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Household food safety, dietary diversity and malnutrition in an urban context: Evidence from urban Ghana
(2024-05-15)
Food safety, dietary diversity and malnutrition are significant issues confronting urban households. A nutrition and epidemiological transition is occurring in developing countries, leading to a double burden of malnutrition ...
Genome Wide Association Study and Genomic Selection Models for Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Bread Wheat
(2024-05-17)
Nitrogen (N) as an essential element in the structure of proteins, nucleic acids and chlorophyll plays an important role in grain yield. Nitrogen fertilizer, which is most commonly used in cereal production, is necessary ...
Economics of Female Labor Force Participation: Overcoming Barriers in Pakistan
(2024-05-28)
The active participation of females in the labor force advances gender equality and empowers them to access economic opportunities. The thesis empirically investigates the dynamics of female labor force participation and ...
Heavy metal contamination in urban agriculture and human health risk in Yaoundé, Cameroon
(2022-12-14)
Heavy metals are ubiquitous in the environment. The sources of heavy metals are both natural and anthropogenic activities. Urban growth, coupled with increasing demand for vegetables, has led to the utilization of lowlands ......
Schwermetalle sind allgegenwärtig in der Umwelt. Die Quelle für Schwermetalle sind sowohl natürlich als auch von Menschen verursachte Aktivitäten. Das Wachstum der Städte und die damit einhergehende steigende Nachfrage ......
Schwermetalle sind allgegenwärtig in der Umwelt. Die Quelle für Schwermetalle sind sowohl natürlich als auch von Menschen verursachte Aktivitäten. Das Wachstum der Städte und die damit einhergehende steigende Nachfrage ......
Genome stability assessment in new diverse Brassica allohexaploid crop types (AABBCC) using molecular karyotyping
(2024-06-04)
Interspecific hybridization and polyploidization processes are known to confer advantages, such as hybrid vigor and increased environmental tolerances. Although cultivated diploid and allotetraploid Brassica species which ......
Influence of lactation-induced and condition-dependent mobilization of body fat on bile acid metabolism of high-yielding dairy cows
(2024-06-04)
The transition from pregnancy to lactation is characterized by major metabolic, phys-iological, and hormonal changes. In early lactation, dairy cows experience a negative energy balance (NEB) as the energy required for ...
Assessing emerging technologies for sustainability transitions: An analysis from a technology, company and ecosystem perspective
(2023-06-29)
Understanding the role of technological innovations has always been a central concern of strategic management research. Specifically, to address the current challenges of the 21st century, such as climate change ......
Die Rolle technologischer Innovationen zu verstehen, ist schon immer ein zentrales Anliegen der strategischen Managementforschung. Vor allem in Anbetracht der großen Herausforderungen des 21. Jahrhunderts, wie Klimawandel ......
Die Rolle technologischer Innovationen zu verstehen, ist schon immer ein zentrales Anliegen der strategischen Managementforschung. Vor allem in Anbetracht der großen Herausforderungen des 21. Jahrhunderts, wie Klimawandel ......
Comparison of the sustainability of ecological farming approaches using bio-economic modeling
(2024-06-05)
EU and national policies foster ecological farming approaches to mitigate environmental pressures and increase sustainability of agricultural production. However, existing policies suffer from limited participation or low ...
Agro-climate service delivery and scaling at the last mile: A case study in Dien Bien District, Vietnam
(2024-05-07)
Smallholder farmers, particularly in the Global South, are among the groups experiencing the most direct impacts of weather, climate variability and climate change. These direct impacts might disrupt or reverse development ...
Assessing the Impacts of Hygroscopic Leaf Surface Material on Plant Water Relations: Stomatal Responses and Nocturnal Transpiration
(2024-04-17)
The increase in atmospheric aerosols from human activities like industry and agriculture has raised concerns about their impact on plant physiology, particularly due to their hygroscopic nature. While past research focused ...