Search Results - "Urban area"
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Poverty and food insecurity during COVID-19: Telephone survey evidence from mothers in rural and urban Myanmar
Published 2020“…Self-reported food insecurity experiences were much more common in the urban sample than in the rural sample, even though income-based and asset-based poverty were more prevalent in rural areas. In urban areas, around one quarter of respondents were worried about food quantities and quality, and around 10 percent stated that there were times when they had run out of food or gone hungry. …”
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Sweetened beverage tax implementation and change in Body Mass Index among children in Seattle
Published 2024“…Children were included in the study if they were aged 2 to 18 years (between January 1, 2014, and December 31, 2019); had at least 1 weight measurement every year between 2015 and 2019; lived in Seattle or in urban areas of 3 surrounding counties (King, Pierce, and Snohomish); had not moved between taxed (Seattle) and nontaxed areas; received primary health care from KP or OBCC; did not have a recent history of cancer, bariatric surgery, or pregnancy; and had biologically plausible height and BMI (calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared). …”
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Identificación de áreas potenciales en México para la intervención con maíz biofortificado con zinc
Published 2018“…Despite public health interventions, the prevalence of low height continues to be a serious public health problem (13.6 % on average), especially in rural and marginal urban areas. Biofortifying crops such as maize (Zea maysL.) with zinc is a way of combating zinc deficiency, particularly in states with important maize production and high per capita consumption of the grain (almost 200 kg per year). …”
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High value products, supermarkets and vertical arrangements in Indonesia
Published 2005“…Structural changes in Indonesian agriculture have been accompanied by changes in consumption pattern in urban areas in favor of high value products and by a major change in retailing in the form of growth of modern supermarkets. …”
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Community and household shocks and coping strategies: Findings from the eighth round of the Myanmar Household Welfare Survey (July – December 2024)
Published 2025“…Lawlessness was also widespread: 17 percent of households reported gambling and 14 percent reported drug use in their communities, especially in urban areas. Thirty-five percent of households express concerns over conscription, particularly in urban centers like Yangon and Nay Pyi Taw, as well as states like Shan and Rakhine. …”
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Community and household shocks and coping strategies: Findings from the ninth round of the Myanmar Household Welfare Survey (April - October 2025)
Published 2026“…Lawlessness remained widespread: 16 percent reported gambling, 16 percent petty crime, and 13 percent drug use. Urban areas were disproportionately affected by petty crime, bribery, and mobility constraints, while perceived conscription risk rose markedly, exceeding 40 percent in some regions. …”
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Una mirada actual sobre los crianceros trashumantes de Neuquén
Published 2025“…In addition, the development of nearby urban areas has been observed, along with diversification in the matrix of activities. …”
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Landsbygd i översiktsplanering
Published 2016“…Furthermore, the analysis reveals that comprehensive planning is heavily focused on increasing the branding of urban areas rather than focusing on the rural areas and those who live there. …”
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Prevalence and risk factors associated with Campylobacter infection in diarrheal patients in Busia County, Kenya
Published 2021“…Patients aged 2 - 5 years who had contact with domestic pets (OR 5.72, 95% CI: 1.21 - 10.04, P = 0.016), fed on chicken meat (OR 2.83, 95% CI: 1.32 - 6.04, P = 0.007), drunk untreated pond water (OR 6.51, 95% CI: 1.57 - 13.59, P = 0.001) and female gender (OR 8.25, 95% CI: 3.43 - 19.81, P < 0.001) were at risk of Campylobacter infection while those who lived in urban areas (OR 0.47, 95% CI: 0.20 - 0.82, P = 0.041) were protected. …”
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Gendered Matooke product profile in Uganda
Published 2022“…This methodology includes: step 1) interdisciplinary state of knowledge of the product ; step 2) gendered food mapping, which includes participatory research with men and women in rural communities regarding their product preferences and priorities; step 3) participatory processing diagnosis and quality characteristics ; and step 4) consumer testing studies in rural and urban areas of the product using contrasted RTB varieties. …”
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Livelihoods and welfare: Findings from the seventh round of the Myanmar Household Welfare Survey (January–June 2024)
Published 2024“…In terms of income sources, household farming, farm wages, and non-farm businesses are the most important livelihoods in rural areas while non-farm businesses and non-farm salary employment are most important in urban areas. However, in terms of primary livelihoods, we witness a structural shift in livelihood profiles of rural households with fewer households identifying non-farm business income are their primary livelihood (4.1 percentage points decrease) while more households rely on farm wages (2.9 percentage points increase). …”
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Assessing animal health delivery for tick and tick-borne disease control in smallholder dairy systems of Kenya: an application of new institutional economics.
Published 2002“…Vets (18%) had a higher distribution in peri-urban areas, and their limited distribution in rural areas raised the transaction costs associated with rural farmers’ search and screening for high quality services. …”
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