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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 …
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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
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The Impacts of Climatic and Non-Climatic Factors on Household Food Security : Study on Malaysian East Coast Poor
Alam, Md. Mahmudul - 2017
Sustainable food security at household level is a national concern in many countries. The reasons for household food insecurity include social, economic, political, and personal factors as well as climatic changes and its outcomes. This research aims at finding out the linkage of the factors of...
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