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Nutrition Effects of the Supermarket Revolution on Urban Consumers and Smallholder Farmers in Kenya

Qaim, Matin; Andersson, Camilla I.M.; Chege, Christine G.K. - Institut für Agrarökonomie, Georg-August-Universität … - 2014

implications for food consumers and producers separately. We discuss a more integrated framework that helps to gain a broader …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011155538

The supermarket revolution and impacts on agricultural labor markets: Empirical evidence from Kenya

Rao, Elizaphan J.O.; Qaim, Matin - Institut für Agrarökonomie, Georg-August-Universität … - 2011

Many developing countries are currently experiencing a rapid expansion of supermarkets. New supermarket procurement systems could have important implications for farming and wider rural development. While previous studies have analyzed farm profit and income effects, possible employment effects...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009201393

Direct and Indirect Determinants of Obesity: The Case of Indonesia

Romling, Cornelia; Qaim, Matin - Institut für Agrarökonomie, Georg-August-Universität … - 2011

Overweight and obesity are becoming serious issues in many developing countries. Since undernutrition is not completely eradicated yet, these countries face a dual burden that obstructs economic development. We analyze the nutrition transition in Indonesia using longitudinal data from the...

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Impacts of supermarkets on farm household nutrition in Kenya

Chege, Christine G. K.; Andersson, Camilla I.M.; Qaim, Matin - Institut für Agrarökonomie, Georg-August-Universität … - 2014

Many developing countries are experiencing a food system transformation with a rapid growth of supermarkets. Research has shown that smallholder farmers can benefit from supplying supermarkets in terms of higher productivity and income. Here, we analyze impacts on farm household nutrition....

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Sustainability standards, gender, and nutrition among smallholder farmers in Uganda

Chiputwa, Brian; Qaim, Matin - Institut für Agrarökonomie, Georg-August-Universität … - 2014

Sustainability standards are gaining in importance in global markets for high-value foods. While previous research has shown that participating farmers in developing countries may benefit through income gains, nutrition impacts have hardly been analysed. We use survey data from smallholder...

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The Nutrition Transition and Indicators of Child Malnutrition

Kimenju, Simon; Qaim, Matin - Institut für Agrarökonomie, Georg-August-Universität … - 2014

We analyze how the nutrition transition affects child malnutrition in developing countries. It is often assumed that the nutrition transition affects child weight but not child growth, which could be one reason why child underweight decreases faster than child stunting. But these effects have...

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Nutrition Effects of the Supermarket Revolution on Urban Consumers and Smallholder Farmers in Kenya

Qaim, Matin; Andersson, Camilla I.M.; Chege, Christine G.K. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2014

implications for food consumers and producers separately. We discuss a more integrated framework that helps to gain a broader …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011068519

The role of consumers’ perceptions in the valuation of food safety and convenience attributes of vegetables in Vietnam

Mergenthaler, Marcus; Weinberger, Katinka; Qaim, Matin - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009

, presupposing a good understanding of consumer preferences. We analyze consumers’ valuation of different vegetable attributes in … metropolitan areas of Vietnam, using contingent valuation techniques and a mediation framework for two specific examples. Consumers … consciousness. These results deepen our understanding on how consumers value new food attributes. …

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Dual Burden Households and Nutritional Inequality in Indonesia

Roemling, Cornelia; Qaim, Matin - Institut für Agrarökonomie, Georg-August-Universität … - 2012

Overweight is an increasing problem in many developing countries, coexisting with underweight and contributing to a dual burden of malnutrition, sometimes in the same households. We analyze the dual burden phenomenon in Indonesia, using panel data that span a time period of 15 years. Today, 17...

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Vitamin A and iron consumption and the role of indigenous vegetables: A household level analysis in the Philippines

Honicke, Mireille; Ecker, Olivier; Qaim, Matin; … - Institut für Agrar- und Sozialökonomie in den Tropen … - 2006

Micronutrient malnutrition is a public health problem in many regions of the developing world. Severe vitamin A and iron deficiencies are of particular concern due to their high prevalence and their serious, multiple health effects on humans. This paper examines dietary patterns and nutrient...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005500685