitating serious attention. Far-reaching impacts of climate change extend across dimensions such as the environment, technology, policy, and societal progress. Among these …
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Implementing precision agriculture in the oil palm industry: a case of oil palm management system (OPAMS)
… agriculture management to address mainly food scarcity issue over the world; and at a micro-level it’s advancement of technological means in order to adapt to the macro environment changes. The need of drastic changes in the global food system in order to achieve a more sustainable …
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Lived scarcity, social attitudes and political behaviour in Kenya : evidence from Afrobarometer Round 5
… the causal linkages between natural resource scarcity and violence. In contrast to previous research, I posit that scarcity is an inherently personal experience, and thus argue that the consequences of scarcity too, should be empirically tested at the individual level. The available literature …
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a taste of home
… in the collective sharing and exchange of food at the table. Immigrant-owned restaurants across Boston offer their cuisine to celebrate their culture and create a sense of home in an unfamiliar place. On the other hand, borders are also experienced across the city through the inequitable …
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Too hungry to study : a phenomenological study examining college students experiencing food insecurity.
Food insecurity occurs when individuals do not have access to nutritional food on a routine basis, and it is a growing trend among today's college students. A 2018 survey conducted by HOPE Research Center provided an alarming statistic about this issue. The report indicated, "45% of student …
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Capuchin monkey and the Caatinga dry forest : a hard life in a harsh habitat.
… plant and invertebrate biodiversity, as regards foods for the Cebus. The study population of capuchin monkeys faced more frequent and longer periods of food scarcity than does any other known capuchin population. However, the Cebus in the Caatinga circumvent the ecological constraints of low …
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The Effects of Limited Winter Food Availability on the Population Dynamics, Energy Reserves, and Feather Molt of the Swamp Sparrow
… zone winters posed by cold weather coupled with food scarcity. These challenges are often assumed to occur, but are rarely experimentally tested. I hypothesized that the naturally occurring, lower abundances of food in temperate zone winters limit a bird's ability to acquire optimal energy and …
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Marriage and fertility change in post-Soviet Tajikistan
… first paper, ‘Through civil war, food scarcity and drought: fertility and nuptiality during periods of crisis in post-Soviet Tajikistan’, presents recent trends in marriage and fertility rates in Tajikistan since 1989. The fluctuating pattern of change illustrates the importance of …
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Slavery beyond slavery: the American South, British imperialism, and the circuits of capital, 1833-1873
… India’s North-Western Provinces,famine caused by food scarcity was rendered comparable to the experiences that Lancashire cotton workers suffered from due to increased cotton prices brought about by disrupted access to enslaved labor. By considering what binds these histories together, “Slavery …
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Zooming in on human-wildlife coexistence: primate community responses in a shared agroforest landscape in Guinea-Bissau
… heterogeneous matrix. During the period of wild food scarcity, chimpanzees increased visits within the villages when orange, lime and papaya were available. Thus, when forest foods were scarce, risk avoidance was temporally overruled in favour of optimal foraging. Interview data with local people …
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Mungbean [Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek]: Protein-rich Legume for Improving Soil Fertility and Diversifying Cropping Systems
… on agricultural productivity, resulting in food scarcity and nutritional insecurity, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa. Mungbean [Vigna radiata (L.) R. Wilczek] has seen increased interest as a short-duration and drought tolerant legume crop, capable of atmospheric N₂ fixation. Mungbean is …
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Classifying Interdependencies in the Food and Agriculture Critical Infrastructure Sector
… of infrastructure interdependencies found in the food and agriculture critical infrastructure sector. Interdependencies are identified through an examination of rice and poultry agriculture throughout the state of Arkansas. The subtleties of interdependence examples in the food and agriculture …
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Time-of-flight perception pipeline for selective green asparagus harvesting: Theory and application
… population have raised concerns over a potential food scarcity crisis. In response to this, the agricultural industry is currently undergoing a technological revolution, especially with respect to robotic harvesting. Green asparagus, due to its unique physiology and labour intensive harvesting …
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Climate change and food security: effects of rainfall variability on sustainable food security in the Sahel of northern Nigeria
… effects of rainfall variability on sustainable food security in the semi-arid land of Borno State, northeastern Nigeria. The rural population in northeast Nigeria depends on agricultural resources for food security and employment, as about 80% of the population depends on agriculture. This makes …
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Factors influencing migrant maternal and infant nutrition in Cape Town, South Africa
… of maternal nutrition involved documenting foods consumed during pregnancy, as well as investigating the motivations that undergird nutrition during this period. The findings related to migrant maternal nutrition affirmed and built on previous research, which suggested that pregnant women …
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The influence of anthropogenic food on bird behaviour and community structure in urban environments
Anthropogenic food sources have been recognized as an important trophic input in urban systems, and a major driver of the colonization of urban areas. Among various taxonomic groups, birds have exhibited a remarkable adaptation to incorporate anthropogenic food into their diets. This may have …