Linking small-scale fisheries and aquaculture to household nutritional security: An overview

Food Security

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 343-357

  Kawarazuka, Nozomi ^a   Béné, Christophe ^a,b  

^a WORLDFISH   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Fish; Food security; Micronutrient deficiency; Nutritional intake

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE INDUSTRY; DEVELOPING WORLD; FISH; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SECURITY; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; LITERATURE REVIEW; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SMALL SCALE HYDROPOWER; SOCIAL POLICY; TRACE ELEMENT; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 78649333687     PISSN: 18764517     EISSN: 18764525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12571-010-0079-y     Document Type: Article

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