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Towards sustainable beef: The role of altruistic preference in the value chain transformation 实现可持续牛肉：利他主义偏好在价值链转型中的作用

IF 6.8 1区经济学

Food Policy Pub Date : 2024-07-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2024.102687

Huanhuan Wang , Xiaoli Fan , Junjie Guo , Qilan Zhao , Zixuan Dai

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Making ends meet in refugee camps: Food distribution cycles, consumption and undernutrition 难民营中的入不敷出：食品分配周期、消费和营养不良

IF 6.8 1区经济学

Food Policy Pub Date : 2024-07-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2024.102666

Frederic Aubery , Marie-Charlotte Buisson

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Between dissonance and confusion: When the Nutri-Score as a nutritional signal is misinterpreted 介于不和谐与混乱之间：当营养成分作为一种营养信号被误读时

IF 6.8 1区经济学

Food Policy Pub Date : 2024-07-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2024.102677

Valérie Hémar-Nicolas, Nathalie Guichard, Amélie Clauzel

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Food politics in China: How strengthened accountability enhances food security 中国的粮食政治：强化问责制如何加强粮食安全

IF 6.8 1区经济学

Food Policy Pub Date : 2024-07-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2024.102692

Yingnan Zhang, Shenghua Lu

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Assessing misallocation in agriculture: Plots versus farms 评估农业分配不当：地块与农场

IF 6.8 1区经济学

Food Policy Pub Date : 2024-07-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2024.102678

Fernando M. Aragón , Diego Restuccia , Juan Pablo Rud

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Women’s empowerment and intra-household diet diversity across the urban continuum: Evidence from India’s DHS 城市连续体中的妇女赋权与家庭内部饮食多样性：来自印度人口与健康调查的证据

IF 6.8 1区经济学

Food Policy Pub Date : 2024-07-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2024.102680

Soumya Gupta , Payal Seth , Vidya Vemireddy , Prabhu Pingali

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Impacts of supermarkets on child nutrition in China 超市对中国儿童营养的影响

IF 6.8 1区经济学

Food Policy Pub Date : 2024-07-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2024.102681

Zhen Liu , Lukas Kornher , Matin Qaim

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Policy options for managing avian influenza in dairy cows 管理奶牛禽流感的政策选择

IF 6.8 1区经济学

Food Policy Pub Date : 2024-07-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2024.102691

William Nganje , Sandro Steinbach

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How does recall bias in farm labor impact separability tests? 农场劳动力的回忆偏差如何影响可分性测试？

IF 6.8 1区经济学

Food Policy Pub Date : 2024-07-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2024.102669

Bailey Peterson-Wilhelm, Benjamin Schwab

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Revisiting heterogenous social desirability bias in consumer willingness to pay for food carbon label: Social norms and environmental concerns 重新审视消费者为食品碳标签付费意愿中的异质性社会可取性偏差：社会规范与环境问题

IF 6.8 1区经济学

Food Policy Pub Date : 2024-07-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2024.102690

Hang Xiong , Wuyang Hu , Meng Xu , Jintao Zhan

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