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Drivers of millet consumption among school aged children in central Tanzania por Chande, M., Muhimbula, H., Mremi, R., Muzanila, Y.C., Kumwenda, N., Msuya, J., Msere, H., Bekunda, Mateete A., Okori, Patrick, Gichohi-Wainaina, Wanjiku N.

“…In total, 128 women of reproductive age (20 – 49 years) were randomly selected for the study. …”
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Understanding the role of household hygiene practices and foodborne disease risks in child stunting: a UKRI GCRF Action Against Stunting Hub protocol paper por Dominguez-Salas, Paula, Waddington, H.S., Grace, Delia, Bosire, Caroline, Moodley, Arshnee, Kulkarni, B., Dasi, T., Banjara, S.K., Kumar, R.N., Fahmida, U., Htet, M.K., Sudibya, A.R.P., Faye, B., Tine, R.C., Heffernan, C., Saxena, D., Dreibelbis, R., Häsler, B.

“…The observational study recruits women during pregnancy in Hyderabad, India, Lombok, Indonesia and Kaffrine, Senegal, and dyads (i.e., 500 mother–infant pairs per country) are followed longitudinally up to 24 months after birth. …”
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Social Correlates of and Reasons for Primate Meat Consumption in Central Amazonia por Lemos, L.P., Loureiro, L.F., Morcatty, T.Q., Fa, J.E., Vasconcelos Neto, C.F.A. de, Souza Jesus, A. de, Silva, V.C. da, Oliveira Ramalho, M.L. de, Matos Mendes, A. de, Valsecchi, J., El Bizri, H.R.

“…Our results show that men were more likely to say that they eat primates than women, and that the probability that a person said that they eat primates correlated positively with the percentage of their life lived in rural areas. …”
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Monitoring biophysical and socioeconomic impacts of CSA practices at Doyogena and Basona Climate-Smart Landscapes, Ethiopia por Nigussie, Abebe, Ambaw, Gebermedihin, Tesfaye, Abonesh

“…This activity was conducted to determine climate-smart agricultural practices’ biophysical and socioeconomic impacts over the last 12 months, using the Doyogena (Southern Ethiopia) and Basona (North Ethiopia) climate-smart landscapes as a case study. More specifically, this activity addressed if CSA practices (i) guarantee farmers resilience to climate change; (ii) increase food productivity and household income; and (iii) prevent gender-related bias (i.e., improving women’s participation in decisions, access/control over resources). …”
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Suitability of testers to characterize provitamin a content and agronomic performance of tropical maize inbred lines por Sayadi Maazou, A.R., Adetimirin, Victor O., Gedil, Melaku A, Meseka, S.K., Mengesha Abera, W., Menkir, A.

“…Vitamin A deficiency poses health risks for children, pregnant women, and nursing mothers in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and Southeast Asia. …”
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Decision tree scoring system to guide selection for consumer preference in sweetpotato breeding trials por Nakitto, M., Ssali, R.T., Johanningsmeier, S.D., Moyo, M., Kock, H. de, Berget, I., Okello, J.J., Mayanja, S., Tinyiro, S.E., Mendes, T., Benard, Y., Chelengat, D., Osaru, F., Bugaud, C.

“…Results Including boiled sweetpotato sensory characteristics, namely mealy, sweet taste, sweetpotato smell, firm and not fibrous in breeding design would benefit end-users, especially women given their role in varietal selection, food preparation and marketing. …”
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Knowledge and practices related to antibiotics among poultry producers and veterinarians in two Indian states por Sharma, Garima, Dey, Tushar, Hazarika, R.A., Shome, B.R., Shome, R., Singh, V.P., Deka, Ram P., Grace, Delia, Lindahl, Johanna F.

“…Univariable analysis showed that Assam farmers and women were likely to have have more knowledge. <b>Conclusion</b> The poultry farmers were mostly unaware of the relation between antibiotic use and antimicrobial resistance. …”
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Affordability of nutritious diets in rural India por Raghunathan, Kalyani, Headey, Derek D., Herforth, Anna

“…Although we find that dietary costs increased substantially over 2001-2011 for both men and women, rural wage rates increased more rapidly, implying that nutritious diets became substantially more affordable over time. …”
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Multi-repeat sequences identification using genome mining techniques for developing highly sensitive molecular diagnostic assay for the detection of Chlamydia trachomatis [version... por Shiluli, C., Kamath, S., Kanoi, B.N., Kimani, R., Maina, M., Waweru, H., Kamita, M., Ndirangu, I., Abkallo, Hussein M., Oduor, Bernard, Pamme, N., Dupaty, J., Klapperich, C.M., Lolabattu, S.R., Gitaka, J.

“…It is likely that missed <i>C. trachomatis</i> infections contribute to preventable adverse health outcomes in women and children. Consequently, there is an urgent need of developing efficient diagnostic methods. …”
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Cost-effectiveness of community-based gendered advisory services to farmers: Analysis in Mozambique and Tanzania por Mogues, Tewodaj, Mueller, Valerie, Kondylis, Florence

“…However, for any given modality, it is more cost-effective to improve outcomes for men than for women. The structure of costs in the agricultural extension programme further allowed for a simulation of how cost-effectiveness would change if the programme were scaled up geographically. …”
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Quality of nutrition services in primary health care facilities: Implications for integrating nutrition into the health system in Bangladesh por Billah, Masum, Saha, Kuntal K., Khan, Abdullah Nurus Salam, Chowdhury, Ashfaqul Haq, Garnett, Sarah P., Arifeen, S. E., Menon, Purnima

“…Delivery of the nutrition services was poor: <30% of women received all four key antenatal nutrition services, 25% of sick children had their weight checked against a growth-chart and <1% had their height measured. …”
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Economic benefits of high value medicinal plants to Pakistani communities: An analysis of current practice and potential por Sher, Hassan, Aldosari, Ali, Ali, Ahmad, de Boer, Hugo J.

“…Gathering is mostly done by women and children of nomadic Middle Hill tribes who earn supplementary income through this activity, with the plants then brought into the market by collectors who are usually local farmers. …”
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Determinants of organic soil fertilization methods use over time and in the face of climate vulnerability por Sharna, Shaima Chowdhury, Maraseni, Tek, Radanielson, Ando Mariot

“…Other major drivers of SOMET long-term use are older household head, more educated women in households, larger farm-size, and higher livestock values. …”
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Dietary intake and micronutrient adequacy among adults engaged in agriculture in rural Sri Lanka: Findings from a cross-sectional baseline survey por Joyce, Caroline A., Caswell, Bess L., Gelli, Aulo, Hess, Sonja Y., Sitisekara, Hasara, Stewart, Christine P., Tan, Xiuping, Jayatissa, Renuka, Peiris, Kalana, Silva, Renuka, Olney, Deanna K.

“…Participants: Men and women from households in the program evaluation study area. …”
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Tracking a decade of food system transformation in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta: production, consumption, and nutrition por Hoang, Ky The, Ignowski, Liz, Tuan, Mai Phuong, Belton, Ben, Duong, Thanh Thi, Nguyen, Quoc Minh, Nguyen, Son Duy, Truong, Tuyet Mai, Dinh Thi Thanh, Phuong, Murshed-e-Jahan, Khondker, Huynh, Thi Thanh Tuyen

“…However, it also led to the highest increases in overweight and obesity rates nationally, rising threefold among children aged 6-19 years (23.8%) and adults (34% for both men and women), with sugar-sweetened beverage consumption increasing fourfold. …”
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Food and water security under global change: Developing adaptive capacity with a focus on rural Africa por CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food

“…To ensure that the right information gets to the right people, proactive investments, policies, and extension services must explicitly target those who are most vulnerable to climate change: subsistence farmers, women, children, and marginalized or less-educated groups. …”
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Wetlands-based livelihoods in the Limpopo basin: Balancing social welfare and environmental security por CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food

“… 􏰃 Identify as part of the trade-off analysis who benefits, e.g., poor women and men farmers, herders, fisher folk; local business people; etc…”
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The feeding component in rural and peri-urban smallholder pig systems in Uganda por Pezo, Danilo A., Ouma, Emily A., Lule, Peter M., Dione, Michel M., Lukuyu, Ben A., Carter, N., Roesel, Kristina

“…Trading of crop residues is minimal hence comprising only <2% hence they can be obtained from farms for free. Women and children are mostly responsible for pig feeding and management, as well as for collecting crop residues for pigs (85.8 and 78.6% of farms in rural and periurban settings, respectively). …”
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Variation and inheritance of iron reductase activity in the roots of Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) and association with seed iron accumulations QTL por Blair, Matthew W., Knewtson, SJB, Astudillo, Carolina, Li, CM, Fernández, A.C., Grusak, M.A.

“…Background: Iron deficiency anemia is a global problem which often affects women and children of developing countries. Strategy I plants, such as common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) take up iron through a process that involves an iron reduction mechanism in their roots; this reduction is required to convert ferric iron to ferrous iron. …”
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Modelling socioeconomic determinants for cultivation and in-situ conservation of Vitex doniana Sweet (black plum), a wild-harvested economic plant in Benin por N’Danikou, S., Achigan-Dako, Enoch G., Tchokponhoue, D.A., Agossou, C.O.A., Houdegbe, C.A., Vodouhe, R.S., Ahanchédé, A.

“…Results: We found that men were more willing to cultivate the species than women and this is conditioned by land area available. …”
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