Food crop production, nutrient availability, and nutrient intakes in Bangladesh: Exploring the agriculture-nutrition nexus with the 2010 Household Income and Expenditure Survey

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 487-508

  Fiedler, John L ^a,b  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Dietary assessment; Food policy; Household Consumption and Expenditure Survey (HCES); Micronutrients, nutrient availability; Nutrient intake; Nutrient intake adequacy; Nutrition policy

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOOD INTAKE; FOOD POLICY; MALNUTRITION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; TRACE ELEMENT;

BANGLADESH;

TRACE ELEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; BANGLADESH; CALORIC INTAKE; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; COST; CROP; DEFICIENCY; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD ANALYSIS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; INCOME; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; RICE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INCOME; MICRONUTRIENTS; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; ORYZA SATIVA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925547191     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: 15648265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/156482651403500410     Document Type: Review

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