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China’s response to extreme weather events must be long term Nat. Food (IF 23.2) Pub Date : 2023-11-29 Lei Liu, Hang Xu, Sheng Liu, Xuejun Liu
Specifically in 2023, China endured record-breaking heatwaves during the summer, with temperatures peaking at 41.8 oC in Beijing and a staggering 52.2 oC in Xinjiang’s Turpan, and more than 40 high-temperature warnings. Heat stress has exceeded the upper limit for optimal crop growth4, leading to reduced yields, premature ripening and greater susceptibility to pests and diseases. Rising temperatures
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Live to eat and eat to live longer Nat. Food (IF 23.2) Pub Date : 2023-11-28 Amanda Adler, Rhea Saksena
If people with unhealthy or typical dietary patterns in the UK were to follow the Eatwell Guide recommendations or longevity-associated dietary patterns, they would likely see substantial gains in life expectancy.
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The untapped potential of legacy soil phosphorus Nat. Food (IF 23.2) Pub Date : 2023-11-21 Christopher Pratt, Ali El Hanandeh
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The triple burden of malnutrition Nat. Food (IF 23.2) Pub Date : 2023-11-20
Today’s nutrition crisis is a manifestation of the broader malfunctioning of our global food system. The specific factors linking the two warrant further investigation.
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Life expectancy can increase by up to 10 years following sustained shifts towards healthier diets in the United Kingdom Nat. Food (IF 23.2) Pub Date : 2023-11-20 Lars T. Fadnes, Carlos Celis-Morales, Jan-Magnus Økland, Solange Parra-Soto, Katherine M. Livingstone, Frederick K. Ho, Jill P. Pell, Rajiv Balakrishna, Elaheh Javadi Arjmand, Kjell Arne Johansson, Øystein A. Haaland, John C. Mathers
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Biofortified foods show variable micronutrient retention depending on post-harvest handling Nat. Food (IF 23.2) Pub Date : 2023-11-17
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Deep histories of food systems in eastern Africa and current patterns of food insecurity Nat. Food (IF 23.2) Pub Date : 2023-11-16 Matthew J. Hannaford
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Food systems transformation requires strategic attention to political economy Nat. Food (IF 23.2) Pub Date : 2023-11-15 Danielle Resnick, Johan Swinnen
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Agricultural input shocks affect crop yields more in the high-yielding areas of the world Nat. Food (IF 23.2) Pub Date : 2023-11-09 Aino Ahvo, Matias Heino, Vilma Sandström, Daniel Chrisendo, Mika Jalava, Matti Kummu
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A systematic review of the impacts of post-harvest handling on provitamin A, iron and zinc retention in seven biofortified crops Nat. Food (IF 23.2) Pub Date : 2023-11-09 Samantha L. Huey, Elsa M. Konieczynski, Neel H. Mehta, Jesse T. Krisher, Arini Bhargava, Valerie M. Friesen, Mduduzi N. N. Mbuya, Eva C. Monterrosa, Annette M. Nyangaresi, Saurabh Mehta
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Large language models and agricultural extension services Nat. Food (IF 23.2) Pub Date : 2023-11-06 A. Tzachor, M. Devare, C. Richards, P. Pypers, A. Ghosh, J. Koo, S. Johal, B. King
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A global catalogue of plant-beneficial bacteria Nat. Food (IF 23.2) Pub Date : 2023-10-30 Joshua Ladau, Kelly S. Ramirez
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Fossil-fuel-dependent scenarios could lead to a significant decline of global plant-beneficial bacteria abundance in soils by 2100 Nat. Food (IF 23.2) Pub Date : 2023-10-30 Pengfa Li, Leho Tedersoo, Thomas W. Crowther, Alex J. Dumbrell, Francisco Dini-Andreote, Mohammad Bahram, Lu Kuang, Ting Li, Meng Wu, Yuji Jiang, Lu Luan, Muhammad Saleem, Franciska T. de Vries, Zhongpei Li, Baozhan Wang, Jiandong Jiang
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Big environmental gains from small dietary tweaks Nat. Food (IF 23.2) Pub Date : 2023-10-26 Ty Beal
Simple dietary changes could cut carbon footprints, but the impact on other aspects of environmental sustainability and nutrition must be carefully considered.
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Simple dietary substitutions can reduce carbon footprints and improve dietary quality across diverse segments of the US population Nat. Food (IF 23.2) Pub Date : 2023-10-26 Anna H. Grummon, Cristina J. Y. Lee, Thomas N. Robinson, Eric B. Rimm, Donald Rose
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Academics can do more to disrupt and reframe the solution space for food system transformation Nat. Food (IF 23.2) Pub Date : 2023-10-25 Tim G. Benton
Food systems transformations are necessary, but will be difficult to achieve without disrupting current political framings and governance mechanisms. The academic community can do more to drive change at the science–policy interface to open a larger political, social and economic space for progress.
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Engineering rice for biodegradation of dinitrotoluene Nat. Food (IF 23.2) Pub Date : 2023-10-20 Yufang Guo
To address the concern about 2,4-DNT pollution, Jian-Jie Gao from the Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China, et al. have designed engineered rice plants that can consume and utilize 2,4-DNT. The team constructed a vector with a 2,4-DNT degradative pathway that included five biodegradative enzymes with eight gene expression cassettes in a tandem manner. The recombinant vector was transformed
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Healthy diets and limited farmland expansion Nat. Food (IF 23.2) Pub Date : 2023-10-20 Annisa Chand
Forslund et al. used a global biomass model, adjusted for livestock feed parameters, to explore food supplies in 21 world regions and 33 agri-food products. They identified that achieving healthy diets in 2050 without further farmland expansion would not be possible in several parts of the world, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa due to pastureland needs, India, parts of Asia, Near- and Middle-East
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Food additive emulsifiers and cardiovascular disease Nat. Food (IF 23.2) Pub Date : 2023-10-20 Laurence Daoust
Laury Sellem, from the Sorbonne Paris Nord University and Université Paris Cité, et al. have studied the consumption of food additive emulsifiers in the diet on the risk of cardiovascular disease from the NutriNet-Santé prospective cohort. The study involved 95,442 adult participants (>18 years of age) with no prevalence of cardiometabolic disease. Emulsifier intake was quantified from at least three
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Expanded policy rationales support sugar-sweetened beverage taxes Nat. Food (IF 23.2) Pub Date : 2023-10-19 Jennifer L. Pomeranz
Public health policies can have implications beyond their intended outcomes. A causal-loop diagram for sugar-sweetened beverage taxes was developed using a systems-thinking approach, emphasizing the trajectory of different outcomes over time.
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Enhancing plant performance on marginal soils Nat. Food (IF 23.2) Pub Date : 2023-10-19 Miguel A. Piñeros, Nathan J. Scinto-Madonich
With a better understanding of the soil microbiome and its interactions with plants, designing a synthetic bacterial community may complement current agricultural practices to enhance plant performance on marginal soils.
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A systematic scoping review evaluating sugar-sweetened beverage taxation from a systems perspective Nat. Food (IF 23.2) Pub Date : 2023-10-19 Miriam Alvarado, Jean Adams, Tarra Penney, Madhuvanti M. Murphy, Safura Abdool Karim, Nat Egan, Nina Trivedy Rogers, Lauren Carters-White, Martin White
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Water is life, water is food Nat. Food (IF 23.2) Pub Date : 2023-10-16
This year’s World Food Day is themed around water, in recognition of the essential connection between water and food. More research on the food–water nexus is key to guide effective solutions for our food and water crises.
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Stem cell-based strategies and challenges for production of cultivated meat Nat. Food (IF 23.2) Pub Date : 2023-10-16 T. C. Jara, K. Park, P. Vahmani, A. L. Van Eenennaam, L. R. Smith, A. C. Denicol
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Adapting crop production to climate change and air pollution at different scales Nat. Food (IF 23.2) Pub Date : 2023-10-16 Evgenios Agathokleous, Michael Frei, Oliver M. Knopf, Onno Muller, Yansen Xu, Thuy Huu Nguyen, Thomas Gaiser, Xiaoyu Liu, Bing Liu, Costas J. Saitanis, Bo Shang, Muhammad Shahedul Alam, Yanru Feng, Frank Ewert, Zhaozhong Feng
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Progress towards healthy diets remains slow Nat. Food (IF 23.2) Pub Date : 2023-10-12 Adam M. Komarek
A global assessment of agricultural production reveals a surplus or deficit of food compared to requirements for a healthy diet in many regions, flagging opportunities to reduce the coexistence of undernutrition and obesity.
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Global food nutrients analysis reveals alarming gaps and daunting challenges Nat. Food (IF 23.2) Pub Date : 2023-10-12 Xiaozhong Wang, Zhengxia Dou, Shi Feng, Yi Zhang, Lin Ma, Chunqin Zou, Zhaohai Bai , Prakash Lakshmanan, Xiaojun Shi, Dunyi Liu, Wei Zhang, Yan Deng, Wushuai Zhang, Xuanjing Chen, Fusuo Zhang, Xinping Chen
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A rebalanced discussion of the roles of livestock in society Nat. Food (IF 23.2) Pub Date : 2023-10-11 Irina Herzon, Rachel Mazac, Maijaliisa Erkkola, Tara Garnett, Helena Hansson, Minna Kaljonen, Teea Kortetmäki, Annika Lonkila, Malin Jonell, Mari Niva, Anne-Maria Pajari, Theresa Tribaldos, Marjaana Toivonen, Hanna L. Tuomisto, Kari Koppelmäki, Elin Röös
The many roles of animals in modern agriculture and food systems have come under considerable scrutiny in the context of sustainability. A recent Correspondence1 presented The Dublin Declaration of scientists, outlining the societal roles of meat, as well as the key messages aimed to rebalance contemporary debates on the role of meat and livestock (first presented in a special issue on the same topic
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International food trade contributes to dietary risks and mortality at global, regional and national levels Nat. Food (IF 23.2) Pub Date : 2023-10-09 M. Springmann, H. Kennard, C. Dalin, F. Freund
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Unequal effects of climate intervention on agriculture Nat. Food (IF 23.2) Pub Date : 2023-10-05 Yuanchao Fan
Model simulations show regional disparities in the responses of national crop productions to a suite of solar geoengineering scenarios that reflect sunlight to cool Earth.
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Optimal climate intervention scenarios for crop production vary by nation Nat. Food (IF 23.2) Pub Date : 2023-10-05 Brendan Clark, Lili Xia, Alan Robock, Simone Tilmes, Jadwiga H. Richter, Daniele Visioni, Sam S. Rabin
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Aluminium-resistant bacteria boost crop yield in acidic soils Nat. Food (IF 23.2) Pub Date : 2023-10-02
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Opportunity to improve global phosphorus governance Nat. Food (IF 23.2) Pub Date : 2023-10-03 Philip M. Haygarth, Malika M. Mezeli
Nutrient recycling is key for the circularity and sustainability of food systems. Understanding the movement of phosphorus through trade enables better geospatial planning and highlights opportunities for more effective global phosphorus governance.
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Root microbiota confers rice resistance to aluminium toxicity and phosphorus deficiency in acidic soils Nat. Food (IF 23.2) Pub Date : 2023-10-02 Chaoyang Liu, Meitong Jiang, Mengting Maggie Yuan, Ertao Wang, Yang Bai, Thomas W. Crowther, Jizhong Zhou, Zhiyuan Ma, Li Zhang, Yu Wang, Jixian Ding, Wuxing Liu, Bo Sun, Renfang Shen, Jiabao Zhang, Yuting Liang
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Meat taxes in Europe can be designed to avoid overburdening low-income consumers Nat. Food (IF 23.2) Pub Date : 2023-10-02 D. Klenert, F. Funke, M. Cai
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Governance principles for accelerating food systems transformation in the European Union Nat. Food (IF 23.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-27 Lukas Paul Fesenfeld, Jeroen Candel, Franziska Gaupp
The success of the European Union’s Farm to Fork strategy depends on the success of the expected legislative framework for sustainable food systems and the design and implementation of a new food systems governance architecture. Key elements include deliberative food systems governance and democracy, science–policy interfaces, independent progress monitoring, obligatory reporting rules and strategic
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The UK government’s 2022 food strategy a year later Nat. Food (IF 23.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-26 Bob Doherty, Peter Jackson, Carol Wagstaff, Martin White, Tracey Duncombe
Minister Mark Spencer announced in May 2023 a reversing of the decision to develop a strategy for horticulture. Instead, the government says it now wants to focus on a labour review and a farming innovation programme. Dimbleby’s independent review in 2021 (ref. 6) had set out how UK diets will need to change over the next ten years to meet the government’s targets on health, climate and nature. By
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Fishing for subsistence constitutes a livelihood safety net for populations dependent on aquatic foods around the world Nat. Food (IF 23.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-25 John Virdin, Xavier Basurto, Gianluigi Nico, Sarah Harper, Maria del Mar Mancha-Cisneros, Stefania Vannuccini, Molly Ahern, Christopher M. Anderson, Simon Funge-Smith, Nicolas L. Gutierrez, David J. Mills, Nicole Franz
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Dynamic global-scale crop and irrigation monitoring Nat. Food (IF 23.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-21 Linda See, Sven Gilliams, Giulia Conchedda, Jeroen Degerickx, Kristof Van Tricht, Steffen Fritz, Myroslava Lesiv, Juan Carlos Laso Bayas, Jose Rosero, Francesco N. Tubiello, Zoltan Szantoi
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Swine influenza A virus on the move Nat. Food (IF 23.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-21 Annisa Chand
Zeller et al. collected more than 4,000 nasal swabs from pigs in Cambodia between March 2020 and July 2022; the authors then performed whole-genome sequencing and evolutionary and phylogeographic analyses to explore virus strains and spread. The H1N1 subtype was present in 80% of samples. European avian-like (EA) H1N2 reassortant genotypes were generated through the intercontinental movement of different
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Artificial sweeteners and type 2 diabetes Nat. Food (IF 23.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-21 Laurence Daoust
Charlotte Debras, from the Sorbonne Paris Nord University, et al. have studied the associations between the consumption of artificial sweeteners — aspartame, acesulfame-K and sucralose — in the diet and the risk of T2D within the NutriNet-Santé cohort. The cohort comprises 105,588 participants who were followed for a median of 9.1 years. Artificial sweetener consumption reported in repeated 24-h dietary
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Lessons from Malawi’s Farm Input Subsidy Programme Nat. Food (IF 23.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-21 Helen Walls, Mirriam Matita
Our recent research exploring AISP impact on diets in Malawi2,3 — specifically, the impact of the country’s Farm Input Subsidy Programme (FISP), implemented from 2005 to 2020 — highlights the need for caution with repurposing subsidies. Here, we explore three key reasons for it: apart from policy implementers, the beneficiaries themselves shape policy outcomes; vested interests also shape policy processes
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African food systems Nat. Food (IF 23.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-21
Africa is still battling with hunger and malnutrition. While there are reasons for hope, accelerated transformation depends on curbing predatory behaviour and ensuring that change comes from the continent itself.
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Pesticide reduction amidst food and feed security concerns in Europe Nat. Food (IF 23.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-21 Kevin Schneider, Jesus Barreiro-Hurle, Emilio Rodriguez-Cerezo
Recent studies have estimated the potential yield impacts of pesticide reductions in the European Union. While these estimates guide policy design, they are often based on worst-case assumptions and rarely account for positive ecological feedbacks that would contribute to sustainable crop yields in the long term.
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Regionalized life-cycle monetization can support the transition to sustainable rural food waste management in China Nat. Food (IF 23.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-18 Fang Liu, Liqing Xin, Hang Tang, Yong Qin, Lei Zhang, Xinyue Dong, Yi Zhang, Weixiang Wu, Lei Wang
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EU-27 ecological footprint was primarily driven by food consumption and exceeded regional biocapacity from 2004 to 2014 Nat. Food (IF 23.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-14 Alessandro Galli, Marta Antonelli, Leopold Wambersie, Anna Bach-Faig, Fabio Bartolini, Dario Caro, Katsunori Iha, David Lin, Maria Serena Mancini, Roberta Sonnino, Davy Vanham, Mathis Wackernagel
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Integrated aquaculture–agriculture production supports food and nutrition security in Bangladesh Nat. Food (IF 23.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-11 Baukje de Roos
Inadequate intakes of animal-derived foods, fruits and vegetables contribute to widespread malnutrition and nutritional deficiencies in Bangladesh. Combining aquatic food with crop production can maximize the nutritional and economic output of smallholder farms.
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Knowledge gaps on agricultural diversification Nat. Food (IF 23.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-11 Jay Ram Lamichhane
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Agricultural diversification promotes sustainable and resilient global rice production Nat. Food (IF 23.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-11 Xueqing He, Péter Batáry, Yi Zou, Wenwu Zhou, Guanghua Wang, Zhanyu Liu, Yaoyu Bai, Shanxing Gong, Zengrong Zhu, Josef Settele, Zhongxue Zhang, Zhijuan Qi, Zhaopu Peng, Mingyong Ma, Jin Lv, Haiyan Cen, Thomas Cherico Wanger
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Integrated aquatic and terrestrial food production enhances micronutrient and economic productivity for nutrition-sensitive food systems Nat. Food (IF 23.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-04 Liz Ignowski, Ben Belton, Hazrat Ali, Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted
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Ammonia mitigation campaign with smallholder farmers Nat. Food (IF 23.2) Pub Date : 2023-08-31 Xue-Yan Liu
Agriculture-related air pollution in China affects human and environmental health. A county-level campaign shows it is possible to coordinate efforts among smallholders for ammonia reduction.
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Ammonia mitigation campaign with smallholder farmers improves air quality while ensuring high cereal production Nat. Food (IF 23.2) Pub Date : 2023-08-31 Jiahui Kang, Jingxia Wang, Mathew R. Heal, Keith Goulding, Wim de Vries, Yuanhong Zhao, Sijie Feng, Xiuming Zhang, Baojing Gu, Xinsheng Niu, Hongyan Zhang, Xuejun Liu, Zhenling Cui, Fusuo Zhang, Wen Xu
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Emerging nutritional redundancy Nat. Food (IF 23.2) Pub Date : 2023-08-22 Laurence Daoust
Now, Xu-Wen Wang, from Harvard Medical School, et al. have analysed dietary intake collected daily, monthly or over a year from five different cohorts. Within each cohort, the authors assessed the relative change in the food and nutrient profiles of selected participants, by counting food items and the amount of each nutrient in grams, respectively. They found that the food intake profile within a
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Pangenome and the diversity of potato species Nat. Food (IF 23.2) Pub Date : 2023-08-22 Yufang Guo
To dissect the genetic diversity in the section, Ilayda Bozan, from McGill University, Canada, et al. constructed a pangenome of Petota composed of 296 accessions representing a broad range of wild species, landraces and cultivars with different ploidy levels. The team found that the mean gene count of wild species is considerably lower compared to the landraces and cultivars, and, in general, the
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Women’s empowerment and crop diversification Nat. Food (IF 23.2) Pub Date : 2023-08-22 Juliana Gil
Now, Kaela Connors, from the Harvard School of Public Health, and colleagues have explored the association between women’s empowerment and farm-level crop diversity. Statistical analyses were applied to cross-sectional data from studies conducted in Burkina Faso, India, Malawi and Tanzania. Women’s empowerment was measured across five domains that integrate the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index
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Urban livestock and bacterial gene spread Nat. Food (IF 23.2) Pub Date : 2023-08-22 Annisa Chand
Hassell and colleagues collected data from human, livestock and wildlife species faecal samples, and their shared environment in household settings, and then performed whole-genome sequencing on 1,428 Escherichia coli isolates. Transmission potential networks constructed from pairwise sharing of mobile genetic elements and incorporated in a multilayer network framework demonstrated that transfer of
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People on the ground Nat. Food (IF 23.2) Pub Date : 2023-08-22
After the UNFSS +2, it is time to look at grassroots movements and bottom-up efforts to improve food systems — and to work towards their convergence.
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Overexpressing a ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme improves rice yield and disease resistance Nat. Food (IF 23.2) Pub Date : 2023-08-17
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Sustainable irrigation and climate feedbacks Nat. Food (IF 23.2) Pub Date : 2023-08-17 Yi Yang, Zhenong Jin, Nathaniel D. Mueller, Avery W. Driscoll, Rebecca R. Hernandez, Steven M. Grodsky, Lindsey L. Sloat, Mikhail V. Chester, Yong-Guan Zhu, David B. Lobell
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An ERAD-related ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme boosts broad-spectrum disease resistance and yield in rice Nat. Food (IF 23.2) Pub Date : 2023-08-17 Yu Wang, Jiaolin Yue, Nan Yang, Chuan Zheng, Yunna Zheng, Xi Wu, Jun Yang, Huawei Zhang, Lijing Liu, Yuese Ning, Vijai Bhadauria, Wensheng Zhao, Qi Xie, You-Liang Peng, Qian Chen