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Farm Production Diversity and Dietary Diversity in Developing Countries

2015
A revised version of this paper was published as: Sibhatu, K.T., V. Krishna, M. Qaim (2015). Production diversity and dietary diversity in smallholder farm households. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA (PNAS) 112: 10657-10662. (available open access under: http://www.pnas.org/content/112/34/10657.abstract)
Sibhatu, Kibrom T., Krishna, Vijesh V., Qaim, Matin   +2 more
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RETAIL-FARM PRICE MARGINS AND CONSUMER PRODUCT DIVERSITY

2002
This bulletin provides an alternative approach for computing retail-farm price margins. Current published estimates of retail-farm price margins are calculated assuming that food markets are comprised of identical firms producing, in fixed-factor proportions, a homogeneous set of final food products.
Reed, A.J., Elitzak, H., Wohlgenant, M.K.   +2 more
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Livelihoods and production diversity on U.S. permaculture farms

Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, 2017
ABSTRACTPermaculture is an international grassroots movement with a focus on diversified farming systems (DFS). We visited 36 self-identified permaculture farms in the continental United States and gathered multidimensional data on the distribution of labor and income across enterprises and seasons, along with sociodemographic information and farm ...
Rafter Sass Ferguson, Sarah Taylor Lovell   +1 more
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The role of farm production diversity in enhancing dietary diversity and food security in Southern Bangladesh

Food Security
Abstract Farm production diversification is widely recognized as a promising pathway to enhance household dietary diversity and food security, though its effectiveness varies across ecological and socioeconomic contexts. This study investigates the relationship between farm production diversity and household dietary diversity and food
Hazrat Ali, Khondker Murshed-E-Jahan
exaly   +2 more sources

Significance of Genetic Diversity in Farm Animal Production.

2016
Genetic diversity (GD) refers to the variety of genes within a species. In order to preserve GD within a species, different populations must be sustained. GD allows livestock species for adaptation to changes in environmental conditions over time and is, consequently, essential to species survival. Unfortunately, GD in livestockis threatened by various
KOYUN, Hasan, KONCAGÜL, Seyrani, KARAKUŞ, Kadir   +2 more
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Farm-Diversity Management for Sustainable Production Systems

2019
Diversity at farm level spreads the risk of uncertainties of climate and market, aids efficient use of available resources and additionally increases farm output by enhancing soil health, pollination and minimising pests and diseases. Thus it has multiple benefits but needs intelligent integration of all the components of diversity at all the input and
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From Farm to Kitchen: Gender, production diversity and dietary intake

2018
We estimated a two-step control function procedure on panel and four different models on the cross section data using the latest three round panel of the Ethiopian socioeconomic survey. The results from our cross section and panel estimates show a positive and significant relationship between production diversity and dietary diversity.
Argaw, T., Phimister, E., Roberts, D., Argaw, T., Phimister, E., Roberts, D.   +5 more
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Extraordinary farm diversity [Part 4. People and productions]

2010
International ...
Elloumi, M., Jouve, A.-M.
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Agricultural Transformation and Food and Nutrition Security: Does Farm Production Diversity (Still) Matter for Dietary Diversity among Ghanaian Farm Households?

2018
Africa has experienced rapid economic growth based on structural change in recent years. The growth acceleration in some countries, such as Ghana, was accompanied by substantial poverty reduction. Transformation of agriculture appears to have played a key role in this context.
Ecker, O., Ecker, O.
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THE DIVERSITY OF FARM PRODUCTION AS THE BASIS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF BIO-ECONOMY IN THE MALOPOLSKIE PROVINCE

2014
Changes taking place in the environment in which we live raise questions about the acceptable limits of economic and social development of the country, and specific controversy arises over ecological limits of development. The concept of bioeconomy may be treated as a response to emerging concerns.
Zmija, Janusz, Czekaj, Marta, Zmija, Janusz, Czekaj, Marta   +3 more
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