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    African food system and biodiversity mainly affected by urbanization via dietary shifts

    The rapid urbanization in Africa profoundly affects local food and ecological systems. According to earlier research, urbanization may cause food production and biodiversity losses as agricultural or natural l...

    Koen De Vos, Charlotte Janssens, Liesbet Jacobs in Nature Sustainability (2024)

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    Rice availability and stability in Africa under future socio-economic development and climatic change

    As Africa is facing multiple challenges related to food security, frameworks integrating production and availability are urgent for policymaking. Attention should be given not only to gradual socio-economic an...

    Koen De Vos, Charlotte Janssens, Liesbet Jacobs, Benjamin Campforts in Nature Food (2023)

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    Boorstin's consumption community concept: A tale of two countries

    The concept of consumption community, first proposed by historian Daniel Boorstin, claims that in the modern era of high mobility, people look not only to neighborhood as a basis for feelings of community but ...

    Monroe Friedman, Piet Vanden Abeele, Koen De Vos in Journal of Consumer Policy (1993)