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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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Trends in the Kenya Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Recurrent Cost Budget, 1980-88

Edmunds, John C. - 2011

The Harvard Institute for International Development provided consulting to government ministries in Kenya during the Daniel Arap Moi regime. This report was one of several that were prepared during that multi-year consultancy. It should be understood in the context of Kenya's development as a...

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Challenges Ahead of Ailing Indian Agriculture

Motkuri, Venkatanarayana - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

This paper takes stock of the state of agriculture in India, brings out with the stylised facts, issues and emerging … challenges related to agriculture sector and then makes an attempt to formulate policy measures for further growth of the Indian … agriculture. …

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Forage-livestock policies designed to improve livelihoods in Western China: a critical review

Brown, Colin; Waldron, Scott; Yuman, Liu; Longworth, John - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 1 (2009) 4, pp. 367-381

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to show how the promotion of integrated forage/ruminant-livestock industries … policy relates to other measures intended to improve household livelihoods. Findings – The outcomes of this forage-livestock … households and markets. Originality/value – Identifying the impacts of policy and institutional settings associated with forage-livestock …

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Effect of contract farming in a small open less-developed economy: a general equilibrium analysis

Bhattacharyya, Ranajoy; Das, Gouranga Gopal; Marjit, Sugata - 2021

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Subsistence production, markets, and dietary diversity in the Kenyan small farm sector

Muthini, Davis; Nzuma, Jonathan Makau; Qaim, Matin - 2018

Undernutrition and low dietary quality remain widespread problems especially among smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. Hence, the question as to how smallholder systems can be made more nutrition-sensitive is of particular relevance for research and policy. Recent studies analysed whether...

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Early life shocks and mental health: The long-term effect of war in Vietnam

Singhal, Saurabh - 2018

This paper provides causal evidence on early-life exposure to war on mental health status in adulthood. Using an instrumental variable strategy, the evidence indicates that early-life exposure to bombing during the American war in Vietnam has long-term effects. A one percent increase in bombing...

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Long-Term Impacts of Growth and Development Monitoring: Evidence from Routine Health Examinations in Early Childhood

Liang, Yinhe; Peng, Xiaobo; Sun, Meiping Aggie - 2024

This paper examines the long-term impacts of growth and development monitoring in early childhood. For this purpose, we evaluate a pediatric healthcare program, the Systematic Management of Children (SMC), which offers growth and development monitoring through routine health checkups for all...

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Exposure to the One-Child Policy and Fertility among Chinese Immigrants to the US

Lin, Siyuan; Argys, Laura M.; Averett, Susan L. - 2023

We examine whether women exposed to China's one-child policy (OCP) change their fertility decisions when they migrate to a country without fertility restrictions. Using American Community Survey data (2010–2020), we compare the childbearing decisions of Chinese-born women with varying degrees...

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Extreme Weather and Long-term Health: Evidence from Two Millennia of Chinese Elites

Lee, Wang-Sheng; Li, Ben G. - 2019

Modern technology empowers human beings to cope with various extreme weather events. Using Chinese historical data, we examine the impact of extreme weather on long-term human health in an environment where individuals have no access to modern technology. By combining life course data on 5,000...

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