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Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture and Food Security
Londhe, Sunil - In: International Journal of Disease Control and … 1 (2016) 1, pp. 32-46
Many studies have demonstrated the sensitivities of crop yield to a changing climate, a major challenge for the agricultural research community is to relate these findings to the wider societal concern with food security. Apart from few exceptions, the likely impacts of climate change on...
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Post Disaster Housing Management for Sustainable Urban Development: A Review
Das, Kanu Kumar; Sharma, Nagendra Kumar - In: International Journal of Geotechnical Earthquake … 7 (2016) 1, pp. 1-18
Developing countries have still shortage of housing due to natural disasters. Houses get destroyed wholly or partly and it causes the increase of lack of housing stock of a country. In disaster management cycle, rehabilitation or reconstruction is an important issue to protect, reduce or...
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Irrigation Measurement System for Dry Areas Based on WSN
Granda, Juan; Almanza, Mauricio; Fontalvo, Jose; Calle, … - In: International Journal of Interdisciplinary … 9 (2017) 3, pp. 10-20
exceeded. Water pressure provides the kinematic energy used on irrigation systems to spray the water on the field. The amount … of water that the irrigation system can provide per hour should be carefully monitored to save water in dry areas. The …. Results show sensor nodes exhibit a 4% average error, and 9% packet loss maximum. Both values are adequate for crop irrigation …
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Food System Resilience and Sustainability in Cambodia
Messina, Joseph; Suepa, Tanita; Snapp, Sieglinde; … - In: International Journal of Applied Geospatial Research (IJAGR) 8 (2017) 3, pp. 53-75
Cambodia is witnessing a “Goldilocks moment” in demographic change concurrent with shifts in land use, hydrology, and climate. These trends interact and affect food production, food costs, and food security. Drivers of these trends are typically examined separately with interacting factors...
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Governance for Food Security: A Framework for Social Learning and Scenario Building
Sajeva, Maurizio; Lemon, Mark; Sahota, Parminder Singh - In: International Journal of Food and Beverage … 2 (2017) 2, pp. 67-84
Food security is one of the greatest challenges that characterises our times. One central argument in related conferences and symposia is the need to increase production for a growing population. However, major international organisations and other research institutions hold instead that food...
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Food Security Policy Analysis Using System Dynamics: The Case of Uganda
Guma, Isdore Paterson; Rwashana, Agnes Semwanga; Oyo, … - In: International Journal of Information Technologies and … 11 (2018) 1, pp. 72-90
Food security (FS) challenges exist in both the developed and the developing countries, the difference being the severity and the proportion of the population affected. Previous studies maintain that chronic food insecurity at subsistence farming level has persisted due to a number of factors...
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Factors for Success in IT Implementation: A Case Discussion on e-PDS Using ISM
Mohapatra, Barada Prasanna; Mahalik, Debendra Kumar - In: International Journal of Knowledge-Based Organizations … 8 (2018) 1, pp. 1-15
exception due to its advantage. Public Distribution System (PDS) is one such application, through which Government in India …
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Determinant of Food Security on Upland Agriculture Households in Paletwa Township, Chin State of Myanmar
Lwin, San; Poungchompu, Supaporn - In: International Journal of Knowledge Society Research (IJKSR) 8 (2017) 2, pp. 44-53
This study aims to determine food security on upland agriculture households in rural area. Food security is concerned with the first two main goals of Sustainable Development Goals, No Poverty and Zero Hunger. Myanmar is Food Insecure State that showing 14.2% that is 7.7 million of 51 million...
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Consumer Co-operatives and Perceptions of Food Safety: Shaping Markets in Post-Fukushima Japan
Burns, Catherine; Katayama, Kumiko; Roberts, Robin E - In: International Journal of Public and Private … 1 (2017) 1, pp. 51-69
This paper examines consumer co-operatives and members' perceptions of food safety. Japan is an ideal place to study given it is undoubtedly the ‘best example of a successful consumer co-operative sector in the postwar period' (Birchall, 2002, p. 79). While some co-operatives have evolved into...
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A System Dynamics Model for Subsistence Farmers' Food Security Resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa
Oyo, Benedict; Kalema, Billy Mathias - In: International Journal of System Dynamics Applications … 5 (2016) 1, pp. 17-30
Food security at subsistence farmers' level in sub-Saharan Africa has become an issue of concern due to increasing vulnerability caused by a number of factors such as: changing climate, resource scarcity (e.g. land and inputs), environmental degradation (e.g. declining soil fertility,...
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