In Guinea, attempts are underway by international donors, development practitioners, and the national government to bring artisanal small-scale diamond mining in line with a formal regulation parcel allocation system. This formalization initiative Guinea—along similar reforms aimed at land tenure regularization across Africa—attempt superimpose modern legal institutions onto community instituti...

Dominant artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) narratives highlight the invisibility of women’s livelihoods gendered struggles in sector. Indeed, livelihood practices ASM, how daily mobilities facilitate these specific vulnerabilities women face are still understudied undertheorised. Drawing on qualitative research Prestea-Bondaye area (PBMA), Ghana, we explore dimensions, forms mobility ASM f...

We report the genome sequences of two Streptococcus thermophilus strains, TH1435 and TH1436, isolated from raw goat milk devoted to the production of artisanal cheese in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region in Italy. The genome sequences of these two quickly acidifying strains are the first available genome sequences of S. thermophilus strains isolated in Italy.

Enterococcus mundtii CRL35 is a bacteriocinogenic strain isolated from an artisanal cheese of northwestern Argentina. Here we report its draft genome sequence, consisting of 82 contigs. In silico genomic analysis of biotechnological properties was performed to determine the potential of this microorganism to be used in a food model system.