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Vitis labrusca L.Vitis vinifera L.Vitaceae
Vitis labrusca L.: Vitis blanda Raf.; Vitis bracteata Raf.; Vitis cana Raf.; Vitis canina Raf.; Vitis catawba hort. ex K.Koch; Vitis ciliata Raf.;...
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Helianthus annuus L. Asteraceae
Helianthus annuus L.: Helianthus annuus f. annuus; Helianthus annuus f. fallax B. Boivin; Helianthus annuus f. lenticularis (Douglas ex Lindl.) B....
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Calicotome spinosa (L.) Link., Calicotome villosa (Poir) Link - FABACEAE
Calicotome spinosa (L.) Link.: Calicotome fontanesii Rothm.; Calicotome spinosa subsp. spinosa (L.) Link; Calicotome spinosa var. leptocarpa Pau;...
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Secured WEF and Gender: Better Data for Equality and Resilience
Under increasing climate uncertainties and extremes, threats to water, energy, and food (WEF) security affect vulnerable social groups in...
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The Water-Energy Equation
In 1994, Peter Gleick defined the intricate relationship between water and energy as this: “We use energy to help us clean and transport the fresh...
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Poverty in the Pacific: Trends, Progress, and Challenges in the Early Twenty-First Century
Poverty persists in the Pacific but is characterized less by standard international measures of absolute or chronic deprivation than by vulnerability...
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State of Food and Nutrition Security in the Pacific
Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs) are home to tremendously diverse food systems. These systems are made up of rich cultures, a growing...
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Clean Energy Options for the Future
While the transition to a cleaner energy sector is underway in Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs), there are still many challenges that...
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Geothermal Energy for PICTs
The following chapter explores the utilization of geothermal resources to provide energy, food, and water solutions in both urban and rural...
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An Introduction and Overview to Building Water, Energy, and Food Security in the Pacific Using a Nexus Approach
The Pacific is not on track to achieve any of the SDGs by 2030 with major progress needed across each of the environmental, societal, and economical...
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Regional Climate Drivers, Trends and Forecast Change
Hydroclimatology across the Pacific depends on the rain-generating South Pacific Convergence Zone and Intertropical Convergence Zone. These...
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Conclusion: Youth Aspirations, Trajectories, and Farming Futures
This book commenced with a question of global importance: in a world in which farming populations are ageing, who is going to provide the planet’s...
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The Long Road to Becoming a Farmer in Kebumen, Central Java, Indonesia
This chapter presents the trajectories of young men and women into farming and is based on the authors’ research in two villages in Kebumen Regency,...
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Youth and Agriculture in Indonesia
This chapter reflects on the changing place of young men and women in Indonesian agriculture, based on available secondary sources and some...
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Fluid Mechanics: Applications
In this chapter, we will focus on some selected applications of fluid mechanics. Food processing and manufacturing operations involve handling...
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Umami Taste as a Component of Healthy Diets
The effects of climate change on food production, together with the economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, have challenged the true...
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Umami and Satiety
This chapter evaluates evidence from human studies that umami taste may enhance satiety. The author elaborates on the idea that humans evolved umami...
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Umami Taste: Inborn and Experiential Effects on Taste Acceptance and Satiation During Infancy
From an early age, humans can detect the umami taste sensation of the free amino acid glutamate, as evidenced by the facial expressions of pleasure...
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Strategies for Sustainable Climate Smart Livestock Farming
Climate Smart Farming (CSF) emphasize on sustaining the farming by creating resilience in the practices through reorientation or transformation in...
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Exciting Journey: Our Past, Present and Future in the Horrific Light of Climate Change
The human species wandered from the chimps around 5 million years prior. Human (Homo Sapiens), close relatives of chimpanzees and primates who have...