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This is Dionisio Ortiz-Miranda, again.

I would like to reply to the message by John Poveda (36):

I find particularly interesting the debate about the relationship between the diversity of on-farm production and farm households' nutrition. My point is that there seems to be significant scientific evidence showing little impact of production diversity of smallholders' farms on the improvement of households' nutrition status. Rather, the relationship between market oriented production (either diversified or not) and nutrition seems to be more significant (I add some references below). This raises some questions regarding the most effective way to improve the small farm households' nutrition.

Dionisio Ortiz-Miranda
Dpt. Economics and Social Sciences
Universitat Politècnica de València
Spain
http://www.upv.es/pls/oalu/sic_person.Info?p_alias=dortiz&P_IDIOMA=i  
http://www.transmango.eu 
http://www.salsa.uevora.pt/en/ 
http://vital.environmentalgeography.nl/project/ 
E-mail: dortiz (at) esp.upv.es

References:
- Bellon MR, Ntandou-Bouzitou GD, Caracciolo F (2016) On-Farm Diversity and Market Participation Are Positively Associated with Dietary Diversity of Rural Mothers in Southern Benin, West Africa. PLoS ONE 11(9):

- Kibrom T. Sibhatu Matin Qaim (2016) Farm production diversity and dietary quality: Linkages and measurement issues. RTG 1666 GlobalFood Transformation of Global Agri-Food Systems: Trends, Driving Forces, and Implications for Developing Countries Georg-August-University of Göttingen GlobalFood Discussion Papers

- Koppmair, S., Kassie, M. and Qaim, M. (2016) 'Farm production, market access and dietary diversity in Malawi', Public Health Nutrition, pp. 1-11.

- Steve Wiggins & Sharada Keats (2013) Smallholder agriculture's contribution to better nutrition. Report commissioned by the Hunger Alliance, ODI

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