Search Results - subject:"micronutrients"

Household demand persistence for child micronutrient supplementation

Lybbert, Travis J.; Vosti, Stephen Anthony; Adams, Katherine - In: Journal of health economics 62 (2018), pp. 147-164

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The role of nutrition in children's neurocognitive development, from pregnancy through childhood

Nyaradi, Anett; Li, Jianghong; Hickling, Siobhan; … - In: Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 7 (2013), pp. --

micronutrients and whole diet) and neurocognitive development in childhood. Earlier studies which have investigated the association … between nutrition and cognitive development have focused on individual micronutrients, including omega-3 fatty acids, vitamin … studies suggests that micronutrients may play an important role in the cognitive development of children. However, the results …

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An ex ante analysis of the impact and cost-effectiveness of biofortified high-provitamin A and high-iron banana in Uganda:

Fiedler, John L.; Kilkuwe, Enoch M.; Birol, Ekin - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013

Using the Ugandan National Household Survey of 2005/06, we analyzed the production and consumption patterns of highland cooking banana (nakinyika) and sweet banana (sukalindizi). Informed by the empirical findings, we developed geographically differentiated adoption, production, consumption, and...

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The State of Food and Agriculture, 2013

eSocialSciences; Food and Agriculture Organization - 2013

Malnutrition in all its forms â€“ under-nutrition, micronutrient deficiencies, and overweight and obesity â€“ imposes unacceptably high economic and social costs on countries at all income levels. The State of Food and Agriculture 2013: Food systems for better nutrition argues that...

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Assessing food value chain pathways, linkages and impacts for better nutrition of vulnerable groups

Maestre, Mar; Poole, Nigel D.; Henson, Spencer - In: Food policy : economics planning and politics of food … 68 (2017), pp. 31-39

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Implication of Micronutrients in Agriculture and Health with Special Reference to Iron and Zinc

Govindaraj, M.; Kannan, P.; Arunachalam, P. - In: International Journal of Agricultural Management and … 01 (2011) 4

The green revolution fulfilled the food demand of crowded millions. From the time of green revolution to till date high yielding and fertilizer responsive varieties have evolved to increase the production per unit area. To improve the productivity only major nutrients are concentrated almost in...

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Anemia and Child Education: The Case of Colombia

Gaviria, Alejandro; Hoyos, Alejandro - In: REVISTA DESARROLLO Y SOCIEDAD (2011)

Welfare programs in Colombia have focused on both reducing malnutrition and hunger and increasing school attendance. But there is not much evidence on the hypothesized relationship between nutrition status and schooling outcomes. Using the National Survey of Nutritional Status in Colombia - 2005...

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Food Demand Analysis: A New Approach

Di Giuseppe, Stefania - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2011

In this paper a method to examine how households make their food choice considering micronutrients through utility …

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Integrated economic modeling of global and regional micronutrient security:

Msangi, Siwa; Sulser, Timothy B.; Bouis, Andrew; Hawes, … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010

In this paper, we examine the implications of alternative country-specific scenarios for biofortification on the reduction of micronutrient deficiency prevalence in under-fives. The scenarios are implemented within a long-term projections model of agriculture production and consumption, given...

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Impact of Off-farm Income on Food Security and Nutrition in Nigeria

Babatunde, Raphael O.; Qaim, Matin - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE; … - 2010

Reducing food insecurity in the developing world continues to be a major public policy challenge, and one that is complicated by the lack of a generalized comprehensive strategy for dealing with it. Around 854 million people are undernourished worldwide, many more suffer from micronutrient...

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