SOCIAL-ORGANIZATION, RESOURCE-MANAGEMENT, AND CHILD NUTRITION IN THE TAITA HILLS, KENYA

被引:9
作者
FLEURET, P [1 ]
FLEURET, A [1 ]
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[1] UNIV NAIROBI, INST AFRICAN STUDIES, NAIROBI, KENYA
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10.1525/aa.1991.93.1.02a00050
中图分类号
Q98 [人类学];
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030303 ;
摘要
A comparative and longitudinal ecological analysis is used to explore agricultural sources of variation in child nutritional status in the Taita Hills, Kenya. National policies, formal institutions, the natural environment, and the local‐level social organization of agricultural resource access define the agrarian context within which distinct production strategies emerge. The effects of alternative production choices on child nutrition are neither consistent nor unidimensional, arguing for a rethinking of conventional approaches to food policy decision making. 1991 American Anthropological Association
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页码:91 / 114
页数:24
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