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U.S. public sentiment toward policy action targeting emissions from beef production 美国公众对针对牛肉生产排放的政策行动的看法

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Food Policy Pub Date : 2025-03-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2025.102851

Jaime R. Luke , Glynn T. Tonsor

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Once bitten, twice shy? Direct and indirect effects of weather shocks on fertilizer and improved seeds use 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳？气候冲击对肥料和改良种子使用的直接和间接影响

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Food Policy Pub Date : 2025-03-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2025.102852

Kelvin Mulungu , Dale T. Manning , Martina Bozzola

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The unmet financial needs of intermediary firms within agri-food value chains in Uganda and Bangladesh 乌干达和孟加拉国农业食品价值链中中介公司未满足的资金需求

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Food Policy Pub Date : 2025-03-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2025.102838

Annet Adong , Kate Ambler , Jeffrey R. Bloem , Alan de Brauw , Sylvan Herskowitz , A.H.M. Saiful Islam , Julia Wagner

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Global poverty and the cost of a healthy diet 全球贫困和健康饮食的成本

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Food Policy Pub Date : 2025-03-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2025.102849

Jonas Stehl , Lutz Depenbusch , Sebastian Vollmer

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Taxing fat versus behavioural interventions: Multiple discrete–continuous extreme value (MDCEV) models and the PCSHOP randomized trial of shopping behaviour 对脂肪征税与行为干预：多重离散连续极值（MDCEV）模型和PCSHOP购物行为随机试验

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Food Policy Pub Date : 2025-03-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2025.102836

John Buckell , David Palma , Stephane Hess , Susan A. Jebb , Carmen Piernas

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Public transfers, food consumption and dietary diversity. The case of Tarjeta Uruguay Social 公共转移支付、粮食消费和饮食多样性。Tarjeta Uruguay Social的案例

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Food Policy Pub Date : 2025-03-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2025.102837

Victoria Tenenbaum, Andrea Vigorito

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Enhancing nutrition availability through international trade: U.S. and global dairy exports to emerging markets 通过国际贸易提高营养供应：美国和全球乳品出口到新兴市场

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Food Policy Pub Date : 2025-03-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2025.102846

Jason H. Grant , Kathryn A. Boys , Janice C. Giddens , William Loux

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Dollar store impact on local labor markets and retail activity 一元店对当地劳动力市场和零售活动的影响

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Food Policy Pub Date : 2025-03-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2025.102827

Lauren Chenarides , Timothy J. Richards , Zachariah Rutledge , John Pender

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Role of nutrition-sensitive agriculture in enhancing sustainable humanitarian assistance: Evidence from orange-fleshed sweetpotato interventions in Kenya 营养敏感型农业在加强可持续人道主义援助中的作用：来自肯尼亚橙皮甘薯干预措施的证据

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Food Policy Pub Date : 2025-03-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2025.102834

Chalmers K. Mulwa , Fredrick Grant , Marcel Gatto , Mukani Moyo , Dorcas Amunga , Norman Kwikiriza , Jack Malit , Julius J. Okello , Joyce Maru , Hugo Campos , Simon Heck

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Deconstructing fertilizer price spikes: Evidence from Chinese urea fertilizer market 解构肥料价格飙升：来自中国尿素肥料市场的证据

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Food Policy Pub Date : 2025-02-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2025.102829

Zhepeng Hu , Lei Yan , Jinghong Yuan , Xiaoli Etienne

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