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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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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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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 …
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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
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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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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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Staple Food Consumption Patterns in Urban Zambia: Results from the 2007/2008 Urban Consumption Survey
Mason, Nicole M.; Jayne, Thomas S. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2009
After two decades of de-urbanization, Zambia is again becoming increasingly urban. While the urban share of the … population fell to 35% in 2000 due primarily to the decline of the copper industry, over half of Zambia’s people will be residing … and improved urban food marketing system performance in Zambia will need to take into consideration the demand patterns of …
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Unpacking the Links Between Women's Empowerment and Child Nutrition Evidence Using Nationally Representative Data From Bangladesh
Bhagowalia, Priya; Menon, Purnima; Quisumbing, Agnes R.; … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2010
domestic violence have a significant effect on chronic malnutrition and mobility; participation in decision making and ability …
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Nutritional status and access to clean fuels: Evidence from South Asia
Bhagowalia, Priya; Gupta, Parul - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2011
Indoor air pollution due to solid fuels is among the ten most important risk factors in global burden of disease leading to respiratory diseases, anaemia, blindness and other disorders. This study examines the correlations between fuel choice and the nutritional status of children. We also...
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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
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...
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