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Leveraging the potential of wild food for healthy, sustainable, and equitable local food systems: Learning from a transformation lab in the Western Cape region
(Springer, 2022)
Food insecurity and diet-related diseases do not only have detrimental efects to human health, but are also underpinned by
food systems that are environmentally unsustainable and culturally disconnected. Ensuring access ...
Retail cost and energy adjusted cost are associated with dietary diversity and nutrient adequacy for diets of 6–24 months children
(MDPI, 2022)
Poor nutrition during the first two years of life has long term consequences, but resourcepoor
households often do not have the means to access nutrient-dense and diverse diets. Pooled data
of 24-h dietary recalls (n = ...
Dietary diversity and its association with nutritional status, cardiometabolic risk factors and food choices of adults at risk for type 2 diabetes mellitus in Cape Town, South Africa
(MDPI, 2022)
In South Africa, the nutrition transition has led to unhealthy diets lacking variety, contributing
to the rise in overweight, obesity and diet-related noncommunicable diseases. Using baseline
screening data of the South ...
Perceived effect of warning label on parental food purchasing and drivers of food selection among South African parents–An exploratory study
(Frontiers Media, 2022)
Household food purchasing decision is a complex process influenced by
factors such as marketing, cost, children food preference and parental
choices. Most food products targeted toward children are unhealthy and ...
Decent employment and the future of agriculture. How dominant narratives prevent addressing structural issues
(Frontiers Media, 2022)
Decent employment in agriculture is part of the general narrative about working
conditions. It is an unquestionable objective but its position high in the international
agenda contributes to sideline major structural ...
Assessment of concentration levels of contaminants in groundwater of the Soutpansberg region, Limpopo Province, South Africa
(MDPI, 2022)
Groundwater contributions towards improved food security and human health depend on
the level of contaminants in groundwater resources. Many people in rural areas use groundwater for
drinking purposes without treatment ...
Digital storytelling for policy impact: Perspectives from co-producing knowledge for food system governance in South Africa
(Bristol University Press, 2022)
Post-positivist critics of the linear-rational understanding of the role of knowledge
in decision making have long argued the need for the construction of socially robust knowledge to
illuminate policy problems from a ...
Genetic variation in responses to salt stress in Tunisian populations of Medicago ciliaris
(MDPI, 2022)
Soil salinity is one of the most serious environmental factors affecting crop productivity
around the world. We used a morpho-physiological approach to investigate the salt responses
of four Tunisian natural populations ...
Rights and representation support justice across aquatic food systems
(Nature Research, 2022)
Injustices are prevalent in food systems, where the accumulation of vast
wealth is possible for a few, yet one in ten people remain hungry. Here,
for 194 countries we combine aquatic food production, distribution
and ...
Mapping the spatial distribution of underutilised crop species under climate change using the MaxEnt model: A case of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
(Elsevier, 2022)
Knowing the spatial and temporal suitability of neglected and underutilised crop species (NUS) is important for
fitting them into marginal production areas and cropping systems under climate change. The current study ...