Refereed Publications

Lowitt, K., Gray-Donald, K., Hickey, G., Saint Ville, A., Granderson, I., Madramootoo, C., Phillip, L. 2018. The Obesity Pandemic & Food Insecurity in Developing Countries: A case study from the Caribbean. Book chapter. In Karpyn, A. (Ed). Food and Public Health. A Practical Introduction. Oxford University Press.

Cortbaoui, P. and M. Ngadi. 2018. Optimization of postharvest handling process of eggplant using the Taguchi technique. Food Science and Quality Management, IISTE, Vol. 75: 15-23.

Cortbaoui, P. and M. Ngadi. 2018. Quantifying Quality Changes in Dark Purple Eggplant as Affected by Fluctuating Storage Conditions and Wrapping Materials. Journal of Postharvest Technology, Vol. 6, (3): 001-017.

Cortbaoui, P. and M. Ngadi. 2018. Influence of Fluctuating Environmental Factors on Phytochemical Changes in Eggplant and Cucumber During Postharvest Storage. Journal of Postharvest Technology, Vol. 6, (3): 018-030.

Mumena WA, Francis-Granderson I, Phillip L E, Gray-Donald K. 2018. Rapid Increase of Overweight and Obesity among Primary School-aged Children in the Caribbean; High Initial BMI is the most Significant Predictor. BMC Obesity. 5: 4. DOI: 10.1186/s40608-018-0182-8.

N. Gaj and C. A. Madramootoo. 2017. Long-Term Simulations of the Hydrology for Sugarcane Fields in the Humid Tropics: Case Study on Guyana’s Coastland. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering 143(8): 05017002. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)IR.1943-4774.0001204.

Mumena WA, Francis-Granderson I, Phillip L E, Johnson Down, Gray-Donald K. 2017. Food Insecurity is linked to Dietary Intake but not Growth of Children in the Caribbean. West Indian Medical Journal. DOI:10.7727/wimj.2016.586.

Saint Ville, A., Hickey, G. M. and Phillip L. E. 2017. Institutional Analysis of Food and Agriculture Policy in the Caribbean: The case of Saint Lucia. Journal of Rural Studies. 51: 198-210

Saint Ville, A., Hickey, G. M. and Phillip L. E. 2017. How do stakeholder interactions influence food security policy in the Caribbean? The Case of Saint Lucia. Food Policy 68: 53-64

Vidwatee Ramdhanie, Carlisle Pemberton and Isabella Granderson. 2017. Socio-economic factors affecting household food expenditure in North Trinidad. Tropical Agriculture, vol 94: 20-30.

Cortbaoui, P. and M. Ngadi. 2016. Characterization of postharvest practices and losses of fresh produce along the Caribbean supply chain: Guyana and St. Kitts-Nevis. Journal of Postharvest Technology, Vol. 4: 16-25.

Saint Ville, A., Gordon M. Hickey, Uli Locher, and Leroy E. Phillip. (2016). Exploring the role of social capital in influencing knowledge flows and innovation in smallholder farming communities in the Caribbean. Food Security 8(3): 535-549.

Lowitt, K., Saint Ville, A., Keddy, C., Hickey, G., & Phillip, L. (2016). Challenges and opportunities for more integrated regional food security policy in the Caribbean Community. Regional Studies, Regional Science 3(1), 706-716.

Cortbaoui, P. and M. Ngadi. 2015. A new method to quantify postharvest quality loss of cucumber using the Taguchi approach. Food Science and Quality Management, IISTE, Vol. 44: 13-22.

Kristen Lowitt, Arlette Saint Ville, Patsy Lewis, Gordon M. Hickey. 2015. Environmental change and food security: the special case of Small Island developing states. Regional Environmental Change (2015) 15:1293–1298. DOI 10.1007/s10113-015-0849-3

Lowitt, K., Hickey, G., Ganpat, W., & Phillip, L. 2015. Linking communities of practice with value chain development in smallholder farming systems. World Development 74, 363-3

Lowitt, K., Hickey, G., Saint Ville., A., Raeburn, K., Thompson-Colon, T., Laszlo, S., & Phillip, L. (2015). Factors affecting the innovation potential of smallholders farmers in the Caribbean Community. Regional Environmental Change doi:10.1007/s10113-015-0805-2

Saint Ville, A., Hickey, G., & Phillip, L. (2015). Addressing food and nutrition insecurity in the Caribbean through domestic smallholder farming system innovation. Regional Environmental Change doi10.1007/s10113-015-0770-9

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