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This paper interrogates some of the beliefs about production and consumption of sweetpotato in general, and orange … fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) in particular, using both descriptive and exploratory factor analysis and data collected from … farmers in Tanzania. It finds that contrary to beliefs, sweetpotato production and consumption is significant to growers and …
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Urban agriculture (UA) is defined as the production of crop and livestock goods within city and town boundaries. According to some statistics, 200 million people are employed in UA, contributing to the food supply of 800 million urban dwellers [1]. In African countries, 40 per cent of urban...
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the Diet Quality Index-International and used to describe the nutrition quality of the Russian diet. In a next step an …
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’ wealth and the quality of their diet and the role played by this relationship on the overall nutrition transition process … compensated by higher fruit and vegetable intakes. China nutrition transition is going on and the rapid economic growth may lead …
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and good nutrition. Nutrition and bad dietary habits have the greatest influence on weight gain and obesity, which are …, regarding public health indicators and nutrition habits. Data was collected from FAOSTAT and EUROSTAT database. The life …
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The effect of consumers’ compliance with nutritional recommendations is uncertain because of potentially complex substitutions. To lift this uncertainty, we adapt a model of consumer behaviour under rationing to the case of linear nutritional constraints. Dietary adjustments are thus derived...
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. Agricultural diversification has been recognized as a strategy to improve nutrition and human health, and a risk coping strategy in … the face of climate change. We use the 2008-2010 Tanzania National Panel Survey, which includes about 3,700 children, to …
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standards and quality systems, including in the field of nutrition, to safeguard the security of its members in terms of food … application of highly effective nutrition programs that provide health-safe and balanced diet of consumers. In this paper, the …
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Scientific evidence clearly indicates that consumption of raw milk carries substantial disease-inducing health risks. While federal U.S. policy mandates that milk moving in interstate commerce be pasteurized; within 41 of 50 states, raw milk can be obtained for consumption. Warning labels...
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The purpose of this paper will be to develop and present a new approach for examining the demand for meat by incorporating many of the advances in behavioral economics. By providing a closer approximation to how consumers actually behave, doing so should improve upon existing models....
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