A Call to Action: Gaps in Dietary Awareness among Pregnant Women in North Eastern Romania

Scripcariu, Ioana Sadiye; Grigore, Mihaela; Balcan, Lorena; Petroaie, Antoneta Dacia

doi:10.33788/rcis.69.28

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“…With reference to existing studies, this paper introduces three types of control variables, namely, variables on individual household head characteristics, variables on household characteristics, and variables on village characteristics ( 39 , 76 , 77 ). Household characteristics include gender, age, and education level; the number of household members and net household income per capita ; village characteristics include village transportation conditions and economic status.…”

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Does Internet use connect smallholder farmers to a healthy diet? Evidence from rural China

2023

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IntroductionUndernutrition and micronutrient malnutrition remain problems of significant magnitude among small-scale subsistence farmers, posing a serious threat to their health and well-being. Developing a healthy diet can effectively reduce this threat. Fortunately, the Internet can speed up the process.MethodsBased on survey data from 5,114 farm households in nine provinces in China, this study quantitatively assesses the impact of Internet use on the dietary quality of smallholder farmers using OLS regression models and PSM models.Results/Discussion(1) Internet use can significantly contribute to dietary diversity and dietary rationality among smallholder farmers, thus optimizing their dietary structure. (2) Internet use significantly increased the average consumption amounts of milk and its products (2.9 g), fruits (21.5 g), eggs (7.5 g), and vegetables (27.1 g), while also decreasing the intake of salts (1.5 g) and oil (3.8 g). (3) The pull of internet use to improve diet quality is more significant for smallholder households with lower levels of education, older heads of households, and higher household incomes. (4) A possible mechanism is that Internet use increases household income and information access skills of rural residents, thus improving their dietary quality. In summary, governments should further promote Internet penetration in rural areas for health purposes.

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Does Internet use connect smallholder farmers to a healthy diet? Evidence from rural China

2023

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“…With reference to existing studies, this paper introduces three types of control variables, namely, variables on individual household head characteristics, variables on household characteristics and variables on village characteristics (Scripcariu et al, 2020;Yin et al, 2020;Ma and Jin, 2022). Household head characteristics include gender, age, and education level; Household characteristics include the number of household labors, net household income per capita, level of household poverty, whether there are family members working in the city, total productive assets and annual gift expenses; village characteristics include village transportation conditions and economic status.…”

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Can rural cooperatives reduce poverty vulnerability of smallholder households? Evidence from rural Western China

Liu,

Yang,

Zhang

2023

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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IntroductionPoverty eradication is one of the global challenges, and rural cooperatives provide an effective path to address smallholder households’ poverty. However, the effect of poverty reduction can show heterogeneity depending on the economic capital, human capital, and social capital of households.MethodsBased on comprehensive research data on the poverty status of 1,622 smallholder households in four provinces in the less developed regions of western China, using OLS and PSM models, this paper empirically analyzes the impact and heterogeneous characteristics of rural cooperatives on the poverty vulnerability of smallholder households.Results/DiscussionThe results show that rural cooperatives have a significant dampening effect on the poverty vulnerability of smallholder farmers, and the findings hold true after robustness tests using multiple methods. The impact of rural cooperatives on the poverty vulnerability of farming households differed significantly across smallholder households with different characteristics. Specifically, participation in cooperatives had a more pronounced effect on reducing poverty vulnerability among non-poor, higher human capital and higher income farm households compared to poor, lower human capital and lower income farm households. The results of the study can provide a useful reference for policy-making on rural mutual assistance and poverty reduction among farmers.

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A Call to Action: Gaps in Dietary Awareness among Pregnant Women in North Eastern Romania

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Does Internet use connect smallholder farmers to a healthy diet? Evidence from rural China

Does Internet use connect smallholder farmers to a healthy diet? Evidence from rural China

Can rural cooperatives reduce poverty vulnerability of smallholder households? Evidence from rural Western China

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