Search Results - "pandemic"

Designing and delivering bioinformatics project-based learning in East Africa by Kibet, C.K., Domelevo Entfellner, Jean-Baka, Jjingo, D., de Villiers, E.P., de Villiers, S., Wambui, K., Kinyanjui, S., Masiga, D.

“…Results In response to the pandemic, we developed a program to maintain “residential” training experiences and benefits remotely. …”
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Introduction [in Myanmar’s agrifood system: Historical development, recent shocks, future opportunities] by Boughton, Duncan, Belton, Ben, Lambrecht, Isabel B., Minten, Bart

“…A decade of rapid, albeit uneven, progress in Myanmar’s economic development was thrown into reverse by a series of shocks that began with the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020. The pandemic was followed by the military coup of February 2021 and the global food, fuel, and fertilizer supply crisis spurred by the armed conflict in Ukraine that began a year later. …”
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Impact of COVID-19 on food security and cropping patterns in Tajikistan: Evidence from a telephone survey in Khatlon Province by Rajiv, Sharanya, Akramov, Kamiljon T., Aliev, Jovidon

“…The analysis examines respondents’ perceptions of the pandemic’s effects on their households’ livelihoods and agricultural production, disaggregate by 2018 household wealth quartiles. …”
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Do nutrition-sensitive agriculture interventions work among ethnic minorities in Northern Vietnam amidst the COVID-19 crisis? by Nguyen, Lan Thuy T., Van den Berg, Marrit, Stomph, TjeerdJan, Nabuuma, Deborah

“…The impact of the NSA intervention highlighted the complexity of contextual factors, including initial conditions and the ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, which influenced the outcomes in unpredictable ways. …”
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Diagnostic tool for collaborative monitoring of forest landscape restoration by CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry

“…After receiving a completed diagnostic from one of the collaboratives, the USFS instructed to postpone all non-essential activities due to the extremely active 2020 wildfire season and the constraints posed by the COVID pandemic.…”
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Rising populations without sustainable food systems will heighten Africa’s infectious disease burden by Bett, Bernard K.

“…Identifying sustainable food production systems in line with the One Health framework is therefore essential to pre-empt future pandemic, epidemic or endemic diseases.…”
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The future of zoonotic risk prediction by Carlson, C.J., Farrell, M.J., Grange, Z., Han, B.A., Mollentze, N., Phelan, A.L., Rasmussen, A.L., Albery, G.F., Bett, Bernard K., Brett-Major, D.M., Cohen, L.E., Dallas, T., Eskew, E.A., Fagre, A.C., Forbes, K.M., Gibb, R., Halabi, S., Hammer, C.C., Katz, R., Kindrachuk, J., Muylaert, R.L., Nutter, F.B., Ogola, J., Olival, K.J., Rourke, M., Ryan, S.J., Ross, N., Seifert, S.N., Sironen, T., Standley, C.J., Taylor, K., Venter, M., Webala, P.W.

“…In the light of the urgency raised by the COVID-19 pandemic, global investment in wildlife virology is likely to increase, and new surveillance programmes will identify hundreds of novel viruses that might someday pose a threat to humans. …”
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The stability-and-peace accelerator: an overview by Dahl, Hauke, Jacobs-Mata, Inga

“…Global hunger, remained relatively unchanged from 2021 to 2022 but is still far above pre-COVID-19- pandemic levels, affecting around 9.2 percent of the world population in 2022 compared with 7.9 percent in 2019. …”
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Local food system and household responses to external shocks: The case of sustainable coffee farmers and their cooperatives in Western Honduras during COVID-19 by Rodriguez-Camayo, Fernando, Lundy, Mark, Borgemeister, Christian, Ramirez-Villegas, Julian, Beuchelt, Tina

“…Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns (people confined to home, with movement restrictions) presented an external shock to livelihoods and food systems worldwide, most severely affecting vulnerable households in low-income countries. …”
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COVID-19 study in rural areas of Guatemala: Long-term impacts on food security and nutrition in the Western Highlands by Hernandez, Manuel A., Ceballos, Francisco, Paz, Cynthia, Berrospi, Maria Lucia

“…Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Guatemalan farmers have endured multiple challenges brough about by national and local restrictions to movement as well as disruptions in agricultural value chains. …”
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Exploring the knowledge, attitudes, practices and lived experiences of frontline health workers in the times of COVID-19: A qualitative study from Bangladesh by Tune, Samiun Nazrin Bente Kamal, Islam, Bushra Zarin, Islam, Mir Raihanul, Tasnim, Zarin, Ahmed, Syed Masud

“…Conclusion: The uncertain work environment during the COVID-19 pandemic simultaneously affected FLWs’ physical and emotional health in Bangladesh. …”
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India's 2.42 million frontline health workers enable restoration of health and nutrition service delivery after early COVID-19 lockdowns by Avula, Rasmi, Nguyen, Phuong Hong, Ashok, Sattvika, Bajaj, Sumati, Kachwaha, Shivani, Pant, Anjali, Walia, Monika, Kulkarni, Bharati, Augustine, Little Flower, Menon, Purnima

“…Objectives: Modeling studies have estimated impacts of potential service delivery disruptions due to COVID-19 pandemic on maternal and child nutrition outcomes, but little is known about actual delivery status. …”
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COVID-19-induced disruptions of school feeding services exacerbate food insecurity in Nigeria by Abay, Kibrom A., Amare, Mulubrhan, Tiberti, Luca, Andam, Kwaw S.

“…Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and associated lockdown measures have disrupted educational and nutrition services globally. …”
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Urban food prices under lockdown: Evidence from Myanmar’s traditional food retail sector during COVID-19 by Goeb, Joseph, Maredia, Mywish K., Win, Khin Zin, Masias, Ian, Lambrecht, Isabel B., Boughton, Duncan, Minten, Bart

“…Many governments imposed stringent lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic as a public health measure to suppress the spread of the disease. …”
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Assessing climate resilience in rice production: Measuring the impact of the Millennium Challenge Corporation’s IWRM scheme in the Senegal River Valley using remote sensing and mac... by Fionnagáin, D.Ó., Geever, M., O’Farrell, J., Codyre, P., Trearty, R., Tessema, Y.M., Reymondin, Louis, Loboguerrero, Ana Maria, Spillane, Charlie, Golden, A

“…We observed a notable dip in rice cultivation area in 2020, possibly due to the COVID-19 pandemic, followed by a recovery to pre-pandemic levels in 2023, likely aided by previously funded USAID's socio-economic resilience programmes in the region. …”
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Food insecurity and perceived effects of COVID-19 on livelihoods in rural Sri Lanka by Singh, Nishmeet, Scott, Samuel P., Kumar, Neha, Ramani, Gayathri V., Marshall, Quinn, Sinclair, Kate, Kalupahana, Saman, Fernando, Malika, Silva, Renuka, Perera, Amila, Jayatissa, Renuka, Olney, Deanna K.

“…Background: Little is known about how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected food security and livelihoods in Sri Lanka. …”
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COVID-19-pandemins effekt på svenska minkfarmer : morbiditet, mortalitet och långtidseffekter by Lidegran, Karin

Annual Report 2020: Building forward better by Center for International Forestry Research

“…When people responded to the pandemic with calls to ban wild meat, CIFOR-ICRAF experts stepped forward with recent, highly relevant evidence in hand, highlighting the needs of communities who rely on wild game for nutrition. …”
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Poverty impacts of food price increases in Ethiopia by Minot, Nicholas, Martin, Will

“…This period of price increases, spanning the Covid-19 pandemic and then the price shocks following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine raised serious concerns about the welfare of poor people in countries such as Ethiopia.…”
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COVID-19 opens up domestic market for Indian shrimp by Krishnan, M., Babu, Suresh Chandra

“…COVID-19 pandemic presents both a challenge and an opportunity to the Indian shrimp sector. …”
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