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Zinc-biofortified potatoes have considerable potential to reduce zinc deficiency because of their low levels of phytate, an inhibitor of zinc absorption, and their high consumption, especially in the Andean region of Peru.
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Adolescent and young women face grave nutrition challenges, but limited evidence exists on solutions to improve their diets.
Objective: To assess the association between child ultra-processed food (UPF) consumption and home-school learning environment characteristics during school closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic in schoolchildren with low- and middle-income in Chi
Climate change affects men and women differently, and pre-existing gender disparities may worsen. We use a gendered computable general equilibrium model linked with microsimulations to assess the distributive effects of climate change in Bolivia.
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Yellow fleshed potatoes biofortified with iron have been developed through conventional breeding but the bioavailability of the iron is unknown.
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Multistakeholder platforms for natural resource governance: Lessons from eight landscape-level cases
Multistakeholder platforms (MSPs) are the subject of increasing attention and investment in the domain of collaborative natural resource governance, yet evidence-based guidance is slim on policy and investment priorities to leverage the MSP approa
SARS-CoV-19, the virus that causes COVID-19, is a global pandemic that has placed unprecedented stress on national economies, food systems and healthcare resources in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).
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On the origins of food loss
Women’s decisionmaking indicators are widely used in social science research, though insufficient attention is given to measurement issues.
Child stunting and linear growth faltering have declined over the past few decades and several countries have made exemplary progress.
A substantial literature has analyzed the challenges around weather index insurance, yet an important design issue has been generally overlooked.
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Escenarios futuros del sistema agro-alimentario mundial: Algunas reflexiones para América Latina y Argentina
El artículo 2° de los estatutos de la Academia Nacional de Agronomía y Veterinaria indica como primer fin “a) Estudiar y contribuir a dilucidar cuestiones de índole científica y técnica relacionadas con las ciencias agronómicas o veterinarias.” De
There is increasing interest in understanding if social protection can foster social cohesion, particularly between refugees and host communities.
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