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Direct and Indirect Determinants of Obesity: The Case of Indonesia

Romling, Cornelia; Qaim, Matin - Institut für Agrarökonomie, Georg-August-Universität … - 2011

Overweight and obesity are becoming serious issues in many developing countries. Since undernutrition is not completely … Indonesia using longitudinal data from the Indonesian Family and Life Survey, covering the period between 1993 and 2007. Obesity … contribute to increasing obesity. Education, income, and marital status are significant determinants that influence nutritional …

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The supermarket revolution and impacts on agricultural labor markets: Empirical evidence from Kenya

Rao, Elizaphan J.O.; Qaim, Matin - Institut für Agrarökonomie, Georg-August-Universität … - 2011

Many developing countries are currently experiencing a rapid expansion of supermarkets. New supermarket procurement systems could have important implications for farming and wider rural development. While previous studies have analyzed farm profit and income effects, possible employment effects...

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The role of consumers’ perceptions in the valuation of food safety and convenience attributes of vegetables in Vietnam

Mergenthaler, Marcus; Weinberger, Katinka; Qaim, Matin - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009

Food systems in developing countries are undergoing a profound transformation characterized by the emergence and expansion of modern retailers and integrated supply chains. Appropriate policies are needed to guide this transformation, presupposing a good understanding of consumer preferences. We...

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Obesity Trends, Determinants and Policy Implications in Indonesia

Roemling, Cornelia; Qaim, Matin - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2012

Obesity is becoming a serious issue in many developing countries, with negative implications for economic growth and … human wellbeing. While previous micro level studies on obesity have mostly used cross-section data, we analyze trends and … determinants with panel data from Indonesia. Over the past 20 years, obesity has increased remarkably in Indonesia across all …

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Dual Burden Households and Nutritional Inequality in Indonesia

Roemling, Cornelia; Qaim, Matin - Institut für Agrarökonomie, Georg-August-Universität … - 2012

Overweight is an increasing problem in many developing countries, coexisting with underweight and contributing to a dual burden of malnutrition, sometimes in the same households. We analyze the dual burden phenomenon in Indonesia, using panel data that span a time period of 15 years. Today, 17...

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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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The Nutrition Transition and Indicators of Child Malnutrition

Kimenju, Simon; Qaim, Matin - Institut für Agrarökonomie, Georg-August-Universität … - 2014

We analyze how the nutrition transition affects child malnutrition in developing countries. It is often assumed that the nutrition transition affects child weight but not child growth, which could be one reason why child underweight decreases faster than child stunting. But these effects have...

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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. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2014

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Evaluating nutrition and health impacts of agricultural innovations

Qaim, Matin - Institut für Agrarökonomie, Georg-August-Universität … - 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...

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Impacts of supermarkets on farm household nutrition in Kenya

Chege, Christine G. K.; Andersson, Camilla I.M.; Qaim, Matin - Institut für Agrarökonomie, Georg-August-Universität … - 2014

Many developing countries are experiencing a food system transformation with a rapid growth of supermarkets. Research has shown that smallholder farmers can benefit from supplying supermarkets in terms of higher productivity and income. Here, we analyze impacts on farm household nutrition....

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