A longitudinal and seasonal study was designed to examine the relationships between, at one hand, coping with food insecurity and socio-economic characteristics at household level and, at the other hand, food consumption, time allocation and nutritional status at individual level in a unimodal climate in north-western Benin.Body weight of men and women was frequently measured during two consecutive years. Body weight fluctuations of 5-6% occurred but variation in seasonal body weight fluctuation could not be explained by socio-econornic household characteristics. Neither a relationship was found between household cereal stock, indicating the level of household food security, and individual seasonal body weight fluctuation. It appeared that ...
Food insecurity represents an enduring challenge for subsistence farmers in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)...
Climatic seasonality is now recognized as being a constraint to agricultural production and to house...
The main objectives of the study were to assess the food security status, to identify major factors ...
<p>A longitudinal and seasonal study was designed to examine the relationships between, at one...
<p>The purpose of the study was to examine the consequences of a substantial nutritional stres...
Summaries (En, Fr, Nl)Proefschrift (Doctor in de Landbouw- en Milieuwetenschappen) - Landbouwunivers...
When grain production falls short of consumption expectations in self-provisioning households, a ran...
Limited economic and physical capacities as well as environmental and economic shocks have constrain...
Food insecurity is affecting an increasing number of urban poor in the developing world. Yet seasona...
In Ghana, smallholder farmer households are the most dominant food producers. Yet, they are the most...
Food insecurity remains a serious concern in most developing countries. The fact that so many househ...
190 p.Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1993.This study investigates two r...
The objective of this paper is to measure coping strategies as a food insecurity indicator among far...
Food insecurity is a major challenge for Niger and for many African countries. The purpose of this s...
cess by all people at all times to sufficient food for an active and healthy life. FAO (1989) was of...
Food insecurity represents an enduring challenge for subsistence farmers in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)...
Climatic seasonality is now recognized as being a constraint to agricultural production and to house...
The main objectives of the study were to assess the food security status, to identify major factors ...
<p>A longitudinal and seasonal study was designed to examine the relationships between, at one...
<p>The purpose of the study was to examine the consequences of a substantial nutritional stres...
Summaries (En, Fr, Nl)Proefschrift (Doctor in de Landbouw- en Milieuwetenschappen) - Landbouwunivers...
When grain production falls short of consumption expectations in self-provisioning households, a ran...
Limited economic and physical capacities as well as environmental and economic shocks have constrain...
Food insecurity is affecting an increasing number of urban poor in the developing world. Yet seasona...
In Ghana, smallholder farmer households are the most dominant food producers. Yet, they are the most...
Food insecurity remains a serious concern in most developing countries. The fact that so many househ...
190 p.Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1993.This study investigates two r...
The objective of this paper is to measure coping strategies as a food insecurity indicator among far...
Food insecurity is a major challenge for Niger and for many African countries. The purpose of this s...
cess by all people at all times to sufficient food for an active and healthy life. FAO (1989) was of...
Food insecurity represents an enduring challenge for subsistence farmers in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)...
Climatic seasonality is now recognized as being a constraint to agricultural production and to house...
The main objectives of the study were to assess the food security status, to identify major factors ...