Milk would be contaminated with Aflatoxin M1 (AFM1) if it was obtained from lactating animal which fed with feedstuffs containing Aflatoxin B1 (AFB1). AFM1 is classified as group 2B, possibly carcinogenic to humans and exposure to AFM1 through milk consumption is a public concern. The purpose of this study was to determine the AFM1 exposure through liquid milk consumption for adult consumers in...

Milk would be contaminated with Aflatoxin M1 (AFM1) if it was obtained from lactating animal which fed with feedstuffs containing Aflatoxin B1 (AFB1). AFM1 is classified as group 2B, possibly carcinogenic to humans and exposure to AFM1 through milk consumption is a public concern. The purpose of this study was to determine the AFM1 exposure through liquid milk consumption for adult consumers in...

Livestock projects were established to improve household food security and the nutritional status of household members by increasing the consumption of dairy products. Dairy farming dominates the livestock contribution to household economies and is one of the highest deliverer of the per capita milk availability in sub-Saharan Africa. Effort was been made to identify factors that associated wit...

A hypothetical carbon tax on the footprint of fresh milk products from animals (cow’s milk) and plant-based substitutes (rice milk, oat soy almond was applied to estimated price income elasticities for Swedish household expenditure these products. Overall aims were (i) estimate consumption patterns in households (ii) simulate direct distributed effects a milk. The results indicated that is affe...

in italy, several policy measures have been implemented in order to increase energy efficiencyand reduce carbon emissions especially concerning the household sector. however, in order to design andimplement these policy measures efficiently, it is necessary to get a better understanding of the factorsinfluencing household energy behavior. in this paper, by using disaggregated data from the 2009...

There are various approaches to measure the differences in household income. Income measured from the monetary earnings point of view is called the nominal income. Income measured from the consumption point of view i.e. the basket of consumption goods a household buys is called the real income. In this paper we analyze the income based on the consumption of Highly Nutritious Food. Using tools o...

Since 1984, U.S. dairy producers and milk processors have contributed more than $300 million annually to promotions, with a relatively large share committed to generic advertising programs. Hence, it is very important for farmers, processors, and policy makers to understand the economic impact of generic advertising. This article reports the results of a recent study that used household-level d...

Efforts to develop market opportunities are a key element of the current USAID agricultural strategy. In this study, we illustrate how milk marketing in two pastoral towns in northern Kenya is influenced by patterns in intra-household decision making. In this pastoral study area, men make migration decisions and women market milk. Since milk markets are in town and households change location fr...