Agriculture for nutrition: Direct and indirect effects
This chapter describes three main channels through which changing agriculture can affect nutrition: • the level and stability of real income and purchasing power among poor people; • the relative cost and difficulty of acquiring more nutritious foods relative to other things; and • exposure to healt...
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| Format: | Book Chapter |
| Language: | Inglés |
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International Food Policy Research Institute
2019
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145577 |
| Summary: | This chapter describes three main channels through which changing agriculture can affect nutrition: • the level and stability of real income and purchasing power among poor people; • the relative cost and difficulty of acquiring more nutritious foods relative to other things; and • exposure to health hazards associated with agricultural production, including various pathogens but also other harmful agricultural practices. |
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