Agriculture for improved nutrition: The current research landscape

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 369-377

  Turner, Rachel ^a   Hawkes, Corinna ^a,b   Waage, Jeff ^a   Ferguson, Elaine ^a   Haseen, Farhana ^c,d   Homans, Hilary ^c,d   Hussein, Julia ^c,d   Johnston, Deborah ^a   Marais, Debbi ^c,d   McNeill, Geraldine ^c,d   Shankar, Bhavani ^a  

^a Leverhulme Centre for Integrative Research in Agriculture and Health   (United Kingdom)

^b WORLD CANCER RESEARCH FUND INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Funding; Global policy; Malnutrition; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DEVELOPING WORLD; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HEALTH POLICY; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; INVESTMENT; LANDSCAPE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POLICY MAKING; RESEARCH WORK;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGRICULTURE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NUTRITIVE VALUE; RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84892688350     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/156482651303400401     Document Type: Article

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