The immediate impact of the first waves of the global COVID-19 pandemic on agricultural systems worldwide: Reflections on the COVID-19 special issue for …

E Stephens, J Timsina, G Martin, M van Wijk, L Klerkx… - Agricultural …, 2022 - Elsevier
CONTEXT In May 2020, approximately four months into the COVID-19 pandemic, the
journal's editorial team realized there was an opportunity to collect information from a …

Optimizing sustainability and profitability: A multi-step approach to the synthesis of X-zeolite from blast furnace slag

W Duan, R Li, Z Wang, J Ji, J Liu, Q Yu - Process Safety and Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
To further unlock the circular economy potential of iron and steel industry and achieve peak
carbon and carbon neutrality targets, this study provides a comprehensive analysis of the …

Exploring potential risk pathways with high risk groups for urban Rift Valley fever virus introduction, transmission, and persistence in two urban centers of Kenya

KN Gerken, J Maluni, FM Mutuku… - PLOS Neglected …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) is a zoonotic arbovirus that has profound impact on domestic
ruminants and can also be transmitted to humans via infected animal secretions. Urban …

Digital innovations and agricultural transformation in Africa: Lessons from Kenya

MP Tabe-Ojong Jr, GT Abate, KA Abay, DJ Spielman - 2023 - cgspace.cgiar.org
Digital innovation is a key feature in the global and national discourse on food systems
transformation. Efforts to better integrate food systems—defined here as the constellation of …

KAZNET: An open-source, micro-tasking platform for remote locations

P Chelanga, F Fava, V Alulu, R Banerjee… - … in Sustainable Food …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Field surveys are the workhorse of social and environmental research, but conventional
collection through monitors or enumerators are cost prohibitive in many remote or otherwise …

COVID-19 and its effects on food producers: panel data evidence from Burkina Faso

T Druetz, S Brenes-Garita, F Bicaba, C Tiendrebeogo… - BMC nutrition, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Introduction Burkina Faso implemented stringent measures in response to the
COVID-19 pandemic that profoundly affected its economy and might have exacerbated food …

Reducing Strategies for Carbon Footprint of Livestock in Izmir/Turkiye

ST Dağlıoğlu, R Taşkın, Nİ Özteke, Ç Kandemir… - Water, Air, & Soil …, 2024 - Springer
The goal of the Paris Agreement is to limit the global average temperature increase to 1.5°
C. In order to significantly reduce the risks and impacts of climate change, greenhouse gas …

Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on food security among East and West African pastoralists

EF Griffith, S Craige, P Manzano, L Pius… - Advances in Food Security …, 2021 - Elsevier
The focus of attention regarding the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic has been on direct
health outcomes and the macroeconomic impacts of control measures. Here we review the …

Pastoral livestock market integration amidst improvements in physical and communication infrastructure: Evidence from northern Kenya

P Chelanga, N Jensen… - African Journal of …, 2023 - research.ed.ac.uk
This article analyses the level of integration in pastoral markets in Kenya using high-
frequency data generated through a crowdsourcing endeavour. The vector error-correction …

[PDF][PDF] COVID-19 and Climate Change: Prospects For A 'Green'Recovery In The Indian Ocean Region

A Muthumbi, L Mozumdar, JA Ampomah, WL Lian… - 2023 - iora.int
The COVID-19 pandemic that shocked the world from 2020 to 2022 was caused by Severe
Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) Coronavirus-2, which causes a highly infectious …