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Anticipating the impact of changes in economic incentives on dietary quality and nutritional health requires knowledge of how physical quantities of food consumed respond to price and income variations. A problem arises, however, because physical quantities are: 1- not consistent aggregates in...
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is derived from the China Health and Nutrition Survey. The following insights emerge: (i) Fat density increases with …
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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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nutrition, caution should be exercised before claiming that such commercialisation can alleviate food insecurity and solve …
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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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affluence levels within the maize agro-ecologies in Kenya, and a shift from large to smallholder intensification and multiple …-ecological zones in Kenya. …
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The form and content of decentralization has dominated development discourse and public sector reform agenda in Kenya …
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There has been a decline in crop productivity in Kenya, a situation that has contributed to the raising food insecurity … particularly vulnerable to food insecurity. Given the rising percentage of female headed households in Kenya (estimated at 37% in … maize since it is the staple crop in the study region and in Kenya. The stochastic frontier analysis reveals that both male …
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extra cost can be justified by the extra gain in accuracy. A survey of 100 farmers was carried out in Western Kenya to …
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inheritance of former orphans, who have lost at least one parent before reaching 15, by using a survey of 889 households in Kenya …
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