Promoting Caribbean Agriculture to Promote Health: Beyond Dietary Guidelines
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Agriculture and dietary guidelines
Relative to USDA dietary guidelines there is a 30% deficit in vegetable production and a 100% deficit in fruit production in the US. The western US, especially California, dominates current production of both fresh and processed fruits and vegetables. Constraints in land and water resources in California suggest that some shifts in production could occur in the future if production is matched t...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nutrition and Food Technology: Open Access ( ISSN 2470-6086 )
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2470-6086
DOI: 10.16966/2470-6086.111