On-farm crop species richness is associated with household diet diversity and quality in subsistence- and market-oriented farming households in Malawi

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 86-96

  Jones, Andrew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural biodiversity; Agricultural commercialization; Diet diversity; Diet quality; Malawi

Indexed keywords

RETINOL; ZINC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CROP IMPROVEMENT; DIET; DIETARY INTAKE; FARMING SYSTEM; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MALAWI; MALE; PROTEIN INTAKE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VITAMIN INTAKE; AGRICULTURE; CATERING SERVICE; CROP; ECONOMICS; FAMILY SIZE; HEALTHY DIET; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; PROCEDURES; RURAL POPULATION;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DIET; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTHY DIET; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 85009289239     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.116.235879     Document Type: Article

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