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Determinants of household food expenditure in Tanzania: implications on food security
BackgroundFood expenditure in develo** countries particularly those in sub-Saharan Africa constitutes about 65–70% of total household expenditure....
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Impact of Household Interventions on Homestead Biodiversity Management and Household Livelihood Resilience: An Intertemporal Analysis from Bangladesh
Household livelihood preferences are crucial determinants of homestead biodiversity. Therefore, we conducted a temporal analysis (harnessing data...
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Household immunity and individual risk of infection with dengue virus in a prospective, longitudinal cohort study
Although it is known that household infections drive the transmission of dengue virus (DENV), it is unclear how household composition and the immune...
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Household resilience capacity and food security: evidence from Kyrgyzstan
Commonly, resilience against external shocks is treated as a household or community capacity. Resiliency against food insecurity is of particular...
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Categorising Diversity Through Rural Household Typologies
Agroecology sees opportunity in diversity. This comprises the diversity of structures and functions that characterizes soil life, for example, but...
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Development of Dermacentor reticulatus ticks in human household conditions
Companion dogs are at risk of tick infestations. This paper describes cases of transfer of Dermacentor reticulatus ticks by dogs to apartments in...
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Food-cash crop diversification and farm household welfare in the Forest-Savannah Transition Zone of Ghana
Despite the importance of crop diversification in enhancing household income and food security, significant knowledge gaps remain in terms of the...
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Women empowerment in agriculture and its effect on household food security: evidence from Gamo Zone of Southern Ethiopia
BackgroundWomen empowerment and food security are supposed to be two mutually reinforcing goals of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda of the...
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Household food security in the agropastoral communities of rural southern Kyrgyzstan
BackgroundIn mountainous nations like Kyrgyzstan households face substantial environmental and infrastructural challenges as they strive to achieve...
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Can women’s empowerment in livestock farming improve household food security? Empirical evidence from rural households in Malawi
BackgroundOver the years the Government of Malawi has launched several initiatives to improve food security in the country. Despite these efforts...
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The impact of conflict on food security: evidence from household data in Ethiopia and Malawi
BackgroundViolent conflicts threaten food security and household welfare in sub-Saharan Africa. While a more robust understanding of the causal...
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Hydroponics in Household Vegetable Food Production
Food security in the near future is envisaged to be widely driven by household food production as more people move to urban areas where land is a...
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Understanding household and food system determinants of chicken and egg consumption in India
Poultry is one of the fastest-growing agricultural sectors in India and its demand is said to be rising. There is a perception that higher incomes,...
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Association of gender-related factors and household food security in southwest Oromia, Ethiopia: evidence from a cross-sectional study
BackgroundFood insecurity is a major concern across Ethiopia and a long-standing public health problem. Vulnerability to food insecurity varies by...
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Household socio-economic determinants of food security in Limpopo Province of South Africa: a cross sectional survey
BackgroundDespite the strong commitment at both national and international levels to eradicate hunger and achieve household food security, by 2030...
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Insight into physico-chemical properties and microbial community structure of biogas slurry from household biogas plants of sub-Himalaya for its implications in improved biogas production
Numerous metagenomics studies, conducted in both full-scale anaerobic digesters and household biogas plants, have shed light on the composition and...
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Identification of gaps in homegardens in co** with household resilience
Adverse conditions in weather, economy and diseases are perceived universally leading to the global food-insecurity. Homegardens could play a crucial...
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Validity of household survey indicators to monitor food security in time and space: Burkina Faso case study
BackgroundThe timely and accurate identification of food insecurity situations represents a challenging issue. Household surveys are routinely used...
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Different Sources of Vermicompost: Vermicomposting from Household Waste—Vermicomposting from Farm Waste
Vermicomposting is an eco-friendly and sustainable method for producing nutrient-rich compost using earthworms. This chapter provides an overview of...
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Effect of household pipe materials on formation and chlorine resistance of the early-stage biofilm: various interspecific interactions exhibited by the same microbial biofilm in different pipe materials
Microbial community biofilm exists in the household drinking water system and would pose threat to water quality. This paper explored biofilm...
