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Evaluating nutrition and health impacts of agricultural innovations
Qaim, Matin - 2014
details of these agriculture-nutrition-health linkages are not yet well understood. While there is a broad literature on the …
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Technical efficiency of smallholder agriculture in developing countries : the case of Ethiopia
Tenaye, Anbes - In: Economies : open access journal 8 (2020) 2/34, pp. 1-27
The efficient use of inputs is indispensable in many developing countries, such as Ethiopia. This study assesses the level and determinants of technical efficiency of smallholder farmers using the true fixed effects (TFE) model. The TFE model separates inefficiency from unobserved heterogeneity....
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Diet Quality, Child Health and Food Policies in Developing Countries
Bhargava, Alok - 2014
While the importance of diet quality for improving child health is widely recognized, the roles of environmental factors and absorption of nutrients for children's physical growth and morbidity have not been adequately integrated into a policy framework. Moreover, nutrient intakes gradually...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013046557
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Food Prices and Population Health in Developing Countries : An Investigation of the Effects of the Food Crisis Using a Panel Analysis
Lee, Suejin - 2015
a greater share of agriculture in gross domestic product …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013035086
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Food prices and population health in developing countries : an investigation of the effects of the food crisis using a panel analysis
Lee, Suejin; Lim, Jae-young; I, Hyeon hun; Park, Cyn-Young - 2013
a greater share of agriculture in gross domestic product. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010192311
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Market food environments and child nutrition
Huelsen, Vivien; Khonje, Makaiko Gonapanyanja; Qaim, Matin - 2024
Child malnutrition and low-quality diets remain widespread public health problems in sub-Saharan Africa. Providing access to nutritious and healthy foods for all is key, but it is not at all clear how this can be achieved in various local contexts. Here, we analyze the role of markets and food...
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Chapter 47 Livestock Productivity in Developing Countries: An Assessment
Nin, Alejandro; Ehui, Simeon; Benin, Samuel - In: Handbook of agricultural economics : volume 3: …, (pp. 2461-2532). 2007
This chapter assesses livestock productivity in the developing world in the context of growing demand for livestock … international markets. Issues related to the roles of the various partners in livestock research are also considered and modalities … discussed. The chapter starts discussing the factors affecting livestock development and how these factors interact at different …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014024077
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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 … - 2014
Food systems in developing countries are transforming, involving a rapid expansion of supermarkets. This supermarket revolution may affect dietary patterns and nutrition, but empirical evidence is scarce. The few existing studies have analyzed implications for food consumers and producers...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010430779
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Air pollution and agricultural productivity in a developing country
Merfeld, Joshua D. - 2023
I document negative externalities of air pollution in the Indian agricultural sector. Using variation in pollution induced by changes in wind across years, I show that higher levels of pollution lead to decreased agricultural productivity, with large changes in productivity being common. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014315725
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Air Pollution and Agricultural Productivity in a Developing Country
Merfeld, Joshua D. - 2023
I document externalities in the agricultural sector of India due to air pollution. Using variation in pollution induced by changes in wind, I show that higher levels of particulate matter lead to decreased agricultural productivity, with changes in productivity of 10 percent being common....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014347607