Child dietary quality in rural Nepal: Effectiveness of a community-level development intervention

Food Policy

Volumn 61, Issue , 2016, Pages 185-197

  Darrouzet Nardi, Amelia F ^a   Miller, Laurie C ^b   Joshi, Neena ^c   Mahato, Shubh ^c   Lohani, Mahendra ^c   Rogers, Beatrice L ^b  

^a ALLEGHENY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Heifer International Nepal in Katmandu ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Animal source foods; Child dietary diversity; Community based interventions; Impact evaluation; Nepal; Smallholder farms

Indexed keywords

CHILD; COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DIET; FOOD CONSUMPTION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; RURAL POPULATION; SMALLHOLDER;

NEPAL; TARAI;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84962867187     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2016.03.007     Document Type: Article

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