The floating traditional Rice Techno-Demonstration for Community Food Security

Assessing farmers' knowledge of Moghan plain about the consequences of chemical pesticides for community health, the environment, and food security

Background and Objective: Farmers in agricultural activities deal with various forms of chemical pesticides and thus their knowledge level can have a positive or negative impact on the food health of a community and the environment. Understanding their knowledge about the consequences of poisoning will provide an effective extension for promoting environmentally friendly methods in farms and ma...

Rice Productivity and Food Security in India

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Food Security in Asia and the Changing Role of Rice

Contamination and Risk Assessment of Total Aflatoxin in Iranian Rice in Various Food Security Regions

Background and Objectives: Aflatoxin is one of the most important and common toxins in high consumption foods such as rice, which can threaten health of the consumers. In this study, risk of total aflatoxin based on its exposure levels and adverse effects was assessed in Iranian rice.  Materials & Methods: This study was carried out on total aflatoxin in 60 national rice samples collected base...

Food security for community-living elderly people in Beijing, China.

Food security has been identified as an important issue for elderly people's quality of life and ageing in place. A food security index composed of three indicators (food intake, food quality and food affordability) was developed to measure the food security status of community-living elderly people. Food security was then examined among community-living elderly in the central urban districts o...