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Using the most recent data from Tanzania, we investigate the impacts of district-level health and education … health and education indicators and their effects on agricultural productivity. Indeed, the marginal productivities of inputs … (labor in particular) respond significantly and positively to health and education outcomes, especially considered jointly …
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Anticipating the impact of changes in economic incentives on dietary quality and nutritional health requires knowledge …
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is derived from the China Health and Nutrition Survey. The following insights emerge: (i) Fat density increases with … aspect of dietary health, fat density of energy intake in China. The sample of 2612 individuals between the ages of 20 and 45 …
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Previous studies commonly assume that the effects of introducing and ending cereal price subsidies on the poor’s nutrient intakes are symmetric. We question the assumption of symmetry and show that the poor’s nutrient intakes respond asymmetrically to declines and increases in the price of...
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in the past decade. In this paper, we examine the direct and indirect linkages between agriculture and nutrition in … and nutrition using a partial linear model to control for household characteristics. Finally we are able to simulate how … input intensification, land ownership, education, and access to assets and infrastructure. Household nutrition intake is …
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the three groups. The results suggested that commercialisation of small holder agriculture has potential to improve food … result in wages and inkind food transfers. While commerciali sation of small holder agriculture shows potential for improving … nutrition, caution should be exercised before claiming that such commercialisation can alleviate food insecurity and solve …
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Using an extensive household-level data set collected in Tanzania, this paper investigates the determinants of …-scale farmers in Tanzania. …
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districts and 60 villages of rural Tanzania. The paper employs a multivariate probit technique to model simultaneous …
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in Tanzania, and the possible policy responses to that shock. The analysis is based on a single country computable …
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