Involvement of small-scale dairy farms in an industrial supply chain: When production standards meet farm diversity [PDF]
Animal, 2011 In certain contexts, dairy firms are supplied by small-scale family farms. Firms provide a set of technical and economic recommendations meant to help farmers meet their requirements in terms of the quantity and quality of milk collected.
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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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Does crop diversity contribute to dietary diversity? Evidence from integration of vegetables into maize-based farming systems [PDF]
Agriculture & Food Security, 2017 Background Maize is the most important staple crop for food security and livelihood of smallholder farmers in many parts of sub-Saharan Africa, but it alone cannot ensure food security.
Srinivasulu Rajendran +6 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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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.
Kibrom T. Sibhatu, V. Krishna, M. Qaim
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Farm Production Diversity and Dietary Quality in Smallholder Farm Households [PDF]
, 2022 Sibhatu Kibrom Tadesse
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Cogent Food & Agriculture, 2023 The main aim of the research was to analyze whether nutrition education and farm production diversification improved household dietary diversity as well as fruit and vegetable consumption among rural households in Zimbabwe. A cross-sectional survey using
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Food and Energy Security, 2021 The expansion of cash tree crops, such as natural rubber, in the tropical region of South Asia has resulted in an agricultural transformation from subsistence production to market‐oriented production, implicating the local ecological environment, economy,
Yajie Luo, Shi Min, Junfei Bai
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Sustainability, 2021 Hunger and malnutrition are key global challenges whose understanding is instrumental to their elimination, thus realization of important sustainable development goals (SDGs).
Haruna Sekabira +4 more
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Dietary diversity of women from soybean and non-soybean farming households in rural Zambia
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2023 IntroductionSoybean farming in Zambia is promoted to increase farm productivity and diversification away from maize, and improve cash income and livelihoods for farmers. However, the impact of soybean farming on women's dietary intake is not clear.
Ndashe Kapulu +8 more
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