Co‐production of agroecological innovations to improve sustainability in South American fruit farms by Fabiana Oliveira da Silva, Eduardo C. Arellano, Blandina Felipe Viana, Vinina Silva‐Ferreira, Patricia Oliveira‐Rebouças, Nadia Rojas‐Arévalo, Andrés Muñoz‐Sáez, Valentina P. Jimenez, Natalia B. Zielonka, Liam P. Crowther, Lynn V. Dicks

“…Our model of knowledge co‐production demonstrates how transdisciplinary research in agriculture, fully localised in a particular food‐producing context, can enable farmers in the global South to engage with biodiversity conservation in response to top‐down market signals incentivising sustainability. …”
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Systematic surveillance tools to reduce rodent pests in disadvantaged urban areas can empower communities and improve public health by Adedayo Michael Awoniyi, Ana Maria Barreto, Hernan Dario Argibay, Juliet Oliveira Santana, Fabiana Almerinda G. Palma, Ana Riviere-Cinnamond, Gauthier Dobigny, Eric Bertherat, Luther Ferguson, Steven Belmain, Federico Costa

“…This experience should serve as a reference for promoting a standardised protocol for monitoring rodent activities in many disadvantaged urban settings of the Global South, while also fostering a holistic understanding of rodent proliferation. …”
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Multi-Criteria Assessment for City-Wide Rooftop Solar PV Deployment: A Case Study of Bandung, Indonesia by Anjar Dimara Sakti, Kalingga Titon Nur Ihsan, Tania Septi Anggraini, Zahratu Shabrina, Nugroho Adi Sasongko, Reza Fachrizal, Muhammad Aziz, Jagannath Aryal, Brian Yuliarto, Pradita Octoviandiningrum Hadi, Ketut Wikantika

“…Therefore, this research aims to model the urban rooftop solar PV development in the Global South using Bandung, Indonesia, as a case study. …”
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El feminismo no puede ser uno porque las mujeres somos diversas. Aportes a un feminismo negro decolonial desde la experiencia de las mujeres negras del Pacífico colombiano. by Betty Ruth Lozano Lerma

“…They’re colonial discourses in the sense that they have construed women of the third world, or of the global south, like an “other”. The specific case examined in this article question the euro-USA-centric feminist construction made about women and afro- descended feminist, and how they under several processes of resignification of the categories of analysis proposed by feminism, such as gender and patriarchy, assert themselves as diverse black women that build proposals subverting the social order that oppresses them, without the need to recur to the central categories of feminism. …”
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Can citizen scientists provide a reliable geo-hydrological hazard inventory? An analysis of biases, sensitivity and precision for the Rwenzori Mountains, Uganda by John Sekajugo, Grace Kagoro-Rugunda, Rodgers Mutyebere, Clovis Kabaseke, Esther Namara, Olivier Dewitte, Matthieu Kervyn, Liesbet Jacobs

“…Spatio-temporal inventory of natural hazards is a challenging task especially in rural or remote areas in the Global South where data collection at regional scale is difficult. …”
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Assessment of Relationship between Climate Change, Drought, and Land Use and Land Cover Changes in a Semi-Mountainous Area of the Vietnamese Mekong Delta by Tran Van Ty, Kim Lavane, Phan Chi Nguyen, Nigel K. Downes, Nguyen Dinh Giang Nam, Huynh Vuong Thu Minh, Pankaj Kumar

“…Agriculture in the Global South is innately susceptible to climatic variability and change. …”
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COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance among Low- and Lower-Middle-Income Countries: A Rapid Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Muhammad Mainuddin Patwary, Md Ashraful Alam, Mondira Bardhan, Asma Safia Disha, Md. Zahidul Haque, Sharif Mutasim Billah, Md Pervez Kabir, Matthew H. E. M. Browning, Md. Mizanur Rahman, Ali Davod Parsa, Russell Kabir

“…Increasing vaccine acceptance rates in the global south should be prioritized to advance global vaccination coverage.…”
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Informal housing in New York City : a spatial history of squats, lofts, and illegal conversions by Waldrep, Michael

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Gendered coal struggles at the margins by Behzadi, N

“…Second, it contributes to broader feminist geographical literature on Muslim identities by – on one hand, provincializing research and focusing on the specificities of politico-ecological changes in the poorest countries of the Muslim Global South; and on the other hand, conceptualizing spatialized intersectionalities and agencies. …”

Effects of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) on Mental Health and Resiliency of Migrant Live-in Caregivers in Canada: Pilot Randomized Wait List Controlled Trial by Mandana Vahabi, Josephine Pui-Hing Wong, Masoomeh Moosapoor, Abdolreza Akbarian, Kenneth Fung

“…This is because the majority are racialized women from the Global South, the gendered nature of caregiving work has historically been undervalued, and their working and living spheres are intertwined which makes application of labor laws and surveillance almost impossible. …”
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Effect of Short, Animated Video Storytelling on Maternal Knowledge and Satisfaction in the Perinatal Period in South Africa: Randomized Controlled Trial by Maya Adam, Zwannda Kwinda, Mithilesh Dronavalli, Elizabeth Leonard, Vān Kính Nguyễn, Vusani Tshivhase, Till Bärnighausen, Yogan Pillay

“…More research in underresourced settings is urgently needed, especially as access to mobile technology increases in the Global South. Future studies should explore the effect of SAS videos on maternal knowledge in hard-to-reach populations with limited access to antenatal care, although real-world logistical challenges persist when implementing studies in underresourced South African populations. …”
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Parity as radical pragmatism: Centering farm justice and agrarian expertise in agricultural policy by Garrett Graddy-Lovelace, Jacqueline Krikorian, Andrea Jewett, Avinash Vivekanandan, Katherine Stahl, Indra Shekhar Singh, Brad Wilson, Patti Naylor, George Naylor, Edward Jerry Pennick

“…As overall numbers of farmers decline in Global North contexts, their voices dwindle from these conversations, leaving space for worldviews favoring de-agrarianization altogether. In Global South contexts maintaining robust farming populations, such policies for deliberate de-agrarianization bely an aggression toward rural and peasant ways of life and land tenure. …”
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Quantifying spatial ignorance in the effort to collect terrestrial fauna in Namibia, Africa by Thainá Lessa, Fernanda Alves-Martins, Javier Martinez-Arribas, Ricardo A. Correia, John Mendelsohn, Ezequiel Chimbioputo Fabiano, Simon T. Angombe, Ana C.M. Malhado, Richard J. Ladle

“…However, data on species distributions is often patchy, especially in many countries of the Global South where resources for biological surveys have been historically limited. …”
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Social protection and children: a synthesis of evidence from Young Lives longitudinal research in Ethiopia, India and Peru by Porter, C

“…</p><p>Social protection, commonly understood as government-led schemes that either mitigate risk or reduce vulnerability and/or chronic poverty, has moved up the policy and research agenda in recent years with cash transfers now present in 45 countries, covering 110 million families in the global south (Hanlon et al. 2010). In this paper, we explore three important social protection schemes in Ethiopia, India and Peru. …”

Towards sustainable management of sharks and rays in the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh by Haque, AB

“…This doctoral research takes the case study of shark and ray fisheries in Bangladesh to understand the key issues and to investigate potential practical conservation and management actions for sharks and rays from a global south perspective. Artisanal fisheries in the Bay of Bengal of Bangladesh contribute to the worldwide fishing pressure on sharks and rays. …”

School water, sanitation, and hygiene (WaSH) intervention to improve malnutrition, dehydration, health literacy, and handwashing: a cluster-randomised controlled trial in Metro Man... by Stephanie O. Sangalang, Allen Lemuel G. Lemence, Zheina J. Ottong, John Cedrick Valencia, Mikaela Olaguera, Rovin James F. Canja, Shyrill Mae F. Mariano, Nelissa O. Prado, Roezel Mari Z. Ocaña, Patricia Andrea A. Singson, Ma. Lourdes Cumagun, Janine Liao, Maria Vianca Jasmin C. Anglo, Christian Borgemeister, Thomas Kistemann

“…Data may be relevant for school WaSH interventions in the Global South. Interventions may have been more effective if adherence was higher, exposure to interventions longer, parents/caregivers were more involved, or household WaSH was addressed. …”
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Monitoring and moderating extreme indoor temperatures in low-income urban communities by R L Wilby, R Kasei, K V Gough, E F Amankwaa, M Abarike, N J Anderson, S N A Codjoe, P Griffiths, C Kaba, K Abdullah, S Kayaga, T Matthews, P Mensah, C Murphy, P W K Yankson

“…Climate change presents significant threats to human health, especially for low-income urban communities in the Global South. Despite numerous studies of heat stress, surprisingly little is known about the temperatures actually encountered by people in their homes, or the benefits of affordable adaptations. …”
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The Southern African Program on Ecosystem Change and Society: an emergent community of practice by Reinette (Oonsie) Biggs, Belinda Reyers, Ryan Blanchard, Hayley Clements, Jessica Cockburn, Graeme S. Cumming, Georgina Cundill, Alta de Vos, Luthando Dziba, Karen J. Esler, Christo Fabricius, Maike Hamann, Rebecka Henriksson, Karen Kotschy, Regina Lindborg, Linda Luvuno, Vanessa Masterson, Jeanne L. Nel, Patrick O’Farrell, Carolyn G. Palmer, Laura Pereira, Sharon Pollard, Rika Preiser, Dirk J. Roux, Robert J. Scholes, Odirilwe Selomane, Charlie Shackleton, Sheona Shackleton, Nadia Sitas, Jasper A. Slingsby, Marja Spierenburg, Maria Tengö

“…This paper reflects on experiences in building the SAPECS community, with the aim of supporting the development of similar networks elsewhere in the world, particularly in the Global South.…”
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Long-Acting Injectable Cabotegravir for HIV Preexposure Prophylaxis Among Sexual and Gender Minorities: Protocol for an Implementation Study by Beatriz Grinsztejn, Thiago Silva Torres, Brenda Hoagland, Emilia Moreira Jalil, Ronaldo Ismerio Moreira, Gabrielle O'Malley, Starley B Shade, Marcos R Benedetti, Julio Moreira, Keila Simpson, Maria Cristina Pimenta, Valdiléa Gonçalves Veloso

“…It will also contribute to maximizing the impact of a public health approach to reducing HIV incidence among SGMs in Brazil and other countries in the Global South. Trial RegistrationClinicaltrials.gov NCT05515770; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05515770 International Registered Report Identifier (IRRID)PRR1-10.2196/44961…”
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African New Towns by Rachel Keeton

“…It also contributes to the current debate on normative assumptions regarding planning in the Global South (Watson 2002; Watson 2016; Cirolia and Berrisford 2017), and directly addresses the disconnect between academia and practice regarding contemporary African New Towns (Grubbaur 2019; Keeton and Provoost 2019). …”
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