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Abstract: This study investigated the effects of High Voltage Electric Field (HVEF)-assisted curing on the quality characteristics of fermented Niuganba. The results demonstrated that compared with conventional refrigerator curing, HVEF-assisted cured beef exhibited faster decreases in pH value, water activity, and product yield during the fermentation process. Both TBARS and TVB-N values maintained significantly lower levels (P < 0.05). After fermentation, the hardness and chewiness showed significant reductions (P < 0.05), while redness (a* value) increased remarkably (P < 0.05). The comprehensive sensory evaluation score was significantly improved (P < 0.05), accompanied by a notable increase in free amino acid content (P < 0.05). E-nose analysis effectively distinguished flavor differences between curing methods, with HVEF-treated samples showing enhanced response values in sensors detecting inorganic/organic sulfides, alcohols, aldehydes, and ketones. These findings collectively indicate that HVEF-assisted curing can effectively improve color attributes, texture, and flavor characteristics of fermented Niuganba while enhancing its nutritional value. This research provides both theoretical foundation and innovative insights for the application of HVEF technology in fermented meat products processing.

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The Global Compacts on Refugees and Migration can significantly impact human mobility. Food security is a priority for migrants in transit, and humanitarian aid recognizes food access as lacking in displacement situations. Migrants face difficulties during mobility periods, increasing their health risks. Food security affects health and well-being and is essential to the human right to adequate living standards. Climate change and food system neo-liberalization have increased food insecurity and hunger, creating more nutritionally vulnerable displaced people. Refugee inflows affect food security and resilience of host communities in developing countries. Allowing refugees formal work leads to self-reliance, improved living standards, better labor outcomes for natives, higher tax revenues, and economic productivity. Global refugee numbers have increased, with Sub-Saharan Africa hosting one-third. Strategies for food security include increasing production, reducing waste, addressing changing diets, and improving consumer behavior through education and healthier processed foods. Balancing growing food demand with limited production capacity is crucial for food security. Keyword: Food security, Refugee migration, Sustainable Strategies.

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Background: Like many countries in the low-income, underdeveloped world, a large number of people in Somalia suffer from anemia, an illness that massively endangers the lives of children and pregnant women. Yet, there is paucity of reliable scholarly studies that discuss anemia and iron deficiency related diseases in the country. In particular, the district of Baidoa in the Southwest State of Somalia, shares a lot of this lack of scholarly work that commonly exists in other parts of the country. Living in a complex situation of acute poverty, and a stubborn cycle of drought, famine and floods, Baidoa has a huge number of children severely affected by malnourishment and types of anemia caused by iron deficiency. Objective: This study aims to shed light on the prevalence of iron deficiency anemia among children under 5 years who visited Bay Regional Hospital for treatment in the year 2020 and their condition after undergoing treatment for the required or recommended period of time for recovery from the illness. Method: The study used quantitative case study method of observation of existing archival materials accessed at Bay Regional Hospital in Baidoa District, Southwest State of Somalia. It used data compiled on a sample size of 94 children under age 5 who were anemia patients admitted and treated in the hospital in the year 2020. Results: Of the 94 under age 5 child patients, 84% were cured, 5.4% were recorded as defaulters who absconded before completion of the prescribed treatment period, 9.6% needed special care and were referred to a specialized health institution for further treatment, while 1% succumbed to the disease. Conclusion: Although IDA is prevalent among children in Baidoa, particularly as revealed in the current study on child patients admitted at Baidoa District’s Bay Regional Hospital, the effort by parents, medical professionals, health authority, donors and other stakeholders to fight the disease is yielding laudable results. With more awareness

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The prevalence of stunting still fluctuates from year to year due to misconceptions that have an impact on childcare. However, when a child's height remains lower than the average, the child is considered common since they still look energetic. This study aimed to analyze the factors of maternal perceptions, parenting patterns, and program barriers in addressing the problem of stunted toddlers in Kupang District. This research used a qualitative approach supported by Focus Group Discussions (FGDs), in-depth interviews, and field observations; that was conducted in Oematnunu Village in June 2024. Informants in this study were 10 mothers of stunted toddlers, a midwives, and 2 cadres. The results found that mother's efforts are only to provide food that the child wants to consume, such as eating rice mixed with oil or only soup without side dishes. All families have gardens planted with various types of vegetables and fruits. Meanwhile, the stunting prevention program carried out in the area has not been able to reach the target. Through this, the results of this study are expected to be the basis for developing stunting programs not only for toddlers but also for mothers who are the main actors in improving children's nutritional status.

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Mushroom production represents a promising industry with significant economic and environmental benefits and offers a viable strategy for addressing the nutritional deficits prevalent in these regions. Its low capital requirements make it an accessible tool for poverty alleviation and wealth creation, providing extensive job opportunities and contributing to national economic growth. The utilization of agro-forestry waste as raw material for mushroom cultivation aligns with the waste-to-wealth approach, fostering environmental sustainability. Despite the popularity of mushrooms as a food source, most of the mushrooms consumed in developing countries are gathered from the wild. The commercialization of mushroom production, which has the potential to become a sustainable and profitable agro-industrial sector, remains largely untapped, underexplored, underutilized, underexploited, and underrepresented. Various challenges impede the growth of the mushroom industry in developing countries, including socio-economic and cultural barriers, inadequate technical and scientific expertise, lack of supportive government policies, fluctuating market prices, and inefficient marketing systems. However, increased awareness of the nutritional, health, and economic benefits of mushrooms, coupled with the establishment of mushroom farming enterprises, could significantly enhance the industry's visibility and accelerate its industrial development in a short time. This review examines the development and sustainability of mushroom production for nutritional security and national economic development in developing nations, along with its many opportunities and challenges.

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Background: Double burden of malnutrition (DBM) is an emerging public health problem in urban settings where both undernutrition and obesity exist. This complex phenomenon is caused by socioeconomic disparities, urbanization, and dietary transitions, with women and children being proportionately affected. This study reviews the drivers of DBM and evaluates suitable mitigation strategies. Methods: A comprehensive review was performed using studies published between 2014 and 2024. Peer-reviewed articles examining the drivers, interventions, and outcomes of DBM within urban contexts were the target inclusion criteria. Data were extracted on location, target populations, methodologies, key drivers, interventions and outcomes which were then synthesized using thematic analysis. Results: Eighteen studies from Sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia, and Latin America were included. Drivers known to be common among the reviewed studies include income inequality, poor dietary diversity, and cultural food practices that are further worsened by urbanization and sedentary lifestyles. By region, effective mitigation strategies included maternal nutrition literacy programs in Southeast Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa and taxation policies against unhealthy foods in Latin America. Gaps were identified in the areas of policy implementation and program scalability. Conclusion: Integrated, double-duty actions are needed to address the double burden of malnutrition in urban contexts. However, policy reform, community-based nutritional programs and educational initiatives targeted at vulnerable populations, are essential. Longitudinal and gender-specific research should be prioritized in assessing DBM’s trajectory and informing future sustainable interventions. The findings from this study offer actionable insights for policymakers and public health practitioners working to eliminate DBM in urban settings.

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The aim of this study was to assess cost-effectiveness of four improved and enriched infant flours. The study was carried out at the Supplementary Nutrition Unit (UNS) of the Notre Dame of Apostles Hospital (HNDA) at N’Djamena. The results of the study, which included 416 children, showed that moderately malnourished children on experimental flours with dried Moringa oleifera leaf powder took a maximum of three weeks to recover from malnutrition. The Pennisetum typhoïdes flour with Moringa gave the best results, with 96% of children recovering after an average duration of recovery of 17.5 days. Children on red sorghum flour from Bongor without Moringa (SRBSM) showed the highest daily weight gain in the study, at 8 g/kg-body weight per day. The same flour, SRB, with Moringa showed the highest hemoglobin gain of 13.5 g/dl. Children on maize flour without Moringa took the longest to recover in the study, an average of 32.7 days. To conclude, in in accordance with our results, from a cost-effectiveness point of view, flours of Pennisetum typhoïdes and red sorghum flours with Moringa leaf powder showed the best results of the study. They are likely to help improve health and reduce the prevalence of malnutrition, which is currently recurrent among a large proportion of Chadian children.