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Local and regional food production diversity are positively associated with household dietary diversity in rural Africa
(2025-01-02)Undernutrition and low dietary quality remain widespread issues in Africa. As most rural households in the region are involved in farming, the diversification of own farm production could improve their access to nutritious ... -
Motivational drivers and the effectiveness of conservation incentives
(2025-12-24)The debate about how external incentives (e.g., payments for ecosystem services) and internal motivations (e.g., intrinsic values) interact in producing conservation outcomes is still unresolved. This paper examines the ... -
Urban households' food safety knowledge and behaviour: Choice of food markets and cooking practices
(2023-08-06)Food safety is a public health issue and a shared responsibility of everyone. Traditional food markets can be high-risk locations for the spread of foodborne diseases, especially in developing countries. The focus has been ... -
Wheat Farmers' Perception of Constraints and Their Adaptive Capacity to Changing Demands in Egypt
(2023-08-03)Most of the approximately 105 million Egyptians depend on wheat in the form of baladi bread for their daily diet. Millions of smallholders along the River Nile have produced wheat for millennia; however, in more recent ... -
How legitimate are urban climate planning processes?: A comparative assessment of Accra, Ahmedabad, Bonn and São Paulo
(2025-01-20)Urban climate action plans (UCAPs) guide cities in identifying key climate risks and in addressing climate change. Designed to guide urban transformation over decades through near-term and long-term actions reducing emissions ... -
Agroecology in Africa: Lessons from interventions and stakeholders' perceptions in Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Senegal and Uganda
(2025-07)Agroecology is gaining traction as a possible strategy for enhancing the sustainability and resilience of food systems, prompting increased support from some governments, donors, development organizations and civil society. ... -
Plural Sustainabilities: Reflections and Ways Ahead
(2025-07)"Sustainability" is a diverse and contested concept that cannot be reduced to a single definition or practice. We propose the concept of "plural sustainabilities" to raise awareness of how different worldviews, knowledge ... -
Access to Electricity and Gendered Labor Allocation: Insights from Ethiopia
(2025-06-23)Electrification typically promotes economic development and enhances household wellbeing. However, how electrification affects the economic activities of different demographic groups is not yet sufficiently understood. ... -
Effects of using the internet on smallholder farmers’ income and dietary quality in Bangladesh
(2025-06-23)The internet is expanding at a rapid rate, which is true even in rural areas of low- and middle-income countries. The internet affects how people produce and consume food and other goods and services. This may also have ... -
Mapping Present and Future Agroforestry in Africa
(2025-03)Agroforestry systems are vital for sustainable development in Africa, offering significant benefits such as enhanced agricultural productivity, biodiversity conservation, and climate resilience. This study provides a ... -
Enhancing Agricultural Sustainability through Micro-Irrigation
(2025-03)This paper delves into the significant impact of micro-irrigation systems on agricultural sustainability in India. By analysing the evolution of micro-irrigation, government schemes promoting its adoption, case studies on ... -
Women’s off-farm employment and dietary quality in rural Africa
(2025-03-24)Most households in rural Africa are involved in smallholder farming, but off-farm employment is an important additional income source for many. Previous research has analyzed links between off-farm employment and wellbeing, ... -
Protecting the data of African agricultural producers: A review of national laws, compliance and perceptions
(2023-08-25)With the rapid spread of digital tools that collect large amounts of data from agricultural producers across Africa, there is a growing need to strike a balance between data protection and use. To inform this debate, this ... -
Agroecology and resilience of smallholder food security: A systematic review
(2023-10-18)Multiple covariate shocks such as the COVID-19 pandemic, the Russia–Ukraine conflict, and pre-existing climate shocks pose serious threats to smallholder livelihoods. The cascading effects of these multiple shocks, including ... -
Steady-State and Dynamic Simulation for Wastewater Treatment Plant Management: Case Study of Maghnia City, North-West Algeria
(2024-01-12)Given the critical importance of addressing effluent quality concerns, the present study was dedicated to developing a dynamic simulation model based on the Activated Sludge Model 1 (ASM1) of a wastewater treatment plant ... -
Effects of recurrent rainfall shocks on poverty and income distribution in rural Ecuador
(2025-02-14)Climate change is associated with an increasing frequency of extreme weather events, which can severely reduce people’s welfare, especially in the Global South. Here, we analyse the impacts of rainfall shocks – including ... -
Agrivoltaics increases public acceptance of solar energy production on agricultural land
(2025-02-14)Competition for land is a key challenge for decarbonized energy transitions. Open-space solar energy farms are gaining in importance but have large land requirements and displace agricultural production. Agrivoltaics offers ... -
Does the Absence of Men from the Household Increase Girls’ Shares in Education Expenditures?: Evidence from Rural Pakistan
(2023-05-07)This article investigates the impact of men’s migration on expenditure by left-behind households on children’s education, focusing on the gendered distribution of this expenditure. Using longitudinal survey data of rural ... -
The Contribution of Agronomic Management to Sustainably Intensify Egypt’s Wheat Production
(2023-04-28)In Egypt, recent shortfalls in the wheat supply from Russia and Ukraine have necessitated substantial increases in domestic production. As agricultural practices influence the yield of bread wheat, we assessed current ... -
Building flood-resilient cities by promoting SUDS adoption: A multi-sector analysis of barriers and benefits in Bogotá, Colombia
(2023-04-01)In light of rapid urbanization and climate change, managing urban flood risk by combining traditional pipe-bound infrastructure with sustainable urban drainage systems (SUDS) has recently gained significant attention. SUDS ...
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