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Toward a Sustainable Food System in West Papua, Indonesia: Exploring the Links Between Dietary Transition, Food Security, and Forests by Nurhasan, M., Maulana, A.M., Ariesta, D.L., Usfar, A.A., Napitupulu, L., Rouw, A., Hurulean, F., Hapsari, A., Heatubun, C.D., Ickowitz, A.

“…Despite the contribution of forests to food security, West Papua has been ranked as one of the most food-insecure provinces in Indonesia, with high rates of both under-and-overnutrition. …”
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The Ukraine war and its food security implications in Sri Lanka by Thibbotuwawa, Manoj, Dissanayake, Nimesha, Niwarthana, Sachini

“…The latest food security assessment by the World Food Program (WFP) notes that about 30% of the population of 22 million (6.26 Mn people) are food insecure.4 Further, most households are regularly employing food-based coping strategies such as eating less preferred and less nutritious food and reducing the amount of food they eat. …”
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Multiple factors influence the consistency of cropland datasets in Africa by Wei, Yanbing, Lu, Miao, Wu, Wenbin, Ru, Yating

“…Accurate geo-information of cropland is critical for food security strategy development and grain production management, especially in Africa continent where most countries are food-insecure. Over the past decades, a series of African cropland maps have been derived from remotely-sensed data, existing comparison studies have shown that inconsistencies with statistics and discrepancies among these products are considerable. …”
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Hidden hunger: Understanding dietary adequacy in urban and rural food consumption in Senegal by Marivoet, Wim, Ulimwengu, John M., Sall, Leysa M., Gueye, Adama, Savadogo, Kimseyinga, Dia, Khadim

“…Apart from geographical targeting and given their higher responsiveness to price and income changes, policies based on food pricing and income transfers should be implemented to ensure a minimal nutrient intake among the most food-insecure households. These policies could be further complemented with behavioral change campaigns which promote an alternative set of nutrient-rich and cost-effective food items. …”
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Impacts of rodent outbreaks on food security in Asia by Singleton, Grant R., Belmain, Steven, Brown, Peter R., Aplin, Ken, Htwe, Nyo Me

“…Since 2007, a spate of rodent outbreaks has led to severe food shortages in Asia, affecting highly vulnerable and food-insecure families. Little has been documented about wildlife-management issues associated with these outbreaks. …”
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Geospatial characterization of climate-smart agroforestry in two contrasting physiographic zones of Rwanda by Ntawuruhunga, D., Ngowi, E.E., Mangi, H.O., Salanga, R.J., Shikuku, Kelvin Mashisia

“…CSAF denotes a practiced farming system of combining trees with crops or animals (AF) evolved in practices to enhance productivity and feed the food-insecure people while coping with the adverse effects of climate change. …”
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Elite Genotypes of Water Yam (Dioscorea alata) Yield Food Product Quality Comparable to White Yam (Dioscorea rotundata) by Adesokan, M., Alamu, E.O., Fawole, S., Asfaw, A., Maziya-Dixon, B.

“…These findings underscore the potential for promoting selected water yam genotypes to diversify food options and reduce reliance on a limited array of crops, particularly in traditional food-insecure regions of tropical Africa.…”
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Cropping intensity gaps: The potential for expanded global harvest areas by Wu, Wenbin, You, Liangzhi, Chen, Kevin Z.

“…We also find that most food-insecure countries in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Africa south of the Sahara, as indicated by higher Global Hunger Index scores, have high or moderate cropping intensity gaps in both scenarios. …”
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Overcoming phosphorus deficiency in West African pearl millet and sorghum production systems: promising options for crop improvement by Gemenet, Dorcus C., Leiser, W.L., Beggi, Francesca, Herrmann, L.H., Vadez, Vincent, Rattunde, H.F.W., Weltzien, Eva, Hash, C.T., Buerkert, Andreas, Haussmann, B.I.G.

“…West Africa (WA) is among the most food insecure regions. Rapid human population growth and stagnating crop yields greatly contribute to this fact. …”
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Technical Report: Assessment of the Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health and Nutrition by Duante, Charmaine A., Austria, Rovea Ernazelle G., Borigas, John Michael E., Acuin, Cecilia S.

“…In full models, belonging to the poorest quintile, large and food insecure households increase the odds of stunting and wasting in children 0 to 59 months old, of chronic energy deficiency in elderly adults and lactating mothers and for pregnant women to become nutritionally at-risk . …”
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The future of farming: Who will produce our food? by Giller, Kenneth E., Delaune, T., Silva, J.V., Descheemaeker, Katrien K., Ven, G. van de, Schut, Antonius G.T., Wijk, Mark T. van, Hammond, James, Hochman, Z., Taulya, Godfrey, Chikowo, Regis, Narayanan, Sudha, Kishore, Avinash, Bresciani, F., Teixeira, H.M., Andersson, J.A., Ittersum, M.K. van

“…Also in Africa, where we find smallholder farms are much smaller than often assumed (< 1 ha), farming households are often food insecure. A raft of pro-poor policies and investments are needed to stimulate small-scale agriculture as part of a broader focus on rural development to address persistent poverty and hunger. …”
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Catch, consumption, and employment survey by Sean, Vichet, Ou, Phichong, Sun, Vathanak, Freed, Sarah

“…The baseline values will include kg/year for fish production (including a trend over multiple years, if possible, or otherwise the previous year value for kg/year), household fish consumption, and threshold price of fish and other aquatic animals purchased by food insecure households. The Catch, consumption, and employment survey and procedures are based on the recommendations made and applied for the USAID RFFII project (see Hortle, 2012). …”
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Agroecology as a social movement by Tozer, Emma

“…On the other side of the food supply chain, consumers in the U.S. are increasingly susceptible to obesity and diet-related illnesses, even though a substantial part of the population is food insecure. Low-income communities feel these ailments the most, as the most affordable food in these areas is highly processed, grain-based, and calorie dense, yet lacking in nutrition. …”
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New risks and opportunities for food security: Scenario analyses for 2015 and 2050 by von Braun, Joachim, Rosegrant, Mark W., Pandya-Lorch, Rajul, Cohen, Marc J., Cline, Sarah A., Brown, Mary Ashby, Bos, Maria Soledad

“…In the progressive policy actions scenario, which assumes increased investment in rural development, health, education, and agricultural research and development, developing country governments and the international community are able to dramatically reduce the number of food-insecure people, leading to a worldwide decline in hunger. …”
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New risks and opportunities for food security: Scenario analyses for 2015 and 2050 by von Braun, Joachim, Rosegrant, Mark W., Pandya-Lorch, Rajul, Cohen, Marc J., Cline, Sarah A., Brown, Mary Ashby, Bos, Maria Soledad

“…In the progressive policy actions scenario, which assumes increased investment in rural development, health, education, and agricultural research and development, developing country governments and the international community are able to dramatically reduce the number of food-insecure people, leading to a worldwide decline in hunger. …”
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