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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 ... -
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 ... -
Factors affecting consumption of edible insects as food: entomophagy in Myanmar
(2023-05-26)With the world’s population rapidly increasing, food security and malnutrition have emerged as critical issues. Edible insects offer an alternative protein source that requires less land and water than conventional livestock ... -
Report on the Expert Workshop 'Revisiting Sustainability: Challenges for science and policy'
(2021-09-20)Sustainability and sustainable development will accompany us in the years to come, challenging us intellectually in dealing with their scientific basis as well as related implementation. Particularly, this involves ... -
A Typology and Preferences for Pigeon Pea in Smallholder Mixed Farming Systems in Uganda
(2022-08-09)Pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan) remains an under-researched ‘orphan crop’ yet is important for food and nutrition security of smallholders. Furthermore, smallholders are heterogeneous, with varying perceptions and resource ... -
Pixel-Based Long-Term (2001–2020) Estimations of Forest Fire Emissions over the Himalaya
(2022-10-23)Forest/wildfires have been one of the most notable severe catastrophes in recent decades across the globe, and their intensity is expected to rise with global warming. Forest fire contributes significantly to particulate ... -
Testing the mHM-MPR Reliability for Parameter Transferability across Locations in North–Central Nigeria
(2022-09-02)Hydrologic modeling in Nigeria is plagued by non-existent or paucity of hydro-metrological/morphological records, which has detrimental impacts on sustainable water resource management and agricultural production. Nowadays, ... -
Assessing Barriers in Adaptation of Water Management Innovations under Rotational Canal Water Distribution System
(2022-06-23)This study assessed problems associated with irrigation water provisions and the potential barriers to the adaptation of the interventions (soil moisture sensors, on-farm water storage facilities and the drip method) under ... -
Trends and Prospects of Change in Wheat Self-Sufficiency in Egypt
(2022-12-20)Egypt is the largest wheat importer in the world; however, it produces only half of the 20 million tons of wheat that it consumes annually. The population of Egypt is currently growing by 1.94% per year, and projections ... -
New or Traditional Approaches in Argentina's Bioeconomy?: Biomass and Biotechnology Use, Local Embeddedness, and Sustainability Outcomes of Bioeconomic Ventures
(2022-11-04)The bioeconomy continues to be a contested field in the political debate. There is still no consensus on how a bioeconomy should be designed and anchored in society. Alternative bioeconomy concepts that deviate from the ... -
Spatiotemporal Analysis of Groundwater Storage Changes, Controlling Factors, and Management Options over the Transboundary Indus Basin
(2022-10-15)Intensive groundwater abstraction has augmented socio-economic development worldwide but threatens the sustainability of groundwater resources. Spatiotemporal analysis of groundwater storage changes is a prerequisite to ... -
Diarrhoea, malnutrition, and dehydration associated with school water, sanitation, and hygiene in Metro Manila, Philippines: A cross-sectional study
(2022-09-10)Introduction Diarrhoea, malnutrition, and dehydration threaten the lives of millions of children globally due to inadequate water, sanitation, and hygiene (WaSH). Our study aimed to identify environmental and behavioural ... -
Metrics Assessment and Streamflow Modeling under Changing Climate in a Data-Scarce Heterogeneous Region: A Case Study of the Kabul River Basin
(2022-05-25)Due to many uncertainties in hydrological data and modeling, the findings are frequently regarded as unreliable, especially in heterogeneous catchments such as the Kabul River Basin (KRB). Besides, statistical methods to ... -
Assessment of Climate Models Performance and Associated Uncertainties in Rainfall Projection from CORDEX over the Eastern Nile Basin, Ethiopia
(2022-06-27)The adverse impact of climate change on different regionally important sectors such as agriculture and hydropower is a serious concern and is currently at the epicentre of global interest. Despite the extensive efforts to ... -
Severe climate change risks to food security and nutrition
(2022-12-30)This paper discusses severe risks to food security and nutrition that are linked to ongoing and projected climate change, particularly climate and weather extremes in global warming, drought, flooding, and precipitation. ... -
Performance Evaluation and Water Availability of Canal Irrigation Scheme in Punjab Pakistan
(2022-01-28)The supply of surface water by century-old infrastructure causes substantial water loss and triggers huge abstractions of groundwater, resulting in low irrigation efficiency. We evaluated the irrigation performance ...
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