Agriculture and household nutrition security-development practice and research needs

Food Security

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 667-678

  McDermott, John ^a   Aït Aïssa, Myriam ^b   Morel, Julien ^b   Rapando, Nancy ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Action Contre la Faim International   (France)

^c Volunteer Efforts for Development Concerns Uganda   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Food; Household; Multi sectoral; Nutrition; Nutrition sensitive

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; AGRICULTURE; EMPOWERMENT; FOOD SAFETY; FOOD SECURITY; GENDER; HEALTH SERVICES; INVESTMENT; NUTRITION; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84886643535     PISSN: 18764517     EISSN: 18764525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12571-013-0292-6     Document Type: Article

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