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Healthy foods as proxy for functional foods: consumers' awareness, perception, and demand for natural functional foods in Pakistan
(Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2019)
Using comprehensive primary dataset collected from 400 respondents from all four major provinces of Pakistan, this study assesses consumers’ knowledge, awareness, and perception regarding the use of functional foods. Te ...
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A multi-scale and multi-model gridded framework for forecasting crop production, risk analysis, and climate change impact studies
(Elsevier, 2019)
Regional crop production forecasting is growing in importance in both, the public and private sectors to ensure food security, optimize agricultural management practices and use of resources, and anticipate market fluctuations. ...
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Soil zinc is associated with serum zinc but not with linear growth of children in Ethiopia
(MDPI, 2019)
To our knowledge, the relationships among soil zinc, serum zinc and children’s linear growth have not been studied geographically or at a national level in any country. We use data from the cross-sectional, nationally ...
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Biofortified maize can improve quality protein Intakes among young children in southern Ethiopia
(MDPI, 2019)
Quality protein maize (QPM) varieties are biofortified, or nutritionally improved, to have higher lysine and tryptophan levels to increase quality protein intakes particularly among young children. This study assesses ...
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Factors contributing to maize and bean yield gaps in Central America vary with site and agroecological conditions
(Cambridge University Press, 2019)
In Central America, population and food demands are rising rapidly, while yields of staple crops, maize and beans, remain low. To identify the main factors limiting production, field trials were established in six maize- ...
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Maize crop nutrient input requirements for food security in sub-Saharan Africa
(Elsevier, 2019)
Nutrient limitation is a major constraint in crop production in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Here, we propose a generic and simple equilibrium model to estimate minimum input requirements of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium ...
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Progress in breeding for resistance to Ug99 and other races of the stem rust fungus in CIMMYT wheat germplasm
(Higher Education Press, 2019)
Races belonging to the Ug99 (TTKSK) lineage of the wheat stem rust fungus, carrying complex virulence combinations, and their migration to countries in Africa, Middle East and Asia continue to pose a significant threat to ...
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Heterogeneous seed access and information exposure: implications for the adoption of drought-tolerant maize varieties in Uganda
(Springer, 2019)
Frequent droughts in sub-Saharan Africa imply water stress for rainfed agriculture and, ultimately, food insecurity, underlining the region’s vulnerability to climate change. Yet, in the maize-growing areas, farmers have ...
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Sub-Saharan african maize-based foods: processing practices, challenges and opportunities
(Taylor & Francis, 2019)
In vast swathes of Sub-Saharan Africa, maize is the staple food with consumption of up to 450 g/person/day. Additionally, maize is used as a weaning food for infants as well as for special ceremonies, caring for the sick, ...