Women's access to food-processing technology at the household level is associated with improved diets at the pre-harvest lean season in The Gambia

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 297-308

  Silva Barbeau, Irma ^a   Hull, Stephen G ^b   Prehm, Marilyn S ^c   Barbeau, William E ^d  

^a Silva Associates   (United States)

^b WESTAT   (United States)

^c Concepts ^*  (United States)

^d VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dietary intakes; Economic stabilizer; Food processing technology; Pre harvest lean season; Ram press; The Gambia; Women

Indexed keywords

DIET; FOOD PROCESSING; HARVESTING; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; WOMENS STATUS;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; GAMBIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

SESAMUM INDICUM;

EID: 26044479365     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/156482650502600308     Document Type: Article

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