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In this paper we explore how a value chain framework can inform the design of interventions for achieving improved nutrition. Conceptually, there are three main channels for value chains to improve nutrition: (1) through increased consumption of nutritious foods (a demand side pathway); or (2)...
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vegetables. These unhealthy diets are present in both rural and urban areas and in households at different income levels. These …
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the increase in total LRF for India; whereas diet pattern change induced by income growth drives the major increase in LRF …India and China are two similar developing countries with huge populations, rapid economic growth and limited natural … agricultural land requirements for food (LRF) from 1963–2009. LRF of a country is a function of population, per capita consumption/diet …
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recommendations for a fat-controlled, low-cholesterol diet, calorie intake would decline about 13 percent compared with present …
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behavioral economics suggest innovative, low-cost ways to improve the diet quality of food stamp participants without restricting …
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Food stamp recipients, like other Americans, struggle with nutrition problems associated with choice of foods, as well as amounts. This series of Economic Information Bulletins compiles evidence to help answer the question of whether the Food Stamp Program can do more to improve the food choices...
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The Food Stamp Program provides benefits that low-income households can use to purchase food in grocery stores. The … differ across income levels to provide insight into how participants might change their food spending in response to … additional income. …
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The cost of “enough food,” estimated from the amount that low- and medium-income households in a geographic area report …
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Significant regional differences in food prices affect how far food stamp benefits can go toward enhancing the diet of … low-income consumers in a given region. In regions where average food prices exceed the national average, food stamp …
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economic well-being of low-income households. Now, as Americans struggle with obesity and other diet-related health problems …
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