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  • Equity and justice should underpin the discourse on tipping points 
    Gianelli, Ignacio; Achieng, Therezah; Amon, Diva; Archibald, Sally; Arif, Suchinta; Castro, Azucena; Chimbadzwa, Tapiwa Prosper; Coetzer, Kaera L.; Field, Tracy-Lynn; Selomane, Odirilwe; Slingsby, Jasper A.; Stevens, Nicola; Villasante, Sebastian; Armani, Mohammed; Kimuyu, Duncan M.; Adewumi, Ibukun J.; Lapola, David M.; Obura, David; Pinho, Patricia; Roa-Clavijo, Felipe; Rocha, Juan; Sumaila, U. Rashid (Copernicus Publications, 2024-04)
    Radical and quick transformations towards sustainability will be fundamental to achieving a more sustainable future. However, deliberate interventions to reconfigure systems will result in winners and losers, with the ...
  • Consumers' willingness-to-pay for dairy and plant-based milk alternatives towards sustainable dairy : a scoping review 
    Madududu, Pamela; Jourdain, Damien; Tran, Duc; Degieter, Margo; Karuaihe, Selma Tuemumunu; Ntuli, Herbert; De Steur, Hans (Elsevier, 2024-11)
    The dairy sector is transforming following growing concerns over sustainability, propelling innovations such as plant-based milk alternatives (PBMAs). Researchers have shown increasing interest in conducting studies on ...
  • Empirical analysis of drought-induced cattle destocking in South Africa 
    Nketiah, Prince; Ntuli, Herbert (AOSIS, 2024-03)
    Destocking as a drought mitigation strategy exposes smallholder cattle farmers to adverse effects, including the distortion of farm planning and income loss, as cattle are sold off regardless of the market price. Factors ...
  • Ten new insights in climate science 2023 
    Bustamante, Mercedes; Roy, Joyashree; Ospina, Daniel; Achakulwisut, Ploy; Aggarwal, Anubha; Bastos, Ana; Broadgate, Wendy; Canadell, Josep G.; Carr, Edward R.; Chen, Deliang; Cleugh, Helen A.; Ebi, Kristie L.; Edwards, Clea; Farbotko, Carol; Fernandez-Martinez, Marcos; Frolicher, Thomas L.; Fuss, Sabine; Geden, Oliver; Gruber, Nicolas; Harrington, Luke J.; Hauck, Judith; Hausfather, Zeke; Hebden, Sophie; Hebinck, Aniek; Huq, Saleemul; Huss, Matthias; Jamero, M. Laurice P.; Juhola, Sirkku; Kumarasinghe, Nilushi; Lwasa, Shuaib; Mallick, Bishawjit; Martin, Maria; McGreevy, Steven; Mirazo, Paula; Mukherji, Aditi; Muttitt, Greg; Nemet, Gregory F.; Obura, David; Okereke, Chukwumerije; Oliver, Tom; Orlove, Ben; Ouedraogo, Nadia S.; Patra, Prabir K.; Pelling, Mark; Pereira, Laura M.; Persson, Asa; Pongratz, Julia; Prakash, Anjal; Rammig, Anja; Raymond, Colin; Redman, Aaron; Reveco, Cristobal; Rockstrom, Johan; Regina Rodrigues; Rounce, David R.; Schipper, E. Lisa F.; Schlosser, Peter; Selomane, Odirilwe; Semieniuk, Gregor; Shin, Yunne-Jai; Siddiqui, Tasneem A.; Singh, Vartika; Sioen, Giles B.; Sokona, Youba; Stammer, Detlef; Steinert, Norman J.; Suk, Sunhee; Sutton, Rowan; Thalheimer, Lisa; Thompson, Vikki; Trencher, Gregory; Van der Geest, Kees; Werners, Saskia E.; Wubbelmann, Thea; Wunderling, Nico; Yin, Jiabo; Zickfeld, Kirsten; Zscheischler, Jakob (Cambridge University Press, 2023-12)
    NON-TECHNICHAL SUMMARY. We identify a set of essential recent advances in climate change research with high policy relevance, across natural and social sciences: (1) looming inevitability and implications of overshooting ...
  • Community perceptions on land and water acquisitions in the Okavango Delta : implications for rural livelihoods 
    Phonchi-Tshekiso, Nametso Dorothy; Slingsby, Jasper A.; Selomane, Odirilwe (Taylor and Francis, 2024)
    Large-scale land acquisitions in Africa are increasing, reported often as the transfers of land for food and biofuel crop production. Only reporting agricultural acquisitions underplays potential impacts of other forms of ...
  • Food policy analyses and prioritisation of food systems to achieve safer food for South Africa 
    Dama, Tshilidzi Isaac; Loki, Olwethu; Fitawek, Wegayehu; Mpuzu, Sikwela M. (Elsevier, 2024-12)
    Food safety has become an important international public health and economic issue since the first and only publication of global estimates on the burden of food borne diseases by the World Food Organisation in 2015. The ...
  • What does a just transition mean for urban biodiversity? Insights from three cities globally 
    Mabon, Leslie; Layard, Antonia; De Vito, Laura; Few, Roger; Hatzisavvidou, Sophia; Shackleton, Charlie; Marshall, Adam; Marciniak, Gilles; Moersberger, Hannah (Elsevier, 2024-08)
    Just transitions – responses to environmental change that minimise negative impacts on the most affected people and places, while ensuring nobody is left behind – are gaining scholarly and policy significance in areas ...
  • In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic : perceived risks, management strategies and emerging opportunities for small and medium agri-food enterprises in a developing country 
    Hatab, Assem Abu; Owusu-Sekyere, Enoch; Esmat, Abou-Rehab; Lagerkvist, Carl-Johan (Elsevier, 2023-10)
    The Covid-19 pandemic has posed unprecedented challenges to small- and medium-sized agrifood enterprises (SMAEs) in developing countries. However, research investigating what risks Covid-19 posed to these firms, how they ...
  • The effect of land tenure across food security outcomes among smallholder farmers using a flexible conditional difference-in-difference approach 
    Ibrahim, Hussain Kobe; Hendriks, Sheryl L.; Schonfeldt, H.C. (Hettie Carina) (Taylor and Francis, 2023-06-13)
    The paucity of literature on the influence of land tenure across a range of food insecurity outcomes may impede a complete analysis in developing countries. This paper examines the association between land tenure and ...
  • Recalibration of benchmarks is necessary : even the most basic meal was not affordable for Malawi's poor between 2017 and 2021 
    Bwanaisa, Mercy; Hendriks, Sheryl L. (Frontiers Media, 2023-07-13)
    Dietary quality has significant implications for health, nutrition and life quality. Yet, most people in developing countries, such as Malawi, consume inadequate diets due to the high cost of healthy and nutritious food. ...
  • Participatory pathways to the sustainable development goals : inviting divergent perspectives through a cross-scale systems approach 
    Collste, David; Aguiar, Ana Paula D.; Harmackova, Zuzana V.; Galafassi, Diego; Pereira, Laura M.; Selomane, Odirilwe; Van Der Leeuw, Sander (IOP Publishing, 2023-05-24)
    The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) include social and ecological goals for humanity. Navigating towards reaching the goals requires the systematic inclusion of perspectives from a diversity of voices. ...
  • Sanctioned quotas versus information provisioning for community wildlife conservation in Zimbabwe : a framed field experiment approach 
    Ntuli, Herbert; Crepin, Anne‑Sophie; Schill, Caroline; Muchapondwa, Edwin (Springer, 2023-03)
    We investigate the behavioural responses of natural common-pool resource users to three policy interventions—sanctioned quotas, information provisioning, and a combination of both. We focus on situations in which users ...
  • Impact of solar energy subscription on the market performance of micro, small & medium enterprises in Nigeria 
    Owusu-Sekyere, Enoch; Cissé, Fatoumata Nankoto; Achandi, Esther Leah (Elsevier, 2024-05)
    Access to clean, affordable and reliable energy is a major developmental challenge in Africa. The present study investigates the determinants and impact of adopting solar energy on Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) ...
  • Chinese and Indian economic relations and development assistance to Zimbabwe : rationale, controversies and significance 
    Tinarwo, Joseph; Babu, Suresh Chandra (Wiley, 2023-05)
    Recent economic relations including foreign assistance scenario in Africa show expansion of China and India as emerging bilateral partners, competing with traditional countries in Europe and North America. The results of ...
  • Digitalization and small businesses supply chain financing : evidence from sub-Saharan Africa 
    Mazwane, Sukoluhle; Maya, Okuhle; Makhura, Moraka Nakedi (NISC (Pty) Ltd and Informa UK Limited (trading as Taylor & Francis Group), 2024)
    Supply chain finance continues to play an important role in servicing businesses that have limited access to finance. With the disruptions associated with the fourth industrial revolution, opportunities exist in Africa to ...
  • Beyond the food systems summit : linking recommendations to action—the true cost of food 
    Kennedy, Eileen T.; Torero, Maximo A.; Mozaffarian, Dariush; Masters, William A.; Hendriks, Sheryl L.; Morrison, Jamie A.; Merrigan, Kathleen A.; Ghosh, Shibani A.; Mason-d’Croz, Daniel E. (Elsevier, 2023-05)
    A transformation of food systems is needed to achieve the 17 Sustainable Development Goals specified in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Recognizing the true costs and benefits of food production and consumption ...
  • Factors affecting the profitability of smallholder broiler production in Mutare district, Manicaland Province, Zimbabwe : a quantile regression approach 
    Phiri, Precious T.; Ruzhani, Freddy; Madzokere, Faustino; Madududu, Pamela (Taylor and Francis, 2023-07-31)
    Small-scale broiler farming has become one of the fastest-growing subsectors in Zimbabwe. However, the profitability levels of these small ventures have been questioned due to the rising production costs owing to the ...
  • Are common bean traders efficient? An empirical evidence from Malawi 
    Chitete, Moses M.M.N.; Mgomezulu, Wisdom Richard; Bwanaisa, Mercy; Phiri, Horace; Dzanja, Joseph (Sage, 2023-03)
    Efficient agricultural markets can be a bedrock for diverse economy-wide benefits ranging from improvements in resource use to price stabilisation. However, as is the case with most developing and agrarian countries, ...
  • A systematic review of the performance of agricultural marketing in Malawi 
    Chitete, Moses M.M.N.; Mgomezulu, Wisdom Richard; Bwanaisa, Mercy; Damazio, Chitsanzo; Kaunda, Robert Tauka; Dzanja, Joseph (Sage, 2024)
    The main purpose of this study was to review the performance of agricultural marketing in Malawi. Using a systematic review, the study synthesizes factors affecting performance of agricultural marketing in Malawi. It ...
  • The effects of outdated data and outliers on Kenya’s 2019 Global Food Security Index score and rank 
    Atieno, Prisca; Hendriks, Sheryl L. (BMC, 2023-03-29)
    The heterogeneity of food security indicators and the lack of consensus on comparing and ranking countries have driven international organisations to build composite indicators (Santeramo 2015). Composite indicators are ...