Learning from “Knocks in Life”: Food Insecurity among Low-Income Lone Senior Women by Rebecca J. Green-LaPierre, Patricia L. Williams, N. Theresa Glanville, Deborah Norris, Heather C. Hunter, Cynthia G. Watt

“…World view exerted the largest influence on seniors’ personal perception of food security status. The implications of the findings and policy recommendations to reduce the nutritional health inequities among this vulnerable subset of the senior population are considered.…”
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What Is Grazing Time? Insights from the Acoustic Signature of Goat Jaw Activity in Wooded Landscapes by Eugene David Ungar, Reuven Horn

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Towards The Future of Crab Farming: The Application Of AI with Yolox And Yolov9 To Detect Crab Larvae by Furqan Zakiyabarsi, Rezty Amalia Aras, Yabes Dwi Nugroho H, Muhammad Muhaimin Nur, Dimas Aditya Alfarizi, Muhammad Ulil Amri

“…By enabling a tech-driven approach to crab farming, this solution addresses the challenges of declining wild crab populations, improves food security, and promotes economic growth for fishers and farmers. …”
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Dynamics of soil nitrogen availability indices in a sandy clay loam soil amended with animal manures by Habeebah Adewunmi Saka, Jamiu Oladipupo Azeez, Joy Nwakaego Odedina, Shade John Akinsete

“…Abstract Purpose Transformation of nitrogen (N) from different manure sources to available forms to promote food security in context of rising climate change is vital. …”
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Exploring the efficacy of drought tolerant, IAA-producing plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria for sustainable agriculture by Malika Uzma, Atif Nisar, Atia Iqbal, Shahida Hasnain, Mohamed H. Mahmoud, Muhammad Abdul Rahim, Tehseen Gull, Roberto Castro-Muñoz, Eliasse Zongo

“…The growing human population and abiotic stresses pose significant threats to food security, with PGPR favorable as biofertilizers for plant growth and stress relief. …”
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Typology of Tomato Cropping Systems and Determinants of Preharvest Losses in Western Cameroon by Roland Wilfried Titti, Anne Stéphanie Etoga, Pierre Germain Ntsoli, Georges Marius Kossi Etame, Asafor Henry Chotangui, Réné Mbonomo Bikomo, Aoudou Yaouba

“…The study’s implications are many, affecting agricultural practices, policy, economic stability, and food security in Cameroon. A more sustainable and productive tomato industry can be achieved by addressing preharvest losses through informed strategies. …”
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The process and logical mechanism of agricultural production space contraction in mountainous areas based on actor-network theory：A case study of Lishi Village in Longde County, Ni... by CHEN Kunqiu, CHEN Yunya, LIANG Yajia, ZHENG Yuhan

“…[Objective] The rapid contraction of agricultural production space poses a threat to national food security, ecological safety and social stability. …”
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Maintien du potentiel adaptatif chez les plantes domestiquées à propagation clonale by Doyle McKey, Marianne Elias, Benoît Pujol, Anne Duputié, Marc Delêtre, Delphine Renard

“…We examine the potential consequences of the slow and patchy reinvention of this knowledge for manioc’s continued contribution to food security.…”
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LEGAL FRAMEWORK OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAW FOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION IN POLAND by Monika Król

“…In Poland, both in the interwar period, and throughout the communist period, the government policy relating to agriculture marked as the primary goal ensuring the public food security in terms of quantity. The first legislation relating to environmental protection in agricultural activities appeared in the seventies and addressed the problem of prevention of changing agricultural land for non-agricultural purposes, preventing of lowering their fertility and restoring value in use to agricultural land, degraded as a result of non-agricultural activities. …”
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Building Responsive Intersectoral Initiatives for Newcomers in Toronto: Learning from Service Providers’ Experiences in the Context of COVID-19 by Carly Jackson, Shinjini Mondal, Erica Di Ruggiero, Lara Gautier

“…Addressing their needs requires holistic care provisioning, including psychosocial support, assistance to address food security, and educational and employment assistance. …”
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Strengthening mycology research through coordinated access to microbial culture collection strains by D. Smith, A. Kermode, G. Cafà, A. G. Buddie, T. S. Caine, M. J. Ryan

“…Abstract Well-managed genetic resources and associated metadata are essential to underpin research addressing the challenges to food security, healthcare, climate change, biodiversity, environment, education and our bio-based economy. …”
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Optimizing potato leaf disease recognition: Insights DENSE-NET-121 and Gaussian elimination filter fusion by Asif Raza, Abdul Hammed Pitafi, M. Kahsif Shaikh, Khaliq Ahmed

“…Ensuring a sustainable global food security status which necessitated by achieving an equilibrium state between the anticipated and significant rise in the global population and the projected agricultural output which is essential for their food adequacy. …”
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Low presence of potentially toxic elements in Singapore urban garden soils by Tiong Ann Goh, Sorain J. Ramchunder, Alan D. Ziegler

“…Abstract Background Urban agriculture is potentially an important piece of the food security puzzle for a rapidly growing urban world population. …”
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Genetic diversity and population structure analyses of tropical maize inbred lines using Single Nucleotide Polymorphism markers. by Rodreck Gunundu, Hussein Shimelis, Seltene Abady Tesfamariam

“…This study provides valuable insights for maize breeding programs, enabling the exploitation of beneficial alleles and contributing to improved crop yields and food security through hybrid breeding.…”
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Cytogenetic impact of gamma radiation and its effects on growth, yield and drought tolerance of maize (Zea mays L.) by Walaa M. Al-Sayed, Hanaa H. El-Shazly, Awatif I. El-Nahas, Ahmed A. A. Omran

“…Abstract Maize is the third most important grain crop worldwide after wheat and rice; it is a vital global crop, serving as a key source of food, animal feed, and industrial products, making it essential for food security and economic stability in many countries. …”
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Socio-economic and environmental factors affecting breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices among Batwa and Bakiga communities in south-western Uganda. by Giulia Scarpa, Lea Berrang-Ford, Sabastian Twesigomwe, Paul Kakwangire, Maria Galazoula, Carol Zavaleta-Cortijo, Kaitlin Patterson, Didacus B Namanya, Shuaib Lwasa, Ester Nowembabazi, Charity Kesande, IHACC Research Team, Janet E Cade

“…Specifically, we highlight the need to engage with local and national authorities to improve breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices, and work on food security, distribution of lands, and the food environment. …”
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Spatial characteristics and critical groundwater depth of soil salinization in arid artesian irrigation area of northwest China by Cui Chang, Guiyu Yang, Shuoyang Li, Hao Wang, Yaomingqi Song

“…Soil salinization readily occurs in artesian irrigation areas within arid regions due to prolonged irrigation, leading to diminished soil productivity and consequential impacts on regional food security and ecological stability. The present study focuses on the northern area of Qingtongxia artesian irrigation district in Ningxia, the spatial characteristics of soil salinity were investigated using the three-dimensional inverse distance weight interpolation, and the types of soil salt accumulation were determined. …”
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Mapping Abandoned Cultivated Land in China: Implications for Grain Yield Improvement by Guanghui Jiang, Wenqiu Ma, Yuling Li, Dingyang Zhou, Tao Zhou

“…The abandonment of cultivated land has profoundly affected the agroecological landscape, national food security, and farmer livelihoods, especially in China. …”
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Long-Term Trends and Ecological Risks of Heavy Metal Accumulation in Cultivated Land of Songnen Plain, China by Zonglai Liu, Jinying Li, Yanan Chen, Fengjun Zhang, Wei Feng

“…Heavy metal pollution in agricultural soils poses a serious threat to food security. Therefore, it is crucial to conduct risk assessments and issue early warnings about high levels of metal contamination for the sustained prosperity of agriculture. …”
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Juvenile resistance of barleys from the East Asian center of crop origin and domestication to powdery mildew by R. A. Abdullaev, I. N. Anisimova, O. N. Kovaleva, E. E. Radchenko

“…Including genotypes protected by previously unused resistance genes into breeding practice is necessary to ensure the national food security. Barley landraces could become a fairly rich source of replenishment for the bank of effective pathogen resistance genes.Materials and methods. …”
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