Farm production, market access and dietary diversity in Malawi

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 325-335

  Koppmair, Stefan ^a   Kassie, Menale ^b   Qaim, Matin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Agricultural technology; Dietary diversity; Malawi; Nutrition sensitive agriculture; Smallholder farmers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL LAND; CATERING SERVICE; CROP; DIET; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALAWI; MALE; MOTHER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FARMS; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALE; MOTHERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84986565869     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980016002135     Document Type: Article

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