Sustainable intensification has recently been developed and adopted as a key concept and driver for research and policy in sustainable agriculture. It includes ecological, economic and social dimensions, where food and nutrition security, gender and equity are crucial components. This book descri...
Groot, Jeroen C.J.
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Kennedy, G.
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Remans, R.
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Estrada Carmona, Natalia
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Raneri, Jessica E.
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DeClerck, Fabrice A.J.
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Álvarez, S.
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Mashingaidze, N.
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Timler, Carl J.
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Stadler, M.
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Rio Mena, T. del
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Horlings, L.
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Brouwer, Inge D.
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Cole, Steven M.
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Descheemaeker, Katrien
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[Integrated systems research in nutrition-sensitive landscapes: A theoretical methodological framework]
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Integrated systems research in nutrition-sensitive landscapes: A theoretical methodological framework
Background: As one of the most widely consumed foods, bread is one of the most important agricultural products. Bread made from high-quality cassava flour is consumed in some parts of Sub-Sahara Africa (SSA). The bread has no pro-vitamin S carotenoids (pVAC) due to the use of artificial colorants...
Awoyale, W.
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Abass, A.B.
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Maziya-Dixon, B.B.
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[Retention of pro-vitamin A carotenoid in composite bread baked with high quality cassava flour from yellow-fleshed cassava root]
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Retention of pro-vitamin A carotenoid in composite bread baked with high quality cassava flour from yellow-fleshed cassava root
Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International
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[Lessons learned from the content development stream of the mNutrition initiative: End-user feedback and its role in producing high-quality localized content]
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Lessons learned from the content development stream of the mNutrition initiative: End-user feedback and its role in producing high-quality localized content
Human food and animal feed can contain many different hazards, which may be biological, chemical, or physical. In most countries, there are regulations that limit the levels of these hazards permitted in food and feed so as to protect consumers. Optimally, the levels specified in the standards sh...
Sirma, A.J.
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Lindahl, Johanna F.
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Makita, K.
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Senerwa, D.
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Mtimet, Nadhem
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Kang’ethe, E.K.
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Grace, Delia
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[The impacts of aflatoxin standards on health and nutrition in sub-Saharan Africa: The case of Kenya]
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The impacts of aflatoxin standards on health and nutrition in sub-Saharan Africa: The case of Kenya
Grace, Delia
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Domínguez Salas, Paula
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Alonso, Silvia
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Lannerstad, Mats
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Muunda, Emmanuel M.
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Ngwili, Nicholas M.
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Omar, Abbas
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Khan, Mishal
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Otobo, Eloghene
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[The influence of livestock-derived foods on nutrition during the first 1,000 days of life]
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The influence of livestock-derived foods on nutrition during the first 1,000 days of life
Progress for both SDG 2 and SDG 6 has been unsatisfactory, with several indicators worsening over time,
including an increase in the number of undernourished, overweight and obese people, as well as rapid increases
in the number of people at risk of severe water shortages. This lack of progress i...
United Nations System Standing Committee on Nutrition
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[Water and Nutrition: Harmonizing actions for the United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition and the United Nations Water Action Decade]
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Water and Nutrition: Harmonizing actions for the United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition and the United Nations Water Action Decade
NUS, or Neglected and Underutilized Species, are wild, cultivated or semi-domesticated non-commodity crops at the margin of mainstream agriculture. Their contribution to tackling food and nutrition insecurity and climate change vulnerability is huge and can no longer be overlooked. They might not...
Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International
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[Lessons learned from the content development stream of the mNutrition initiative: Validating the content via sign-off letters as a part of the content development process]
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Lessons learned from the content development stream of the mNutrition initiative: Validating the content via sign-off letters as a part of the content development process
Su Kahumbu raises badass cows -- healthy, well-fed animals whose protein is key to solving a growing crisis in Africa: childhood nutritional stunting. With iCow, a simple SMS service she developed to support small-scale livestock farmers, the TED Fellow is helping farmers across the continent by ...