Impact of agricultural interventions on the nutritional status in South Asia: A review

Food Policy

Volumn 62, Issue , 2016, Pages 28-40

  Pandey, Vijay Laxmi ^a   Mahendra Dev, S ^a   Jayachandran, Usha ^a  

^a INDIRA GANDHI INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Agricultural intervention; Nutrition; South Asia; Women empowerment

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DIVERSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL POLICY; EMPOWERMENT; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; WOMENS STATUS;

SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 84965159100     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2016.05.002     Document Type: Review

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