Competitive agri-food supply chain (hereafter, AFSC) is an important component of AFSC. In a competitive environment, more and more AFSCs use blockchain-based traceability services (hereafter, BBTS) to improve the traceability level of agricultural products. The investment rules concerning BBTS and ...

This paper introduces the role played by edible fungi and edible fungi industry in constructing the overall situation of food security from three aspects: The proposal and establishment of the concept of edible fungi as a big food, the role of edible fungi in food security and the role of edible...

Introduction: Despite many studies linking various risk factors to the association between gestational diabetes and subsequent type 2 diabetes, little is known about how food insecurity affects their association. We aimed to assess how the association between gestational diabetes and subsequent...

The climate catastrophe is being caused by human effects on earth system processes that are surpassing several planetary boundaries. This crisis is driven significantly by the global food system. It has been increasing over recent years, yet food systems are essential in upholding food and...

Objective To investigate whether in utero exposure to the Great Chinese Famine in 1959 to 1961 was associated with risk of intra-cerebral hemorrhage (ICH) in adulthood. Methods In this cohort analysis, we included 97,399 participants of the Kailuan Study who were free of cardiovascular disease and...

The characterization of agronomically important genes has great potential for the improvement of wheat. However, progress in wheat genetics and functional genomics has been impeded by the high complexity and enormous size of the wheat genome. Recent advances in genome sequencing and sequence...

Background/objectives: The purpose of our study was to explore the relation of prenatal exposure to the Chinese famine and the risk of metabolic syndrome in adulthood in consecutive generations. Subjects/methods: A total of 960 families, including 1920 parents (F1) who were born near the time of...

Objectives. To assess stakeholder perceptions of the impact and feasibility of 21 national, state, and local nutrition policies for cancer prevention across 5 domains in the United States. Methods. We conducted an online survey from October through December 2018. Participants were invited to take...

Increasing wheat yield is one of the effective ways to guarantee food security. In the current field production, dense planting with reasonable nitrogen is the most direct and efficient technique to achieve high yield. However, lodging, caused by overly large population with improper nitrogen...

Purpose: Food insecurity, which leads to adverse health outcomes, has even more severe implications for cancer patients. Yet medically underserved cancer patients are more likely to be food insecure than the general population. Methods: This study is a cross-sectional analysis of intake data from...