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Showing 1 to 20 of 31 for “"nutrition security"”.
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Smallholder agriculture and household food and nutrition security: a study from East Hararghe, Ethiopia
… selected because of its vulnerability to malnutrition. A sample of 400 rural households were drawn randomly from four kebelles in this district. A combination of qualitative and quantitative methods were used. The findings indicated that agricultural production was mainly focused on staple …
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Smallholder agriculture and food and nutrition security: a study from south-eastern Tigray, Ethiopia
… examines smallholder agriculture and food and nutrition security of rural households using mainly survey data collected in the post- and pre-harvest seasons from 400 randomly selected households across four villages in Enderta and Hintalo-Wajerat districts. Quantitative and qualitative analyses …
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Using the re-aim framework to evaluate a campus food pantry’s potential impact on nutrition security
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2025-05-01
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The Role of Food Retailers for Integration of Nutrition Security and Planetary Health Promotion in the United States
In the United States (U.S.), nutrition security is defined as food security and diet quality across social and economic segments of the population. Achieving nutrition security for all requires a healthy planet that can withstand the shocks and stressors of ahistoric weather patterns. Healthy food …
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The impact of climate change on food and nutrition security in Africa and potential adaptation options for the future; a case study of Malawi
… extent do natural landscapes benefit food and nutrition security in the poorest households in Malawi? The first study found that climate change will have a smaller impact on food security in Africa than population growth, with very high levels of undernourishment projected in almost all …
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Impacts of Crop Diversification and Household Resilience on Welfare and Child Nutrition in Senegal
… rural economies, with consequences for food security and child nutrition. In Senegal’s Groundnut Basin, where households rely on rain-fed farming and have limited formal risk-management options, crop diversification and household resilience are central strategies for protecting welfare. …
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Examination of the perceived contribution of edible indigenous plants in combating food and nutrition insecurity in the Tonga community of Zimbabwe
… ever-present component of the household food and nutrition security equation since time immemorial. The place of these plants in the household food and nutrition debate and matrix is unclear. Yet, their existence lessens the impact of food and nutrition insecurity on household livelihoods. A study …
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Política nacional de segurança alimentar e nutricional e o desafio da construção do SISAN
… work aims to analyze the Public Policy for Food Security and Nutrition, its conception, objectives, instruments and management mechanisms, trying to perceive the current situation of implementation of the System Food and Nutrition Security at Paraíba. A descriptive study, with a qualitative …
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Metrics of food security and sustainability An indicator-based vulnerability and resilience approach
… along with natural system depletion, placed food security and environmental sustainability at the top of the political agenda. Analyses of the dynamic interlinkages between food consumption patterns and environmental concerns recently received considerable attention from the international …
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Análise das Conferências Nacionais de Segurança Alimentar e Nutricional no contexto de formulação de políticas públicas
… by the National Conferences on Food and Nutrition Security (NCFNS) for the elaboration of public policies, particularly in relation to programs of interest for the promotion of Food and Nutrition Security (FNS). This is a qualitative-quantitative research, whose qualitative part was …
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Alimentação sustentável : uma revisão de literatura sobre SlowFood.
… nce of mindful eating in front of the current nutritional transition through which we are passing through a literature review on the Slow Food movement. Knowing that food and nutrition security and the promotion of a healthy diet are important for healt h and quality of life, we realize the …
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Evaluation of Opportunities and Constraints of Agricultural Marketing Systems: a case Study of Mbezi Louis Village
… hence increased income, household employment and nutrition security; training farmers on good agricultural practices for improved quality and networking I improves quality, supply and demand as well. Diseases, low crop prices and lack of technology were concluded as major constraints of …
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Barriers to adult male participation in community-based agricultural education programs in Kamuli, Uganda
Undernutrition and food insecurity are ongoing challenges in rural Uganda. In these communities, women often bear the responsibility of childcare and household tasks, while still contributing to farm work. Men determine household and farm decisions, frequently impacting food and nutrition …
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Adoption of Climate-Smart Agricultural Practices and Their Impacts on the Welfare of Livestock Farming Households in Pakistan
… of CSA practices and their impact on food security and household income by using a multinomial endogenous switching regression (MESR) model. The findings show that livestock farmers with joint adoption of CSA practices benefit more than those who do not adopt any or adopt an individual …
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Implementing food pantry nutrition policies: Perspectives from the field
… Sangye, 2013). Adults with any level of food insecurity have a 43% to 53% greater risk of developing a chronic disease than those who are food secure. Those who are food secure have a 37% risk of developing a chronic disease (Gregory & Coleman-Jenson, 2017). For this reason, efforts are being …
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Putting Food onto the Urban Agenda: How the City of Cape Town can increase access to sustainable and healthy diets through urban food governance
… intakes of highly processed, energy-dense and nutritionally poor foods. In Cape Town, South Africa, the impacts of this nutritional transition manifest themselves not only with hunger and undernutrition but also with overnutrition. Due to structural barriers in cities limiting access to healthy …
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The Russo-Ukranian War: implications on the right of access to sufficient food in South Africa
… now stand as potential barriers to food security in the face of global shocks such as the Russo-Ukrainian war. The study used a doctrinal research methodology, consisting of an analysis of the legal and policy landscape, including the Marketing of Agricultural Products Act 47 of 1996, the …
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Evaluation of water governance systems for improved operation of selected small-holder irrigation schemes in Nzhelele Area, South Africa
… in poverty reduction and enhancing food and nutrition security in rural areas. However, many of these irrigation schemes have failed to achieve their intended objectives for increasing agricultural productivity due to a slew of challenges including irrigation water governance. Therefore, the …
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Information Asymmetry and Profitability of Tomato and Butternut Value Chains: A case of Nwanedi Agri-hub
… subsector plays a crucial role, in food and nutrition security, trade balance, employment creation, and the supply of raw materials to agro-industries, however, the participation of smallholder farmers in the agricultural production chain and their contributions to value addition, remain …
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Technoeconomic Analysis of Protein Extraction from Ethanol Defatted Cold Press Canola Meal via Dry Fractionation
… due to concerns about sustainability and nutrition security. This research undertakes technoeconomic analysis (TEA) of protein extraction from ethanol defatted cold press canola meal to identify the cost-effective operating scale for the process. Brassica oilseed (canola/rapeseed) is the …
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