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NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES DIET HEALTH RESEARCH PUBLIC HEALTH FOOD INDUSTRY FOOD ADDITIVES FOOD POLICY ADVERTISING CHILDREN CHILD HEALTH

Food advertising on Argentinean television : are ultra-processed foods in the lead?

The study showed that Argentinean children are exposed to a high number of unhealthy processed and ultra-processed food (PUPF) ads on TV. It describes exposure of children to unhealthy food advertising.
Published date
Tuesday, May 2, 2017 - 04:00
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CIFSRF final technical report : Amazon fish for food (CIFSRF Phase 2)

This second phase of The Amazon Fish for Food (Peces para la Vida II - PPVII) selected the fishery of paiche (Arapaima gigas), and family-based, women-led pond culture of the native fish pacu/tambaqui (Piaractus brachypomus & Colossoma macropo
Published date
Friday, March 2, 2018 - 05:00
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Improving governance in fisheries and fish farming in the Bolivian Amazon basin

Organizational strengthening and governance activities in the fisheries and fish farming sectors have brought together all the stakeholders involved in fish value chains and contributed to the approval of tools that will impact the development of
Published date
2015
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Family fish farming improves quality of life in the Bolivian Amazon

In the Municipality of Yapacani (a subtropical region in Bolivia) approximately 4,000 rural families live in poverty, mainly due to extreme dependence on single crop rice farming, which is highly vulnerable to changes in the weather and market con
Published date
2014
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Innovative livestock vaccine development for the Global South

Why IDRC is investing in livestock vaccine development
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A rich harvest for Canada and the Global South

By 2050, the world’s population is expected to grow to 10 billion people. The world faces an essential yet daunting challenge in feeding a rapidly growing population.
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TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT TERRITORIAL DYNAMICS ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY TERRITORIAL COALITIONS DEVELOPMENT POLICY PARTICIPATORY DEVELOPMENT RURAL COMMUNITIES SPATIAL CONVERGENCE RIGHT TO NATURAL RESOURCES CONTROL POWER RELATIONS LAND RIGHTS CASE STUDIES SUMMATIVE EVALUATION

Explaining spatial diversity in Latin American rural development : structures, institutions, and coalitions

This article summarizes the results of a research program conducted in 11 Latin America countries, addressing two
Published date
Thursday, January 2, 2014 - 05:00
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ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY TERRITORIAL DYNAMICS SOCIAL CAPITAL RURAL COMMUNITIES CULTURAL CAPITAL Labour markets ECONOMIC SOCIOLOGY COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION PROPERTY RIGHTS Governance ECONOMIC BEHAVIOUR Poverty alleviation

Linkage to dynamic markets and rural territorial development in Latin America

The aim of this paper is to understand how access to dynamic markets occurs in three rural territories inhabited by people with low levels of economic resources and how benefits derived from that access are distributed.
Published date
Thursday, January 2, 2014 - 05:00
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CHILDREN PESTICIDES BANANAS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES Ecohealth ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH INDIGENOUS PEOPLES

Indigenous children living nearby plantations with chlorpyrifos-treated bags have elevated 3,5,6-trichloro-2-pyridinol (TCPy) urinary concentrations

Results suggest that the general living environment of children from the banana village is contaminated with chlorpyrifos, detected in air, soil, surface water, mattress and house dust samples, and in all the hand and foot wash samples.
Published date
Thursday, August 2, 2012 - 04:00
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Impact of Climate Change in Andean Bolivian Communities that Depend from Tropical Glaciers

The impact of climate change will be much greater in highlands communities. This brochure shows the decline in two Bolivian tropical glaciers: The Mururata and Illimani.
Published date
Sunday, January 2, 2011 - 05:00

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