Globally, 800 million people are malnourished. Heavily subsidised farmers in rich countries produce sufficient surplus food to feed the hungry, but not at a price the poor can afford. Even donating the rich world’s surplus to the poor would not solve the problem. Most poor people earn their livin...
Broughton, W.J.
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Hernández, G.
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Blair, Matthew W.
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Beebe, Stephen E.
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Gepts, Paul L.
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Vanderleyden, J
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[Beans (Phaseolus spp.)- model food legumes]
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Beans (Phaseolus spp.)- model food legumes
Voysest Voysest, Oswaldo
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[Market classes of dry edible beans consumed in Latin America]
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Market classes of dry edible beans consumed in Latin America
Quantitative information on Colombian consumption of different foods (among them beans) is presented by region, urban or rural sector, and income strata in terms of physical amounts, contribution to protein and calorie supply, and expenditure share. The study was based on a cross sectional survey...
Sanint, Luis Roberto
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Rivas Ríos, Libardo
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Duque E., Myriam Cristina
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Seré Rabé, Carlos
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[Food consumption patterns in Colombia--a cross-sectional analysis of the DANE/DRI 1981 household survey]
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Food consumption patterns in Colombia--a cross-sectional analysis of the DANE/DRI 1981 household survey
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
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...