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This study used a nationally representative survey from the 2012-2013 World Bank's General Household Survey for Nigeria, to examine the relationship between empowerment, measured using a modification of the Alkire et al. (2013) empowerment index, and household dietary diversity, based on the FAO...
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Agricultural development status impact individual nutrition through food, health and care practices. Many recent … outcomes on nutrition. We explore those potential negative outcomes based on a review of scientific papers and institutional … agricole affectent la nutrition des individus via l’alimentation, la santé et les pratiques de soin. Les chemins d’impact sont …
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Agricultural development status impact individual nutrition through food, health and care practices. Many recent … outcomes on nutrition. We explore those potential negative outcomes based on a review of scientific papers and institutional … agricole affectent la nutrition des individus via l’alimentation, la santé et les pratiques de soin. Les chemins d’impact sont …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010743536
In the context of developing countries multiple pathways have been proposed from the agriculture to the nutrition … the rights based approach to food adequacy. Data sets on agriculture, consumption, sanitation and hygiene facilities, care …
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Widespread hunger and malnutrition persist today despite considerable growth in per capita food availability. This has prompted an evolving conceptualization of food security and of mechanisms to attain and maintain food security. This chapter discusses both food security and food assistance...
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We decompose the relationship between food aid and conflict into the channels through which food aid can affect conflict. We address questions of methodological choice and estimation techniques for empirical studies. Our review of the empirical evidence on the effect of food aid on conflict...
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food and nutrition security. Innovations for improved market functioning and avoidance of price shocks require information … reduction. More attention to innovative social protection and direct nutrition intervention programs is needed, including …
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This paper surveys the economic literature on the impacts of food aid on recipient countries. The paper reviews the conceptual and empirical challenges associated with evaluating the impacts of food aid and surveys the main analytical techniques that are used in such evaluations. It then...
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and is considered a least developed country. Malnutrition is a chronic and difficult problem in this country. Agriculture … fed agriculture. After independence it was rich in food and could export maize but since 2002 it has to import maize every … to the Food and Agriculture Organization, 49% of the Zambian population is undernourished and unable to access minimum …
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This report documents the main findings of vulnerable group profiling work in Nepal. It identifies the characteristics and investigates the vulnerability for seven particular livelihood groups, notably marginal farm households in the Terai, in the hills and in the mountains, agricultural labour...
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