Leveraging farm production diversity for dietary diversity: evidence from national level panel data

Farm Production Diversity and Dietary Diversity in Developing Countries

Farm production, market access and dietary diversity in Malawi

OBJECTIVE The association between farm production diversity and dietary diversity in rural smallholder households was recently analysed. Most existing studies build on household-level dietary diversity indicators calculated from 7d food consumption recalls. Herein, this association is revisited with individual-level 24 h recall data. The robustness of the results is tested by comparing househol...

Board Diversity and Corporate Social Responsibility: Evidence from Iranian Firms

According to agency theory, board of directors plays an important monitoring role in reducing information asymmetry and increasing the transparency of financial statements and social responsibility. This research is concerned with examining board diversity and social responsibility of the firms listed on the Tehran Stock Exchange during the years 2011-2015. To do so, a sample of 98 firms was se...

Dietary Diversity and Rural Labor Productivity: Evidence from Pakistan

The relationship between rural labor productivity and food diversity was analyzed from the household consumption survey data of Pakistan. The dietary diversity improves nutritional balance of the diet, which enhances productivity through possible improvement in health. The elasticity of wage earning to food diversity was 0.77, far higher than corresponding elasticity for food expenditure at 0.1...

Dietary Diversity in Bangladesh: Evidence from the Nutritional Surveillance Project

Recent surveys show that about half of preschool children and mothers in rural Bangladesh are undernourished. Households consume low-quality diets with little diversity because they lack the resources to grow or purchase micronutrient-rich foods. The low dietary intake of micronutrients has negative consequences for child growth and development and for women’s health and productivity. This chap...