The task of ending famine in India was taken up by many at the beginning of the twentieth century. Only decades earlier, famine in India had been believed to be a necessary evil. Now it was the reason for the increasing activities of doctors, nutritionists, social reformers, agricultural...

PART I: Escaping the doctrine of the separate spheres (1700s-early 1900s). The economists’ points of view -- Chapter 1: Educated women as an asset to society: the role of classical liberal tradition in modern Europe -- Chapter 2: Women and the job market in Victorian England and Progressive...

Chapter 1. Food Systems, Food Environments, and Consumer Behavior -- Chapter 2. Food Policy -- Chapter 3. Nutritious Foods, Healthy Diets, and Contributions to Health -- Chapter 4. The Multiple Burdens of Malnutrition -- Chapter 5. Transformations Across Diets and Food Systems -- Chapter 6....

Ensuring optimal diets and nutrition for the global population is a grand challenge fraught with many contentious issues. To achieve food security for all and protect health, we need functional, equitable, and sustainable food systems. Food systems are highly complex networks of individuals and...

This report explores the structure and function of the U.S. nutrition research system, with an emphasis on trends in Federal support. It describes how nutrition research is used, especially for nutrition education and communication, but also for regulation and food assistance. The report uses...

We study the effects of receipts that include personalized ordering suggestions designed to reduce fat and calorie consumption on purchasing behavior at a restaurant chain. We find that customers, in the aggregate, made most of the item substitutions that were encouraged by the messages, such as...

Home economics is a relatively new subject in Zimbabwe, having been introduced in the late 1990s. Before then, most schools offered subjects like Carpentry for boys and Domestic Science for girls. These subjects were taught by specialist teachers and as such, did not involve ordinary classroom...

We study the effects of receipts that include personalized ordering suggestions designed to reduce fat and calorie consumption on purchasing behavior at a restaurant chain. We find that customers, in the aggregate, made most of the item substitutions that were encouraged by the messages, such as...

Der Anbau von Lebensmitteln im heimischen Garten, auf Pachtflächen, in Schrebergärten oder Communal Gardens erfreut sich ungeahnter Beliebtheit. Neuere empirische Arbeiten weisen darauf hin, dass Obst- und Gemüseanbau, Kleintierhaltung und Hausschlachtungen jenseits der großstädtischen...

Preface -- Acknowledgment -- Trends and transformations in European agricultural economy, rural communities and food sustainability in context of new common agricultural policy / Jean Vasile Andrei, Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti, Romania, Alexandra Alecu, Petroleum-Gas University of...

"This book features timely and relevant information on food system sustainability around the globe, highlighting best practices, theoretical concepts, and emergent research in the field"--Provided by publisher.

This report is the third in a series of reports produced by the Climate Bonus study. In this project is surveyed what are the possibilities and effectiveness of the combined use of (1) verified carbon footprints (possibly visualised through labels), (2) personalised monitoring and feedback...

Gliederung: 1. Arbeitsauftrag. - 2. Organisation der Agrarwissenschaften in Deutschland. - 3. Forschungsförderung (3.1 Empfehlung. - 3.2 Ansätze zur Umsetzung einschl. Probleme). - 4. Konsekutive Studiengänge und das Verhältnis zwischen Universitäten und Fachhochschulen im Bereich...

By investigating the educational expenditure of children over the ten years (2000 to 2010), we evaluate whether there exists any gender specific discrepancy at the household level and the trend of such discrepancy over the years. Using three rounds of nationally representative Household Income &...

In this paper, we propose a theoretical model to study the effect of income insecurity of parents and offspring on the child’s residential choice. Parents are partially altruistic toward their childrenand will provide financial help to an independent child when her income is low relative to...

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with a high research focus are the economic powerhouse behind scientific and technological developments in the 'Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology' sectors. From 2007 to 2013, FP7 projects will give SMEs the great opportunity of working...

The study sought to investigate the influence of selected entrepreneurial skills (technical, handiwork and teamwork) on students’ interest in Home Economics in Uyo Educational Zone of Akwa Ibom State. Three objectives and three hypotheses were formulated to give direction to the study. The...

A major area of concern for sociologists and economists who study poverty and inequality is the financial well being of low-income individuals as measured by their opportunities to participate in what is considered the "mainstream financial market." Scholars suggest that a myriad of factors,...

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