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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 …Agricultural innovations are seen as a key avenue to improve nutrition and health in smallholder farm households. But … and health impacts have rarely been analyzed. In this article, we argue that future impact studies should include …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010430772
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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 …Agricultural innovations are seen as a key avenue to improve nutrition and health in smallholder farm households. But … and health impacts have rarely been analyzed. In this article, we argue that future impact studies should include …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010427246
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Bread of the Future : Climate Change, Agriculture and Food in Latin America (El Pan Del Futuro: Cambio Climático, Agricultura Y Alimentación En América Latina)
Maletta, Hector E. - 2014
impact on agriculture and food security. Such impact estimates use two methods: Ricardian models and Integrated Assessment … changes, income growth and others). Unexpectedly enough, the resulting prospects for agriculture and food are not catastrophic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014182912
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Health inequalities among people experiencing food insecurity : an intersectional approach
Drydakis, Nick - 2023
The study examines the socio-economic determinants of physical health among populations experiencing food insecurity … by an economic recession are associated with deteriorated physical health of food-insecure people. Moreover, the study … found that physical health deteriorations among food-insecure people are associated with older age, female gender …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014444911
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Partial identification of the long-run causal effect of food security on child health
Millimet, Daniel L.; Roy, Manan - 2013
Food security and obesity represent two of the most significant public health issues. However, little is known about … relatively long-run measures of child health. Identifying this causal relationship is complicated due to endogenous selection and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009757388
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Health inequalities among people experiencing food insecurity : an intersectional approach
Drydakis, Nick - 2023
The study examines the socio-economic determinants of physical health among populations experiencing food insecurity … by an economic recession are associated with deteriorated physical health of food-insecure people. Moreover, the study … found that physical health deteriorations among food-insecure people are associated with older age, female gender …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014446144
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Food Security and Small Landholders in South Asia
Jha, Raghbendra - 2011
This paper surveys the status of food security in the South Asian countries, particularly India. Particular attention has been paid to small landholders (those households owning less than 2 hectares of land). Using NSS data from 1993-94 and 2004-05 the paper shows that small landholders are an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014189358
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Food Security and Small Landholders in South Asia
Jha, Raghbendra - 2015
This paper surveys the status of food security in the South Asian countries, particularly India. Particular attention has been paid to small landholders (those households owning less than 2 hectares of land). Using NSS data from 1993-94 and 2004-05 the paper shows that small landholders are an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014132566
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Partial Identification of the Long-Run Causal Effect of Food Security on Child Health
Millimet, Daniel L. - 2013
Food security and obesity represent two of the most significant public health issues. However, little is known about … relatively long-run measures of child health. Identifying this causal relationship is complicated due to endogenous selection and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013079738
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Does hotter temperature increase poverty? : global evidence from subnational data analysis
Dang, Hai-Anh H.; Trong Anh Trinh - 2022
Despite a vast literature documenting the negative effects of climate change on various socio-economic outcomes, little, if any, evidence exists on the global impacts of hotter temperature on poverty. Analyzing a new global dataset of subnational poverty in 166 countries, we find higher...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013209879