Agricultural interventions and nutrition: Lessons from the past and new evidence

Combating Micronutrient Deficiencies: Food-based Approaches

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 41-75

  Arimond, Mary ^a   Hawkes, Corinna ^b   Ruel, Marie T ^c   Sifri, Zeina ^d   Berti, Peter R ^e   Leroy, Jef L ^c   Low, Jan W ^f   Brown, Lynn R ^g   Frongillo, Edward A ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Le Pouget   (France)

^c INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d International Potato Center ^*

^e HealthBridge   (Canada)

^f INTERNATIONAL POTATO CENTER   (Kenya)

^g World Food Programme   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Gender; Interventions; Micronutrients; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872206376     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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