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The nature of food insecurity has been changing in the world. While research on food insecurity in developing countries used to focus on undernourishment (i.e. lack of calorie consumption) and related outcomes, today, many developing countries face at least a “double burden of malnutrition”...
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Many developing countries are experiencing a food system transformation with a rapid growth of supermarkets. This supermarket growth can be attributed to demand-side factors such as rising incomes, urbanization, and changing lifestyles, as well as supply-side factors, such as market...
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. Here, we analyze impacts on farm household nutrition. Building on data from vegetable farmers in Kenya, we show that … impacts on dietary quality. The total nutrition effects of supermarket participation could be even more positive if women were …
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using cross-sectional household survey data collected in Kenya in 2012. In order to establish causality, our sample was …
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Supermarkets and high-value exports are currently gaining ground in the agri-food systems of many developing countries. While recent research has analyzed income effects in the small farm sector, impacts on farming efficiency have hardly been studied. Using a survey of Kenyan vegetable growers...
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Kenya. Participation in supermarket channels is associated with a 50% gain in average household income, leading to …
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heterogeneity for contracts in Kenya. In the study region, supermarkets use contracts to source for fresh vegetables directly from …
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understanding. Reviewing recent evidence from Kenya, we show that buying food in supermarkets instead of traditional outlets …
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analysis focuses on vegetable producers in Kenya. Participation in supermarket channels is associated with large income gains …
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farmers in Kenya. Participation in supermarket channels increases farm productivity in terms of meta-technology ratios by 45 …
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