This article reviews the evidence concerning the emergence of community-acquired MRSA and highlights the relevance of reservoirs of antimicrobial resistance in humans and animals in the community environment. Although hospital use of antimicrobials has been assumed to generate the highest risk of resistance and transmission of resistant infections, the greater load of antimicrobial use is found...

Urban agriculture involves the production of food in space that is within and immediately surrounding cities. There are many motivations for this kind of production. These encompass environmental advantages (reducing ̳food miles‘ and the impact of ̳urban heat islands‘), social benefits (increasing food security and agricultural education of city-dwellers), and human health perks (eating fresher...

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2014.06.025 0747-5632/ 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. q This research was supported in part by the Cornell Agricultural Experiment Station federal formula funds, Project No. NYC-131442 received from Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations express...

* This work was supported in part by United States Public Health Service Grant 2-K3-GM 17059 (C. A. R.), United States Department of Agriculture, Cooperative States Research Service Grant 316-15-30 (C. A. R.), and bv National Institute of Health Grant GM 15731 awarded to Dr. -Hans Neurath, Department of Biochemistrv. Universitv of Washineton. $ Career Development Awardee of the United States Pu...

it is a challenge for a farmer with limited resources to decide on the production of commodities and investment in the farm. transformation of smallholder subsistence agriculture, to market oriented value addition based agriculture is vital for poverty reduction in ethiopia. this study was initiated to explore the factors which contribute for the adoption of improved wheat and pepper varieties ...

ventional monocultural crop systems often supported by high inputs of pesticides and fertilizers to sustainable agriculture. Although precise definitions of sustainable agriculture vary, one key aspect is a reduction in agrichemical inputs with a corresponding shift to alternative crop protection strategies, such as cultural practices, organic amendments, resistant or tolerant crop varieties, a...

In this paper we draw preliminary lessons from four large, threeto five-year-long, agriculture value chain projects being implemented by DAI among smallholder farmers with varying degrees of nutrition sensitivity. The projects are located in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Liberia, Malawi, and Tajikistan, and are supported by USAID and the U.S. Government’s Feed the Future (FTF) ini...

Welch, R. M., Cary, E. E., J. Agric. Food Chem. 23, 479 (1975). of Agriculture Cooperative Agreement No. 12-14-100-11,178 (61), Amendment 1. Mention of a trademark or proprietary product does not constitute a guarantee or warranty of the product by the US. Department of Agriculture, and does not imply its approval to the exclusion of other products that may also be suitable. Received for review...

Agriculture has multiple functions to fulfill for the development of the Sub-Saharan Africa countries: a source of growth, an instrument for poverty reduction, and a contribution to the provision of environmental services. Yet, it is still used far below potential, with gains in land and labor productivity lagging below those of other regions. Successful use of agriculture for development will ...