Rural Food Markets and Child Nutrition

Food Preferences and Nutrition in Rural Bangladesh

T dietary choice of households near subs~stence levels of nutrient intake is one of obvious policy importance. In many countries. such as Bangladesh. national goals are set in terms of nutritional intake and there is heavy intervention in the markets for foods. However. little is known about the manner in which food preferences vary with food expenditure and nutrient intake. The design of effic...

Food, Nutrition, and Cancer

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Nutrition and Food Sciences: Fascinating and Challenging

Livestock, Women, and Child Nutrition in Rural India

The importance of women in livestock production is though widely acclaimed, the issues relating to their control over income from livestock activities and its outcomes on children’s health, nutrition and education have not received much attention in the empirical literature. This paper assesses the role of livestock in improving women’s bargaining power in intra-household resource allocation an...

Migration and Young Child Nutrition: Evidence from Rural China

Migration and Young Child Nutrition: Evidence from Rural China The unprecedented large scale rural-to-urban migration in China has left many rural children living apart from their parents. In this study, we examine the impact of parental migration on the nutritional status of young children in rural areas. We use the interaction terms between wage growth in provincial capital cities and initial...