Crop Diversification and Child Health: Empirical Evidence From Tanzania

Ecological Economics

Volumn 158, Issue , 2019, Pages 168-179

  Lovo, Stefania ^a   Veronesi, Marcella ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Child Health; Crop Diversification; Dietary Diversity; Food Security; Nutrition; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DIVERSIFICATION; CHILD HEALTH; DIETARY INTAKE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FOOD SECURITY; LOW INCOME HOUSING; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITION; PANEL DATA; PUBLIC HEALTH;

TANZANIA;

EID: 85059909075     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2019.01.005     Document Type: Article

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