Overcoming malnutrition: is there an ecoregional dimension?
Agroecological conditions largely determine the production potential of an agrarian area and its ability to support a number of people. It seems to make sense, therefore, to base economic and policy research on ecoregional zones, rather than on geographical or political boundaries alone. This paper...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
1996
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| author | Sharma, Manohar Garcia, Marito Qureshi, Aamir Brown, Lynn R. |
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| description | Agroecological conditions largely determine the production potential of an agrarian area and its ability to support a number of people. It seems to make sense, therefore, to base economic and policy research on ecoregional zones, rather than on geographical or political boundaries alone. This paper represents a first attempt to map the prevalence of underweight children by ecoregions, using malnutrition as a proxy for poverty. It indicates that the natural environment does play a role in poverty and malnutrition, but other socioeconomic factors have a strong influence. For example, much of Latin America and the Caribbean falls into ecoregions where children are prone to malnutrition, but the share of malnourished children is lower than would be expected because incomes are relatively high. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1572242025-04-08T18:30:43Z Overcoming malnutrition: is there an ecoregional dimension? Sharma, Manohar Garcia, Marito Qureshi, Aamir Brown, Lynn R. malnutrition agriculture environmental factors poverty Agroecological conditions largely determine the production potential of an agrarian area and its ability to support a number of people. It seems to make sense, therefore, to base economic and policy research on ecoregional zones, rather than on geographical or political boundaries alone. This paper represents a first attempt to map the prevalence of underweight children by ecoregions, using malnutrition as a proxy for poverty. It indicates that the natural environment does play a role in poverty and malnutrition, but other socioeconomic factors have a strong influence. For example, much of Latin America and the Caribbean falls into ecoregions where children are prone to malnutrition, but the share of malnourished children is lower than would be expected because incomes are relatively high. 1996 2024-10-24T12:48:12Z 2024-10-24T12:48:12Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157224 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Sharma, Manohar; Garcia, Marito; Qureshi, Aamir; Brown, Lynn R. 1996. Overcoming malnutrition: is there an ecoregional dimension? Food, agriculture, and the environment Discussion Paper; 2020 Discussion Paper 10. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157224 |
| spellingShingle | malnutrition agriculture environmental factors poverty Sharma, Manohar Garcia, Marito Qureshi, Aamir Brown, Lynn R. Overcoming malnutrition: is there an ecoregional dimension? |
| title | Overcoming malnutrition: is there an ecoregional dimension? |
| title_full | Overcoming malnutrition: is there an ecoregional dimension? |
| title_fullStr | Overcoming malnutrition: is there an ecoregional dimension? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Overcoming malnutrition: is there an ecoregional dimension? |
| title_short | Overcoming malnutrition: is there an ecoregional dimension? |
| title_sort | overcoming malnutrition is there an ecoregional dimension |
| topic | malnutrition agriculture environmental factors poverty |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157224 |
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