Skipping meals, neglecting their health, and constant stress—this is the lived reality of sole-parents struggling to feed their family, a University of Otago study has found.
Social Sciences
Jul 12, 2022
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An exploratory study with implications for the growing gig-economy indicates there were only two kinds of workers during COVID-19: the haves and the have-nots.
Economics & Business
Jul 11, 2022
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Everyone remembers those old high school movies where the ultra-nerdy teenage boy falls in love with a the most beautiful girl in the whole school. The movie begins with the girl not knowing anything about the geeky leading ...
Social Sciences
Jun 21, 2022
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The COVID-19 pandemic will further derail the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the next five years without concerted action, warn international scientists.
Economics & Business
Jun 13, 2022
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Achieving food security, improving nutrition and promoting sustainable agriculture are key to reaching one of the United Nations' most critical Sustainable Development Goals: Zero Hunger.
Social Sciences
Jun 8, 2022
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As the COVID-19 pandemic extends into a third year, experts have gained a much better understanding of its consequences for the health and development of children and adolescents.
Social Sciences
Jun 2, 2022
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A new study provides a framework to boost crop growth by incorporating a strategy adopted from a fast-growing species of green algae. The algae, known as Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, contain an organelle called the pyrenoid ...
Molecular & Computational biology
May 19, 2022
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Agricultural organizations are joining forces to develop drought-resistant crops for farmers in the global South, amid warnings of a global food crisis that threatens the world's poorest.
Agriculture
May 18, 2022
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In 2008 and 2009, a severe drought swept through much of Kenya and Tanzania. Nomadic herders, or pastoralists, such as the Maasai people in Tanzania, pushed south in search of greener expanses, bringing tens of thousands ...
Social Sciences
May 11, 2022
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There has been a rapid 57% jump in the proportion of households cutting back on food or missing meals altogether in just three months, according to new data published by The Food Foundation.
Economics & Business
May 9, 2022
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