Alexander J. Stein
Agricultural economist interested in food, nutrition, health, sustainability. PhD. EU. Private account. Posts + Likes ≠ endorsements. Blocking trolls, unsupported claims etc. More infos at www.AJStein.de
- Brazil: Significant differences in ecological #footprint between omnivorous and #vegetarian menus were observed; #vegan menus demonstrated the lowest #environment footprint across all seasons. This underscores the importance of expanding vegetarian & vegan menu options: doi.org/10.1080/1537...
- Disclaimers are sufficient to differentiate #plantbased meat from #meat from animal flesh; banning use of "meat-related" terms is not needed to avoid confusion of #consumers. On plant-based meat, protein #labeling elicits a stronger demand response than environmental claims: doi.org/10.1002/aepp...
- One of CIA's oldest & most recognizable publications, The World Factbook, has been closed. It served as a longstanding, one-stop basic reference about countries around the globe, appealing to researchers, news organizations, teachers, students & international travelers: www.cia.gov/stories/stor...
- #USA: On a national basis, a 1-billion-gallon increase in soybean #biodiesel production triggers an increase of 1.9 million acres of #soybean acres and 1 million acres of total cropland: doi.org/10.1002/aepp... #landuse
- #Nigeria: The fight against #vitaminA deficiency has been transformed thru the large-scale introduction of vitamin A #maize from conventional #plantbreeding. Today, 2 m #farmers grow the maize, improving the #diets of 65 m Nigerians: harvestplus.solutions/scaling-vita... #biofortification #nutrition
- Plant-based #diets are linked to better sleep quality & appropriate sleep duration among older adults. Participants who follow #plantbased diets and engage in physical exercise had the highest odds of better #sleep quality & duration: doi.org/10.3389/fnut... #nutrition #health
- Internet use by #farm households in #Banladesh is linked to production diversity, commercialization & #income, as well as household & women’s dietary diversity. The #internet has an important role in enhancing farm #productivity, income & potentially diets: doi.org/10.1007/s125... #nutrition #diets
- A healthy #plantbased diet, rich in phytochemicals & #fiber, promotes cardiometabolic #health from an early age while also reducing the #environment impact. Planetary Health Diet Index recommendations could be incorporated into #schoolmeals & education campaigns: doi.org/10.3389/fnut... #diets
- Greater farm #productivity has been keeping GHG emissions from #agriculture in check. Technological advances that improve land efficiencies (e.g. improved fertilizer & #seeds) play a larger role in reducing #emissions than labor efficiencies: news.cornell.edu/stories/2026... #yields #landuse
- Today is #WorldCancerDay and I want to thank all people who have helped me over the last three years since my #cancer diagnosis. The list is far too long for Bluesky, so I put it on LinkedIn—where it was still too long for a single post: www.linkedin.com/posts/alexan... #cholangiocarcinoma
