Determinants of household food access among small farmers in the Andes: Examining the path

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 136-145

  Leah, Jessica ^a   Pradel, Willy ^b   Cole, Donald C ^a   Prain, Gordon ^b   Creed Kanashiro, Hilary ^c   Carrasco, Miluska V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b INTERNATIONAL POTATO CENTER   (Peru)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN NUTRICIONAL   (Peru)

Author keywords

Food availability; Household food access; Livelihoods; Peri urban farmers

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIET; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSING; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOUTH AMERICA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGRICULTURE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIET; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSING; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; POVERTY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOUTH AMERICA; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84879484618     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980012000183     Document Type: Article

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