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Intertwined histories: JPS at 50, La Via Campesina at 30
(Taylor and Francis Group, 2023)
The Journal of Peasant Studies was founded 50 years ago, in 1973, amidst an oil price crisis, the end of the gold standard and the beginning of the debt crisis, an agrarian famine in Bangladesh, and what some consider the ...
Advancements in the satellite sensing of the impacts of climate and variability on bush encroachment in savannah rangelands
(Elsevier, 2022)
An increase in shrubs or woody species is likely, directly or indirectly, to significantly affect rural
livelihoods, wildlife/livestock productivity and conservation efforts. Poor and inappropriate land
use management ...
Progress in the use of geospatial and remote sensing technologies in the assessment and monitoring of tomato crop diseases
(Taylor and Francis Group, 2022)
With a growing global population and accelerating climatechange, systematic assessment and monitoring of crop diseases isurgently required to ensure food security and production.However, current dietary transitions ...
Sustainable agriculture through the enhancement of microbial biocontrol agents: Current challenges and new perspectives
(MDPI, 2023)
The future of pesticide usage in agriculture is uncertain due to its unsustainability, adverse
environmental impacts, and its association in enhanced phytopathogen resistance. Hence, this
situation urges the development ...
The threat of Covid-19 on food security: A modelling perspective of scenarios in the informal settlements in Windhoek
(MDPI, 2023)
Due to the heterogeneity among households across locations, predicting the impacts of stay-at-home mitigation and lockdown strategies for COVID-19 control is crucial. In this study, we quantitatively assessed the effects ...
Greener on the other side: Tracing stories of amaranth and moringa through indenture
(Taylor and Francis Group, 2023)
My research, with its focus on women and food seed through the lens of indenture, has led me into the world ofleafy green vegetables and their intimate connection to women who had been brought to South Africa to servicecolonial ...
Urban food insecurity and the impact of China’s affordable food shop (AFS) program: a case study of Nanjing City
(Applied Geography, 2023)
Food subsidies are widely implemented as part of government policies globally to mitigate food insecurity amongst the urban poor. Subsidies to retail outlets are one a type of supply-side subsidy designed to make food more ...
Stakeholder-derived recommendations and actions to support deep-reef conservation in the Western Indian Ocean
(Wiley, 2022)
Deep reefs below 30mprovide essential ecosystem services for ocean health and
human well-being such as food security and climate change resilience. Yet, deep
reefs remain poorly researched and largely unprotected, including ...
Deep-sea fisheries as resilient bioeconomic systems for food and nutrition security and sustainable development
(Elsevier, 2023)
population, contributing to a substantial shift toward fishing in the mesopelagic zone. These areas contain a
potentially huge amount of fish biomass. Considering that the global population will demand an increase of ...
Transforming critical agrarian studies: Solidarity, scholar-activism and emancipatory agendas in and from the Global South
(Taylor and Francis Group, 2023)
This paper examines the challenges and opportunities faced bycritical agrarian scholars in and from the Global South. We arguethat despite the historical and structural limitations, the criticaljuncture of convergence of ...