Huazhong Agricultural University

Beyond the Private Sphere: Women's Community Participation and Household Diet Quality in Rural China

ABSTRACT Improving diet quality remains a key challenge in post‐poverty rural China. This study examines how women's community participation, a form of public‐sphere agency, relates to household diet quality. We introduce a Food‐Weighted Dietary Diversity Index (FWDDI) that captu...

Addressing Two Systemic Bottlenecks in Global Poultry Production: A Review of Non-Destructive Pre-Incubation Freshness and In-Ovo Sex Detection

The $300-billion global poultry industry, a cornerstone of food security, faces two interconnected systemic challenges: pre-incubation quality degradation wastes up to 15% of incubation capacity on non-viable eggs, while post-hatch male chick culling results in the annual euthana...