Smallholder farming and crop variety choice: Wheat variety choice in Pakistan
Zinc is an important nutrient for human health, especially for the growth of children (Caulfield and Black 2004). In 2011 Pakistan’s National Nutrition Survey found that zinc deficiency is high (47 percent) among children under-five years of age and women of child-bearing age. Nearly 42 percent of n...
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| author | Nazli, Hina Asare-Marfo, Dorene Smale, Melinda Malik, Sohail Jehangir Birol, Ekin |
| author_browse | Asare-Marfo, Dorene Birol, Ekin Malik, Sohail Jehangir Nazli, Hina Smale, Melinda |
| author_facet | Nazli, Hina Asare-Marfo, Dorene Smale, Melinda Malik, Sohail Jehangir Birol, Ekin |
| author_sort | Nazli, Hina |
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| description | Zinc is an important nutrient for human health, especially for the growth of children (Caulfield and Black 2004). In 2011 Pakistan’s National Nutrition Survey found that zinc deficiency is high (47 percent) among children under-five years of age and women of child-bearing age. Nearly 42 percent of non-pregnant women, 48 percent of pregnant women, and 37 percent of children are estimated to be zinc deficient. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1501702025-11-06T07:34:27Z Smallholder farming and crop variety choice: Wheat variety choice in Pakistan Nazli, Hina Asare-Marfo, Dorene Smale, Melinda Malik, Sohail Jehangir Birol, Ekin biofortification smallholders malnutrition nutrition varieties trace elements children wheat zinc Zinc is an important nutrient for human health, especially for the growth of children (Caulfield and Black 2004). In 2011 Pakistan’s National Nutrition Survey found that zinc deficiency is high (47 percent) among children under-five years of age and women of child-bearing age. Nearly 42 percent of non-pregnant women, 48 percent of pregnant women, and 37 percent of children are estimated to be zinc deficient. 2014 2024-08-01T02:50:54Z 2024-08-01T02:50:54Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150170 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Nazli, Hina; Asare-Marfo, Dorene; Smale, Melinda; Malik, Sohail Jehangir and Birol, Ekin. 2014. Smallholder farming and crop variety choice: Wheat variety choice in Pakistan. HarvestPlus Research for Action 2. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150170 |
| spellingShingle | biofortification smallholders malnutrition nutrition varieties trace elements children wheat zinc Nazli, Hina Asare-Marfo, Dorene Smale, Melinda Malik, Sohail Jehangir Birol, Ekin Smallholder farming and crop variety choice: Wheat variety choice in Pakistan |
| title | Smallholder farming and crop variety choice: Wheat variety choice in Pakistan |
| title_full | Smallholder farming and crop variety choice: Wheat variety choice in Pakistan |
| title_fullStr | Smallholder farming and crop variety choice: Wheat variety choice in Pakistan |
| title_full_unstemmed | Smallholder farming and crop variety choice: Wheat variety choice in Pakistan |
| title_short | Smallholder farming and crop variety choice: Wheat variety choice in Pakistan |
| title_sort | smallholder farming and crop variety choice wheat variety choice in pakistan |
| topic | biofortification smallholders malnutrition nutrition varieties trace elements children wheat zinc |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150170 |
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