Per capita consumption of milk and meat products in developing Asia (including China) grew by 2.4 percent and 5 percent respectively between 1975-79 and 1990-94. This growth can be attributed to high growth rate in income and rapid urbanization. For Latin America, per capita milk and meat consump...
Ehui, Simeon K.
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Li Pun, H.H.
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Mares, V.
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Shapiro, Barry I.
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[The role of livestock in food security and environmental protection]
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The role of livestock in food security and environmental protection
Recent structural changes in dietary patterns in Asia resulting from economic development are placing increasing pressure on the existing production systems in the region - particularly those systems producing ruminant meat, non-ruminant meat and milk. This has significant policy implications for...
Rutherford, A.S.
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[Meat and milk self-sufficiency in Asia: Forecast trends and implications]
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Meat and milk self-sufficiency in Asia: Forecast trends and implications
Nasi, Robert
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Christophersen, T.
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Belair, C.
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[Management and sustainable use of wildlife in tropical production forests: resilience and the empty forest syndrome]
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Management and sustainable use of wildlife in tropical production forests: resilience and the empty forest syndrome
Scott, Gregory J.
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Labarta, Ricardo
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Suarez, V.
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[Benchmarking food crop markets in Southern Africa: the case of potatoes and potato products 1961-2010]
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Benchmarking food crop markets in Southern Africa: the case of potatoes and potato products 1961-2010
The need for additional information on household demand for meat and fish in Cameroon is addressed. Probit analysis involving the Heckman selectivity correction procedure is used to estimate the effects of individual and household characteristics on demand for beef, chicken, pork and fish. Result...
Tambi, N.E.
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[Analysis of household attitudes toward the purchase of livestock products and fish in Cameroon]
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Analysis of household attitudes toward the purchase of livestock products and fish in Cameroon
Cassava is the 4th most important source of food energy in the tropics. More than 2/3 of the total production of this crop is used as food for humans, with lesser amounts being used for animal feed and industrial purposes. The ingestion of high levels of cassava has been associated with chronic c...
Background: Whereas conventional white cassava roots are devoid of provitamin A, biofortified yellow varieties are naturally rich in b-carotene, the primary provitamin A carotenoid.
Objective: We assessed the effect of consuming yellow cassava on serum retinol concentration in Kenyan schoolchild...
Talsma, E.F.
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Brouwer, Inge D.
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Verhoef, H.
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Mbera, G.N.
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Nwangi, A.M.
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Demir, Ayse Y.
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Maziya-Dixon, B.B.
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Boy, Erick
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Zimmermann, Michael B.
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Melse-Boonstra, Alida
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[Biofortified yellow cassava and vitamin A status of Kenyan children: a randomized controlled trial]
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Biofortified yellow cassava and vitamin A status of Kenyan children: a randomized controlled trial
Water footprints have been proposed as sustainabilityindicators, relating the consumption of goods likefood to the amount of water necessary for their productionand the impacts of that water use in the source regions. Wefurther developed the existing water footprint methodology,by globally resolv...
Hoff, H.
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Döll, P.
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Fader, M.
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Gerten, D.
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Hauser, S.
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Siebert, S.
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[Water footprints of cities indicators for sustainable consumption and production]
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Water footprints of cities indicators for sustainable consumption and production