ZEF theme: Health

2018

Biber-Freudenberger, L.; M. Denich; C. Whitney; T. Beuchelt; H. Jaenicke; G. Kelboro; C. B. Schmitt; J. H. Sommer.  2018.  More inter- and transdisciplinary research needed in agroecology.  (Misc. 52(2)) 31-33 (Open Acess) Download [PDF]
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Cory W. Whitney.  2018.  Collecting Food, Cultivating People: Subsistence and Society in Central Africa. By Kathryn M. de Luna. 2016. Yale University Press, New Haven. 332 pp..  Ethnobiology Letters, 9(2)   : 321-322   . (Open Access)   Download [PDF]
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G. Desalegn and S.N. Ali.  2018.  Review of the Impact of Productive Safety Net Program (PSNP) on Rural Welfare in Ethiopia.  (ZEF Working Paper 173) Download [PDF | 2.25MB]
Hasan, M.M. and N. Gerber.  2018.  Bacterial contamination of drinking water and food utensils: Impacts of piped water on child health in north-western Bangladesh.  Water Resources and Rural Development, 10   : 33-44   . Further Information
Jemal O., Callo-Concha D, van Noordwijk M.  2018.  Local Agroforestry Practices for Food and Nutrition Security of Smallholder Farm Households in Southwestern Ethiopia.  Sustainability, 10 (8)   : 2722   . (Open Access)   Further Information
Jemal, O., Callo-Concha, D., van Noordwijk, M..  2018.  Local Agroforestry Practices for Food and Nutrition Security of Smallholder Farm Households in Southwestern Ethiopia.  Sustainability, 10   : 2722   . (Open Access)   Further Information
Juliana Minetto Gellert Paris, Ute Nöthlings, Christian Borgermeister.  2018.  Shifting towards sustainable and healthier dietary patterns in the Metropolis Ruhr, Germany. One Health & Food Safety Congress 2018.  Download [PDF | 718.61KB]
Muchemi, S.K., C.P.W. Zebitz, C. Borgemeister, K.S. Akutse, C.N. Foba, S. Ekesi and K.K.M. Fiaboe.  2018.  Acceptability and suitability of three Liriomyza species as host for the endoparasitoid Halticoptera arduine (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae).  Journal of Environmental Entomology, 111 (3)   : 1137-1143   .
Muli, C., Gerber, N., Sakketa, T.G. and A. Mirzabaev.  2018.  Ecosystem tipping points due to variable water availability and cascading effects on food security in Sub-Saharan Africa.  (ZEF Working Paper 174) Download [PDF | 1.74MB]
Njiraini, G., Ngigi, M. and E. Baraké.  2018.  Women in African Agriculture: Integrating Women into Value Chains to Build a Stronger Sector.  (ZEF Working Paper 175) Download [PDF | 2.09MB]
Qadir, M., Schubert, S., Oster, J. D., Sposito, G., Minhas, P. S., Cheraghi, S. A. M., Murtaza G., Mirzabaev A., Muhammad Saqib.  2018.  High magnesium waters and soils: Emerging environmental and food security constraints.  Science of the Total Environment, 642   : 1108–1117   .
Sandul, Y., Bruchhausen, W., Saxena, D., Falkenberg, T..  2018.  Convergence model for effectual prevention and control of zoonotic diseases: A health system study on 'One Health' appraoch in Ahmedabad, India.  Health Research Policy and Systems, 16(1)   : 124   . (Open Access)   Further Information
Sayer, C.A.; Carr, J.A.; Whitney, C.W..  2018.  The status and distribution of freshwater plants in the Lake Victoria Basin.  In: Sayer, C.A., L. Máiz-Tomé, W.R.T. Darwall (eds.): Freshwater biodiversity in the Lake Victoria Basin: Guidance for species conservation, site protection, climate resilience and sustainable livelihoods. . IUCN UK, IUCN Gland, Switzerland.   99-109.  (Open Acess)  Download [PDF]
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Till Ludwig.  2018.  An egg for an egg and a bean for a bean?.  (ZEF Discussion Paper 247) Download [PDF | 848.75KB]
Usman MA., N. Gerber & E.H. Pangaribowo.  2018.  Drivers of microbiological quality of household drinking water –a case study in rural Ethiopia.  Journal of Water and Health, 2(16)   : 275-288   . Further Information
Usman, M. A., Gerber, N., and Pangaribowo, E. H..  2018.  Drivers of microbiological quality of household drinking water – a case study in rural Ethiopia.  Journal of Water and Health, 16(2): 275-288   .
Whitney C W, Shepherd K D, Rosenstock T S, Krawinkel M, Luedeling E..  2018.  Modelling the Impacts of Uganda’s Vision 2040 Policy on Household Nutrition.  Policy Brief (Misc. 39) 4 (Open Acess) Download [PDF]
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Whitney C W, Shepherd K D, Rosenstock T S, Luedeling E.  2018.  Decision Analysis to Support Agriculture for Nutrition.  Policy Brief (Misc. 38) 4 (Open Acess) Download [PDF]
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Whitney, C W; Shepherd K D; Krawinkel M; Luedeling E..  2018.  Integration of Fruit Trees into Agricultural Landscapes of Kenya can Help to Enhance Nutrition Security.  (Misc. no 40.) 4 (Open Acess) Further Information
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Whitney, C. W.; Lanzanova, D.; Muchiri, C.; Shepherd, K.; Rosenstock, T.; Krawinkel, M.; Tabuti, J. R. S.; Luedeling, E..  2018.  Probabilistic Decision Tools for Determining Impacts of Agricultural Development Policy on Household Nutrition.  Earth’s Future, 6(3)   : 359-372   . (Open Access)   Download [PDF]
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Whitney, C., K. Shepherd and E. Luedeling, E..  2018.  Decision Analysis Methods Guide; Agricultural Policy for Nutrition.  ICRAF Working Paper series, Working Paper No. 275 World Agroforestry Centre. Nairobi, Kenya. (Open Acess) Download [PDF]
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Whitney, C.; Luedeling, E..  2018.  How governments can monitor progress towards better nutrition.  (Open Acess) Further Information
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Whitney, C.W.; Omondi, R.; Nshutiyayesu, S.; Kabuye, C.S..  2018.  Species in the Spotlight.  In: Sayer, C.A., L. Máiz-Tomé, W.R.T. Darwall (eds.): Freshwater biodiversity in the Lake Victoria Basin: Guidance for species conservation, site protection, climate resilience and sustainable livelihoods. . IUCN UK, IUCN Gland, Switzerland.   150.  (Open Acess)  Download [PDF | 131.71KB]
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Whitney, Cory W.; Bahati, J.; Gebauer, J..  2018.  Ethnobotany and agrobiodiversity; valuation of plants in the homegardens of southwestern Uganda.  Ethnobiology Letters, 9(2)   : 90-100   . (Open Access)   Download [PDF]
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Yasobant S, Bruchhausen W, Saxena D, Falkenberg T..  2018.  Convergence model for effectual prevention and control of zoonotic diseases: a health system study on ‘One Health’ approach in Ahmedabad, India.  Health Research Policy and Systems, 16   : 124   . (Open Access)   Download [PDF | 822.22KB]
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2017

Jemal O. and D. Callo-Concha.  2017.  Potential of Agroforestry for Food and Nutrition Security of Small-scale Farming Households. ZEF working paper series 161.  Further Information
Keding G.B., K. Kehlenbeck, G. Kennedy and S. McMullin.  2017.  Fruit production and consumption: practices, preferences and attitudes of women in rural western Kenya.  Food Security, 9(3)   : 453-469   .
Mekonen, D., Usman, M.A., Marks, S. & Stopnitzky, Y.  2017.  Beyond the drinking glass: expanding our understanding of water-nutrition linkages.  Further Information
PARI.  2017.  Agricultural innovations at the the technological frontier in India.  (PARI Policy Brief 4) Download (english) [PDF | 639.20KB]
PARI.  2017.  Sustainable intensification strategies for the rural poor - Matching innovations with human and ecological potential within and outside the agriculture sector.  (PARI Policy Brief 3) Download (english) [PDF | 408.70KB]
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Rwomushana I, F. Khamis, T.G. Grout, S.A. Mohamed, M. Setamou, C. Borgemeister, H.M. Heya, C. Tanga, P.W. Nderitu, Z.S. Seguni, C.L. Materu and S. Ekesi.  2017.  Detection of Diaphorina citri Kuwayama (Hemiptera: Liviidae) in Kenya and potential implication for the spread of Huanglongbing disease in East Africa.  Biological Invasions, 10.1007/s10530-017-1502-5   .
Saini, R.K., B.O. Orindi, N. Mbahin, J.A. Andoke, P.N. Muasa, D.M. Mbuvi, C.A. Muya, J.A. Pickett and C. Borgemeiste.  2017.  Protecting cows in small holder farms in East Africa from tsetse flies by mimicking the odor profile of a non- host bovid.  PLoS NTD , 11 (10)   . Further Information

2016

Keding GB.  2016.  Nutrition Transition in Rural Tanzania and Kenya.  In: Biesalski HK, Black RE (eds.): Hidden Hunger. Malnutrition and the First 1,000 Days of Life: Causes, Consequences and Solutions. World Rev Nutr Diet. Basel, Karger.   61–74. 

2015

Whitney, Cory W.; Nyamukuru A.; Bahati, J.; Gebauer, J..  2015.  Local knowledge for food security in Uganda; Postharvest practices in homegardens of the Ugandan Southwest.  ADM Institute Download [PDF]
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2014

Cory W. Whitney; Jens Gebauer; Molly Anderson.  2014.  Wild collection and cultivation of native species in Iceland.  Thuenen Report 20 Download [PDF]
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Whitney, C; den Braber, K; Tu Tuyet, N; Thorndal Jorgensen, S.  2014.  Measurable Impacts of the “Principles of Organic Agriculture”; Survey of A Vietnamese Organic PGS.  Thuenen Report 20 Further Information