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Supply response in Indian dairying
Owing to several price and non-price factors, India’s dairy sector has grown remarkably in the past four decades. In this paper, we assess relative contributions of such factors to the growth of diary sector.
PRATAP SINGH BIRTHAL +3 more
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SPECTROSCOPIC AND CHEMICAL STUDIES ON THE COMPOSITION OF MILK FROM DIFFERENT ANIMALS [PDF]
Milk samples from two sources; namely Egyptian cow, buffalo and camel as well Saudi camel and goat were lyophilized. The freeze-dried samples were analyzed for amino acids using HPLC and fat/protein content using the FT-IR spectroscopy technique.
Fatma Bahabry, A. Zaghloul,
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The Last Course Revisited: Reflections on Policy, Praxis, and Protest
ABSTRACT This article is a personal reflection on how SAFN addressed my academic identity crisis in the late 70s. The development of the anthropology of food and nutrition provided opportunities to refashion disciplinary praxis and to link the little and the large in interesting ways.
Penny Van Esterik
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THE ROLE OF MEN AND WOMEN IN DAIRY RELATED DECISION MAKING: A VILLAGE LEVEL STUDY [PDF]
A study was conducted in 100 dairying households to assess the extent of involvement of men and women in various dairy related decision making in a village in Kerala. It was revealed that in the case of selection, housing, breeding and treatment men had
S.S. Anil +3 more
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A Space for “us”: Sensory Ethnography as an Embodied Method in Food Anthropology
ABSTRACT Minority communities are vulnerable to poor health due to diet‐related diseases, a fact that food anthropologists have long discussed. This is also something that the individuals living within constrained food environments are aware of and challenge intellectually and on an embodied basis through food choices based on cultural and physical ...
Carolyn Mason
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Cattle Management for Dairying in Scandinavia's Earliest Neolithic. [PDF]
New evidence for cattle husbandry practices during the earliest period of the southern Scandinavian Neolithic indicates multiple birth seasons and dairying from its start.
Kurt J Gron +2 more
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Food System Change, Development, and Vulnerability in Semi‐Agricultural Areas of Tibet
ABSTRACT With social and economic development, food systems have significantly changed on the Tibetan plateau over the last two decades. However, the impact of dietary change on Tibetans and their communities remains less well known. This article examines how food change happens in semi‐agricultural areas of eastern Tibet within the context of ...
Cairang Gezang
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ABSTRACT Lactose tolerance (lactase persistence) represents a very progressive human adaptation, the origins of which remain incompletely understood. This study aims to examine the geographical distribution of the two alleles associated with lactose tolerance in Eurasia (13910*T and 13915*G) in relation to the main Y haplogroups and autosomal ancestry ...
Pavel Grasgruber
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Gender, Sex, and Health in Urban and Rural Late 19th‐Century New York State
ABSTRACT Objectives Industrialization and urbanization have important effects on health that may vary within or between populations. We examine variation in health during agricultural commercialization, industrialization, and urbanization in 19th‐century rural Madison County and the city of Syracuse (Onondaga County) in New York State.
Sharon N. DeWitte +3 more
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ABSTRACT Invertebrate pests cause considerable damage to pasture‐based production systems each year. However, their economic cost in industries such as Australian dairy has seldom been quantified due to the prohibitive cost and logistical challenges of measuring damage at regional scales.
Paul Deane +8 more
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