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    African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development (AJFAND)

    The African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development (AJFAND) is a quarterly peer reviewed journal with a global reputation, published in Kenya by the Rural Outreach Programme (ROP) in
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    Prioritising nutrition in order to achieve the MDGs in India

    Young Lives, 2012
    Malnutrition causes long-term damage to children’s development, with huge social and economic costs. It affects not only children’s physical development but also their cognitive development, so reducing future productivity and leading ultimately to economic loss for the nation as a whole.
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    Global food - waste not, want not

    Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 2013
    Today, we produce about four billion metric tonnes of food per annum. Yet due to poor practices in harvesting, storage and transportation, as well as market and consumer wastage, it is estimated that 30–50% (or 1.2–2 billion tonnes) of all food produced never reaches a human stomach. In order to help prevent a future global food crisis, the Institutiton of Mechanical, Engineers recommends: 1.
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    Sokoine University of Agriculture

    University departments offering teaching, research and consultancy services.
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    The determinants of rural household food security in the Punjab, Pakistan: an econometric analysis

    AgEcon Search, 2012
    Pakistan is one of the leading producers of important agricultural commodities in the world with a relatively high proportion of undernourished population (26 %). This study aims to examine the food security trends in Pakistan in general, and to find out the household level food security and its key determinants in the rural areas of the Punjab Province in particular.
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    Linkages between agriculture and nutrition: implications for policy and research

    AgEcon Search, 1993
    The persistent pressure to increase food production to keep pace with population growth has forced many countries to accept short-term solutions that ultimately threaten the sustainability of initial food production gains. This paper is sought to help carving a rationalised relationship between agriculture and nutrition.
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    Animal source foods to improve micronutrient nutrition and human function in developing countries

    Journal of Nutrition, 2003
    Nutrition programmers usually discards the option of increasing animal food intake, due to the belief that poor populations lack the necessary resources to be successful in animal production, and due to the potential for ecological harm.
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    Agricultural research and policy for better health and nutrition in developing countries: a food systems approach

    AgEcon Search, 2006
    A large number of diseases and health hazards link human health and the global food system, while malnutrition interacts with many of these diseases. This paper argues that the global food system begins and ends with health, and that the prioritisation and implementation of agricultural research and policy should consider health and nutrition effects.
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    Globalization of food systems in developing countries: impact on food security and nutrition

    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2004
    Street foods and supermarkets are becoming increasingly important, but nutritionists are growing progressively concerned. This compilation of articles examines the impact of globalisation and urbanisation on dietary patterns and nutritional status of urban populations in developing countries.
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    Consumer market for functional foods in south Brazil

    AgEcon Search, 2011
    Functional food is any healthy food claimed to have a health-promoting or disease-preventing property beyond the basic function of supplying nutrients. This study aims at investigating the consumer market for functional foods (FF) in specific region in South Brazil.

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