Between Survival and Sustenance : Plants for Recycle Edible Garden

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Swords and Sustenance

The economic dependence on Russia that Ukraine and Belarus inherited from Soviet planners in 1991 was enormous. The two new states depended on Russian markets, in which Ukrainian and Belarusian producers sold goods that were uncompetitive in the rest of the world. Ukraine and Belarus also depended on Russia for crucial imports. Energy was the most important of all. Ukraine and Belarus relied he...

Characterisation of Nox4 inhibitors from edible plants.

NADPH oxidases transport electrons from cytosolic NADPH through biological membranes to generate reactive oxygen species. NADPH oxidase 4, broadly expressed in humans, is an interesting pharmacological target, since its activity is deregulated in several diseases, including pulmonary fibrosis, diabetic nephropathy, and cardiac hypertrophy. Whereas several candidate NADPH oxidase 4 inhibitors we...

Underutilized edible plants of the Sikkim Himalaya: Need for domestication

The Himalayan region is comprised of a large variety of wild-growing plants that are used for food and other subsistence needs by the local communities. The Sikkim Himalaya harbours as many as 190 food plants that grow in wild habitats. The six most prominently used fruit species (i.e. Baccaurea sapida, Diploknema butyracea, Eriolobus indica, Spondias axillaris, Machilus edulis and Elaeagnus la...

Women and household sustenance: changing livelihoods and survival strategies in the peri-urban areas of Ibadan

This paper describes the livelihoods and survival strategies of lowincome households in two peri-urban locations in Ibadan, drawing primarily on interviews with 96 women who sell goods from makeshift stalls or who live in poorquality houses. This includes reports of these women’s perceptions of poverty, their incomes (44 per cent earned less than US$ 1 per day) and the strategies they used to a...