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Transferencias de ganado, seguridad alimentaria y empoderamiento de la mujer : evidencia de un programa de entrada aleatoria por fases en Nicaragua
Salazar, Lina; Fahsbender, Jossie; Kim, Namho - 2018
This paper explores the impact of a livestock transfer program , that targeted small - holder female farmers with high levels of food insecurity in Nicaragua . For this purpose, the three dimensions of food security are assessed (i.e. access, availability and food use ) . The analysis uses a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012168074
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Livestock transfers, food security and women's empowerment : evidence from a randomized phased-in program in Nicaragua
Salazar, Lina; Fahsbender, Jossie; Kim, Namho - 2018
This paper explores the impact of a livestock transfer program, that targeted small-holder female farmers with high levels of food insecurity in Nicaragua. For this purpose, the three dimensions of food security are assessed (i.e. access, availability and food use). The analysis uses a double...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011959515
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Evaluating nutrition and health impacts of agricultural innovations
Qaim, Matin - 2014
Agricultural innovations are seen as a key avenue to improve nutrition and health in smallholder farm households. But … details of these agriculture-nutrition-health linkages are not yet well understood. While there is a broad literature on the … adoption of agricultural technologies, most studies primarily focus on impacts in terms of productivity and income. Nutrition …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010430772
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Job loss and food insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic
Milovanska-Farrington, Stefani - 2021
family has a sufficient amount of food, and deteriorated child nutrition. There is also a differential effect between … vulnerable groups that are most likely to benefit from programs designed to provide sufficient nutrition to the population. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012508220
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Food export restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic : real and potential effects on food security
Kowalska, Aleksandra; Budzyńska, Anna; Białowąs, Tomasz - In: International journal of management and economics 58 (2022) 4, pp. 409-424
The purpose of the article is to review and critique the implementation of food export restrictions in times of crisis in addressing food security challenges. The methodological approach was to undertake a narrative literature review to outline the challenge of ensuring food security in times of...
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The dietary impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
O'Connell, Martin; Smith, Kate; Stroud, Rebekah - 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to significant changes in where people work, eat and socialise. We use novel data on the food and non-alcoholic drink purchases from stores, takeaways, restaurants and other outlets to quantify the impact of the pandemic on the diets of a large, representative panel...
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Causal inference on the impact of nutrition policies using observational data
Mazzocchi, Mario; Capacci, Sara; Biondi, Beatrice - In: Bio-based and applied economics 11 (2022) 1, pp. 3-20
We discuss the state-of-the-art in the application of quasi-experimental methods to estimate the impact of nutrition …
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Have households' livelihoods and food security rebounded from COVID-19 shocks in Nigeria? : results from a follow-up phone survey
Balana, Bedru Babulo; Oyeyemi, Motunrayo Ayowumi; … - 2021
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013471099
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Impacts of Covid-19 on Food Security : Panel Data Evidence from Nigeria
Amare, Mulubrhan - 2020
This paper combines pre-pandemic face-to-face survey data with follow up phone surveys collected in April-May 2020 to quantify the overall and differential impacts of COVID-19 on household food security, labor market participation and local food prices in Nigeria. We exploit spatial variation in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012825701
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Impacts of COVID-19 on food security : panel data evidence from Nigeria
Reda, Mulubrhan Amare; Abay, Kibrom A.; Tiberti, Luca; … - 2020
This paper combines pre-pandemic face-to-face survey data with follow up phone surveys collected in April-May 2020 to quantify the overall and differential impacts of COVID-19 on household food security, labor market participation and local food prices in Nigeria. We exploit spatial variation in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012268974