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The article provides information pertaining to the recent outbreak of "swine flu", which has spread beyond Mexico and the US. The present study shows that the outbreak has lot to do with industrial farm animal production, which is becoming popular in the West.
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In this paper the evolution of beer consumption is analyzed between countries and over time. Historically, there have … been major changes in beer consumption in the world. In recent times, per capita consumption has decreased in traditional â … economy. A quantitative empirical analysis shows that the relationship between income and beer consumption has an inverse U …
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triple burden of malnutrition: undernourishment, micronutrient deficiencies and over-nutrition. Consumption of a diverse diet … dietary diversity profile across adjoining regions highlights the persistence of uneven development in terms of consumption …
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The Planning Commission constituted, in September 1989, an 'Expert Group' to consider methodological and computational aspects of estimation of proportion and number of poor in India. [Planning Commission].
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differences in consumption and production patterns, as well as natural resource use. …
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Using the recent rounds of NSS data, this paper evaluates the performance and outreach of India's public distribution system (PDS) in the rural areas. The results suggest a significant improvement in the performance of PDS in terms of its outreach and offtake. States like Bihar and Jharkhand...
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small plots— leased or owned—and handcrafting for personal consumption and markets. It then compares institutional …
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particularly arising from higher rural wages, rising agricultural cost of production, changing consumption pattern favoring protein …
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growth on the poor over a range of poverty lines. Using National sample Surveys on consumption expenditure, they have showed …
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attain the subsistence level of consumption. Thus, zero percent is taken as a threshold level to define catastrophic health …
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