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Urban Consumption Patterns of Livestock Products in Zambia and Implications for Policy
Hichaambwa, Munguzwe - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2012
Rapid urbanization in Zambia means that increasingly heavy demands are being placed on urban food marketing systems …
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Where Do Urban Households in Zambia Buy their Livestock Products?
Hichaambwa, Munguzwe - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource …
Livestock products and fish form an important component of urban consumers’ diet accounting for about one third of the total monthly budgetary expenditure on food. The budgetary share of livestock products increases with affluence or household income while the opposite is true for fish; 2) The...
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Household and environmental factors influencing anthropometric outcomes in pre-school children in a rural Ethiopian community
Okike, I O; Jabbar, Mohammad A. - International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), … - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011246229
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Nutrition in Central Uganda - An Estimation of a Minimum Cost Healthy Diet
Badirwang, Keeletlhoko Faith; Nakakeeto, Gertrude; … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2011
This study makes use of linear programming methodology to design a minimum cost diet for the Central Ugandan region. We used a set of constraints on recommended levels of daily nutrient intake, recommended proportions of groups of foods, as well as preferences and food availability in Central...
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Better nutrition for children in Uganda: The policy makers role
Ibrahim, Kasirye - Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC) - 2012
age of five suffer from severe acute malnutrition About half a million pregnant and lactating women suffer from anaemia …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010920221
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Emerging Challenges for Food and Nutrition Policy in Developing Countries
Stamoulis, Kostas G.; Pingali, Prabhu L.; Shetty, Prakash - In: eJADE: electronic Journal of Agricultural and … 1 (2004) 2
As the income and the average caloric intake of developing country populations increase, a relative shift in diets is taking place. The general pattern of change can be described as a shift towards more 'westernized' diets and away from traditional ones. Accompanying this dietary trend are the...
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Implication of Micronutrients in Agriculture and Health with Special Reference to Iron and Zinc
Govindaraj, M.; Kannan, P.; Arunachalam, P. - In: International Journal of Agricultural Management and … 01 (2011) 4
(WHO) has estimated that over 3 billion people in the globe suffer from the micronutrient malnutrition and about 2 billion …
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Overview
Hachigonta, Sepo; Nelson, Gerald C.; Thomas, Timothy S.; … - In: Southern African agriculture and climate change: A …
According to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (Le Treut et al. 2007, 96), climate is defined as average weather over a period of time, ranging from months to millions of years. Climate is usually described in terms of the mean and variability...
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Zambia
Kanyanga, Joseph; Thomas, Timothy S.; Hachigonta, Sepo; … - In: Southern African agriculture and climate change: A …
population that largely relies on rainfed agriculture, Zambia is vulnerable to the impacts of rainfall variability, which pose … most parts of Zambia. The objective of the chapter is to help policymakers, researchers, and country negotiators better … understand and anticipate the likely impacts of climate change on agriculture and on vulnerable households in Zambia, given that …
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Methodology
Nelson, Gerald C.; Palazzo, Amanda; … - In: Southern African agriculture and climate change: A …
Modeling the impacts of climate change presents a complex challenge arising from the wide-ranging processes underlying the working of markets, ecosystems, and human behavior. The analytical framework used in this monograph integrates modeling components that range from the macro to the micro to...
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