abstract background & aim: food insecurity is defined as limited availability at all times to sufficient food of an active life. the aim of this study was assessing the food insecurity status and some associated socioeconomic factors in women with metabolic syndrome. methods: the present cross-sectional study was conducted on 130 women between 30-60 years of age with metabolic syndrome referred...

Agricultural production relies heavily on manmade chemicals used as fertilizers and pesticides, and to regulate plant growth. Pesticides are released intentionally into the environment to control insects, weeds, plant diseases and other pests that affect crop or animal production, as well as to control insects that spread human diseases. Pesticides have a well-established role in agriculture an...

The world population is expected to reach 9.1 billion by year 2050 says FAO (World Food and Agriculture Organization) and to feed this population food production should be increased by at least 70%. Developing countries have to double their food production. The traditional methods of farming and ever decreasing farm labour availability is making agriculture economically unviable and inefficient...

four saudi arabian indigenous sheep populations including najdi, hbsi, arb, and naemi were genotyped for 16 microsatellite markers recommended by the food and agriculture organization (fao). this study aims to provide information on the genetic structure of the breeds analyzed and give indications and proposals for the cross breeding program. all loci were polymorphic in all populations and loc...

The World Bank, in collaboration with the e-Agriculture community and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), is holding a series of two week online forums. These e-forums stem from the launch of the World Bank’s ICT in Agriculture e-Sourcebook (2011) and the growing demand for knowledge on how to use ICT to improve agricultural productivity and raise smallholder inco...

Over the past 10 years, risk analysis has begun to play an increasingly prominent role in food safety policy around the world. In 2002, the European Union established the European Food Safety Agency to conduct risk assessment and provide scientific analysis for the European Commission (EC) and national food safety agencies throughout Europe. Individual European countries have established simila...

for better understanding of tehran ground water, samples were taken randomly from 340 out of 655 deep & semi deep wells in 1993, which dug by tehran water supply and sewage engineering company. 260 water specimens were examined chemically and physically and compared with the 1993 world health organization (who) and food and agriculture organization (fao) criteria and analyzed statistically. log...