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Luca, Lucian; Alexandri, Cecilia; Pǎuna, Bianca - In: International Journal of Food and Beverage … 2 (2017) 1, pp. 44-55

The present research work applied a food diversity measurement tool (Transformed Berry Index) on the 2011 Household Budget Surveys data. The investigation was performed on household purchased based TBI measure and on actual consumption TBI, in order to highlight the errors that one would make if...

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Evaluation of an Electronic Application for Nutritional Information in Food Service Outlets: A Pilot mHealth Application

Dimitriou, Maria; Giazitzi, Katerina; Stavridi, Evaggelia; … - In: International Journal of Reliable and Quality … 6 (2017) 1, pp. 46-58

Technological solutions provided to consumers with the aim of nutritional information, could be a major challenge of interaction among caterers and consumers. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate an Electronic Intelligent System of Personalized Dietary Advice (called “DISYS”) for tablets...

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Does Impulsive Response to Internal and External Food Cues Lead to Higher Calorie Intake?: Self-Control and Food Intake

Asirvatham, Jebaraj - In: International Journal of Applied Behavioral Economics … 7 (2018) 1, pp. 14-34

Measuring the impact of self-control on caloric intake has proved challenging in non-experimental studies. In this article, we study the relationship between self-control and food intake quantified by calories. Using validated behavioral measures, we find that impulsivity increases caloric...

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Developing a Framework for Next Generation Integrated Agro Food-Advisory Systems in Developing Countries

Sanga, Camilius Aloyce; Barakabitze, Alcardo Alex; Fue, … - In: International Journal of Information Communication … 8 (2016) 4, pp. 13-31

Farming communities in developing countries are adopting ICT based systems for agriculture. However, few countries have … formalized national ICT for agriculture framework to guide farmers and other actors in solving problems as per their … technological and agricultural needs. This paper proposes a framework for agriculture productivity in developing countries. First …

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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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Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture and Food Security

Londhe, Sunil - In: International Journal of Disease Control and … 1 (2016) 1, pp. 32-46

climate change on food security and nutrition in coming decades. The consequences of climate change on various important … aspects of agriculture are discussed and summarized. The article also discusses the analysis on the possible mitigation … measures and adaptations for agriculture production in the future climate change scenarios. …

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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

farming level has persisted due to a number of factors including unsustainable subsistence agriculture and livelihood policies …

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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

In the competitive era, Information Technology (IT) is an integral part of the system and Government domain is no exception due to its advantage. Public Distribution System (PDS) is one such application, through which Government in India ensures food security to its citizen. But the traditional...

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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 … chosen for qualitative method and 141upland agriculture households are selected for field survey using random sampling method …

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