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Seasonal food availability calendar for improved diet quality and nutrition: Methodology guide by Lochetti, Gaia, Meldrum, Gennifer, Kennedy, Gina, Termote, Céline

“…Seasonality is one of the key factors in determining food availability, especially of perishable foods like fruits and vegetables. Information on seasonal food availability can be used as an entry point to understand local dynamics related to food and nutrition security and to design and develop projects and activities that, through a food systems approach, ultimately aim at the empowerment of local communities to manage and use local agrobiodiversity for improved nutrition and health. …”
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The effect of ground vegetation management on competition between the ants Oecophylla longinoda and Pheidole megacephala and implications for conservation biological control by Seguni, Z.S.K., Way, M.J., Mele, P. van

“…In tropical Africa and Asia, two species of the predatory ant genus, Oecophylla, play a crucial role in protecting tree crops against pests and enhancing the quality of fruits and nuts. As predatory effectiveness is influenced by the presence of other dominant ant species, understanding the ecological factors at work in agroecosystems lies at the basis of conservation biological control. …”
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Seasonality and nutrition-sensitive farming in rural Northern Ghana by de Jager, Ilse, van de Ven, Gerrie W. J., Giller, Kenneth E., Brouwer, Inge D.

“…Ensuring a nutritious diet year-round requires enhanced availability of vegetables and fruits throughout the year. Second, although staple crops do not provide the full range of essential nutrients, increasing their yields allows for a reduction of field size, freeing up space for the production of other foods belonging to a nutritious diet, such as vegetables. …”
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Supermarket shopping and nutritional outcomes: A panel data analysis for urban Kenya by Demmler, Kathrin, Ecker, Olivier, Qaim, Matin

“…Rather than thwarting modernization in the retail sector, policies that incentivize the sale of more healthy foods—such as fruits and vegetables—in supermarkets may be more promising to promote desirable nutritional outcomes.…”
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Supermarket shopping and nutritional outcomes: A panel data analysis for urban Kenya by Demmler, Kathrin M., Ecker, Olivier, Qaim, Matin

“…Rather than thwarting modernization in the retail sector, policies that incentivize the sale of more healthy foods – such as fruits and vegetables – in supermarkets may be more promising to promote desirable nutritional outcomes.…”
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Information framing effects on diet choices among Chinese urban residents by Chen, Kevin Z., Yu, Luyun, Lin, Wen, Ortega, David L.

“…The current Chinese diet falls short of a healthy diet, including too much meat, oil, salt, and sugar while having insufficient levels of whole grains, fruits, nuts, and milk. Transforming Chinese dietary patterns has become urgent. …”
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Nourishing a healthy future: The role of irrigation in a changing world by Hamilton, Christine, Lefore, Nicole, Ringler, Claudia, Barron, Jennie

“…The number of hungry people has surpassed 700 million, and good nutrition is out of reach for more than a third of humanity who cannot afford the quantity and variety of foods needed for a healthy life. Particularly fruits, vegetables and animal-source foods remain unaffordable to most people in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. …”
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Direct contributions of dry forests to nutrition: a review by Rowland, D., Blackie, R.R., Powell, B., Djoudi, H., Vergles, E., Vinceti, B.

“…Many wild foods are rich in micronutrients, particularly fruits, vegetables, and animal source food. As a result there has been increasing interest in the value of wild foods to meeting nutritional requirements. …”
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Remote sensing-based assessment of the 2005–2011 bamboo reproductive event in the Arakan mountain range and its relation with wildfires by Fava, Francesco P., Colombo, R.

“…Over 65% of the region shows evidence of synchronous bamboo flowering, fruiting, and mortality over large areas, with wave-like spatiotemporal dynamics. …”
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Colchicine-induced polyploidy in loquat (Eriobotrya japonica (Thunb.) Lindl.) by Blasco, Manuel, Badenes, María L., Naval, María M.

“…Lindl.) is of great interest for producing larger and seedless fruits according to market demands. Under this premise, this work was aimed to obtain tetraploid plants of loquat using the antimitotic agent colchicine. …”
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Draft genome sequence for virulent and avirulent strains of Xanthomonas arboricola isolated from Prunus spp. in Spain by Garita-Cambronero, Jerson, Palacio-Bielsa, Ana, López, María M., Cubero, Jaime

“…Among the members of this taxon, X. arboricola pv. pruni, the causal agent of bacterial spot disease of stone fruits and almond, is distributed worldwide although it is considered a quarantine pathogen in the European Union. …”
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Studies on recovery of groundnut plants from boron injury by Gopal, N.H.

“…At maturity, these plants yielded 14 fruits compared to 17 of the corresponding control. …”
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Impacto del uso de biocarbón sobre la calidad de suelos y Producción de cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) en sistemas agroforestales, Reserva Indígena Bribri, Talamanca, Costa Rica by Silva, Juliano Hojah da

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La participación de la mujer campesina en proyectos forestales by Mayorga, Arleen, Páramo, Rosa María

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Feeding ecology and seed dispersal by Ateles hybridus, Alouatta seniculus and Cebus albifrons in a fragmented area at San Juan del Carare, Colombia : ecology of a monkey community... by Aldana Saavedra, Johanna Patricia

“…Therefore the three species of monkeys are experiencing scramble competition, where it is possible that the fruits are the limiting factor. All those findings together could rescue the long-term survival and viability of these primates.…”
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Assessment of Russian embargo impact on economies of the EU countries : an input-output approach by Mo, Yunle

“…The results show that the impact on the whole economy of these four countries is moderate in terms of their change in GDP, but it does have significant negative impacts on certain industries of each economy, for instance, bovine meat industry in Germany, vegetables and fruits in both Baltic States and Poland, and dairy products in Finland. …”

Elaboration of a Dehydrated Pineapple (Ananas comosus) Snack by Osmo-convection by Moreira H., Izza F.

“…In the context of increasing demand for healthier snacks, osmotic dehydration offers an alternative to preserve tropical fruits while maintaining their nutrient profile. The research applied various osmotic treatments with immersion times of 6, 12, and 24 hours in a honey-water-lime solution prior to drying which were compared to convective drying with no immersion (control). …”
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Technical Advisory Committee Ninth Meeting, 3-7 February 1975: Draft Report by CGIAR Technical Advisory Committee

“…Other subjects addressed included post harvest technology, tropical fruits, CGIAR relationships with ICIPE, relations with national research institutions, CGIAR terminology and review procedures, WARDA, pesticides, the World Food Conference, aquaculture, water use and management, and IBPGR.…”
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Variability of provitamin A carotenoids in plantain: influence of cultivar, bunch type, maturation stage, and location by Udomkun, Patchimaporn, Masso, C., Swennen, Rony L., Assfaw Wossen, Tesfamicheal, Amah, D., Fotso Kaute, A., Lienou, J., Adesokan, Michael, Njukwe, E., Vanlauwe, Bernard

“…For the sixteen plantain cultivars, fruits were collected at stages 1 (unripe), 5 (ripe), and 7 (overripe) from three different bunch types (French, False Horn, and True Horn) across 13 locations in Cameroon and Gabon. …”
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Irrigation and women’s diet in Ethiopia: A longitudinal study by Baye, Kaleab, Choufani, Jowel, Mekonnen, Dawit Kelemework, Bryan, Elizabeth, Ringler, Claudia, Griffiths, Jeffrey K., Davies, Emma

“…Diets were predominantly plant-based, with little consumption of nutrientdense foods, such as fruits and animal source foods. High seasonal variability in energy, protein, vitamin C, calcium, iron, and zinc intakes were observed (P<0.01). …”
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