Farm production, market access and dietary diversity in Malawi [PDF]
Public Health Nutrition, 2016 AbstractObjectiveThe association between farm production diversity and dietary diversity in rural smallholder households was recently analysed. Most existing studies build on household-level dietary diversity indicators calculated from 7d food consumption recalls. Herein, this association is revisited with individual-level 24 h recall data.
Koppmair, Stefan +2 more
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Production diversity and dietary diversity in smallholder farm households [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2015 Significance Given that hunger and malnutrition are still widespread problems in many developing countries, the question of how to make agriculture and food systems more nutrition-sensitive is of high relevance for research and policy. Many of the undernourished people in Africa and Asia are small-scale subsistence farmers.
Sibhatu, Kibrom T. +2 more
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Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2021 Evidence on whether diversifying farm production leads to improved household dietary diversity and nutrition remains inconclusive. Existing studies analyzing the link between production diversity and dietary diversity are mainly based on cross-sectional ...
Lemlem Teklegiorgis Habtemariam +5 more
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Discover FoodConsumption of nutritionally poor and monotonous diets causes many smallholders in low-income countries to suffer from micronutrient malnutrition. Although empirical evidence is mixed, increasing farm production diversity and improving smallholder market
Tsegay Balcha +3 more
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The influence of farm production diversity on women’s dietary quality in Ethiopia
Discover FoodMalnutrition remains a significant global challenge, particularly in low- and middle-income countries, such as Ethiopia, where the great majority of smallholder farm households rely on agriculture as a crucial source of both food and income.
Temesgen Awoke Yalew +3 more
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Whole-Genome Sequencing Reveals Genetic Diversity and Structure of Taiwan Commercial Red-Feathered Country Chickens [PDF]
AnimalsWhole-genome sequencing is a powerful approach for exploring genomic diversity in livestock species. Chickens (Gallus gallus) are an important food source worldwide, and in Taiwan, poultry production contributes substantially to the livestock industry ...
Ya-Wen Hsiao +2 more
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Farm Production Diversity and Dietary Quality in Smallholder Farm Households [PDF]
, 2022 Investments in agricultural modernization have resulted in remarkable progress in food production over the last century. As a consequence, the global number and the proportion of undernourished people has fallen significantly.
Sibhatu, Kibrom Tadesse
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Journal of Integrative AgricultureAccess to off-farm employment has been expected to be a critical approach to ending hunger and all forms of malnutrition, two important targets of achieving Zero Hunger.
Yunli Bai +3 more
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The Minimum Dietary Diversity for Women of Reproductive Age (MDD-W) Indicator Is Related to Household Food Insecurity and Farm Production Diversity: Evidence from Rural Mali. [PDF]
Curr Dev Nutr, 2019 Adubra L +8 more
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On the appropriate use and interpretation of dietary diversity scores. Response to: 'Farm production diversity and individual-level dietary diversity' by Koppmair and Qaim. [PDF]
Public Health Nutr, 2017 Verger EO +3 more
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