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On the use of household expenditure surveys to monitor mismanaged plastic waste from food packaging in low- and middle-income countries
Abstract Background: substantial increases in plastic production have resulted in plastics proliferating of in the environment, with subsequent seabed plastic …
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Irrigation can create new green bridges that promote rapid intercontinental spread of the wheat stem rust pathogen
Abstract Wheat stem rust epidemics caused by the obligate pathogenic fungus Puccinia graminis f.sp. tritici have historically driven severe yield …
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Corrigendum: Every drop matters: combining population-based and satellite data to investigate the link between lifetime rainfall exposure and chronic undernutrition in children under five years in rural Burkina Faso (2022 Environ. Res. Lett. 17 054027)
Every drop matters: combining population-based and
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Comment on ‘Egypt’s water budget deficit and suggested mitigation policies for the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam filling scenarios’
Abstract In their recent paper in ERL, ‘Egypt’s water budget deficit and suggested mitigation policies for the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance …
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Do we need more research on the environmental impacts of plastics?
Abstract We question whether the rapid growth in research on the impacts of environmental plastics over the last decade has …
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Shocks, socio-economic status, and food security across Kenya: policy implications for achieving the Zero Hunger goal
Abstract This study assessed the association between shocks, socio-economic factors, and household food security across Kenya, and provided policy implications …
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Tackling climate risk to sustainably intensify smallholder maize farming systems in southern Africa
Abstract Sustainable intensification (SI) of low input farming systems is promoted as a strategy to improve smallholder farmer food security …
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Sustainable irrigation technologies: a water-energy-food (WEF) nexus perspective towards achieving more crop per drop per joule per hectare
Abstract Sustainable agricultural intensification requires irrigation methods and strategies to minimize yield penalties while optimizing water, land and energy use …
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Coupled forest zoning and agricultural intervention yields conflicting outcomes for tropical forest conservation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
Abstract Agricultural intensification and forest conservation are often seen as incompatible. Agricultural interventions can help boost food security for poor …
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Every drop matters: combining population-based and satellite data to investigate the link between lifetime rainfall exposure and chronic undernutrition in children under five years in rural Burkina Faso
Abstract Climate change is projected to induce extreme and irregular rainfall patterns in the West African Sahel region, affecting household …
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Investing in sustainable intensification for smallholders: quantifying large-scale costs and benefits in Uganda
Abstract In Uganda, upgrading smallholder agriculture is a necessary step to achieve the interlinked sustainable development goals of hunger eradication, …
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Can citizen scientists provide a reliable geo-hydrological hazard inventory? An analysis of biases, sensitivity and precision for the Rwenzori Mountains, Uganda
Abstract Spatio-temporal inventory of natural hazards is a challenging task especially in rural or remote areas in the Global South …
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Potential impacts of climate, land use and land cover changes on hydropower generation in West Africa: a review
Abstract This study aims to review the existing literature on the past and future effects of climate, land use, and …
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A CMIP6 assessment of the potential climate change impacts on solar photovoltaic energy and its atmospheric drivers in West Africa
Abstract Many solar photovoltaic (PV) energy projects are currently being planned and/or developed in West Africa to sustainably bridge the …
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Effects of a grazing permit market on pastoralist behavior and overgrazing in Kenya
Abstract The success of market-based mechanisms in reducing conflicts and internalizing externalities depends on their ability to clarify property rights …
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Nowcasting tracks of severe convective storms in West Africa from observations of land surface state
Abstract In tropical convective climates, where numerical weather prediction of rainfall has high uncertainty, nowcasting provides essential alerts of extreme …
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How community forest management performs when REDD+ payments fail
Abstract The reduced emissions in deforestation and degradation (REDD+) initiative uses payments for ecosystem services as incentives for developing countries …
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Use, cost-effectiveness, and end user perspectives of a home solar lighting intervention in rural Uganda: a mixed methods, randomized controlled trial
Energy poverty is prevalent in resource-limited settings, leading households to use inefficient fuels and appliances that contribute to household air …
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Modelling potential range expansion of an underutilised food security crop in Sub-Saharan Africa
Abstract Despite substantial growth in global agricultural production, food and nutritional insecurity is rising in Sub-Saharan Africa. Identification of underutilised …
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Protecting habitats in low-intensity tropical farmland using carbon-based payments for ecosystem services
Tropical land-use change for agricultural expansion is the primary driver of global biodiversity decline. Efforts to stem this decline often …