Money Can’t Buy Me Love, but It Can Buy Apples: An Analysis of Fruit and Vegetable Demand in Uzbekistan

Alisher Ergashev ()
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Alisher Ergashev: Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries

Chapter Chapter 11 in 30 Years since the Fall of the Berlin Wall, 2020, pp 243-269 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Hidden hunger affects far more people than hunger. Being rich in vitamins, fruit and vegetablesfruit and vegetables are wonderful ways to reduce micronutrient deficiency. In UzbekistanUzbekistan, although per capita national supplysupply exceeds the recommended amounts, individual-level intakes remain inadequate. This study sheds light on the factors affecting poor fruit and vegetable consumptionconsumption. The research area included five districts in Tashkent province, where almost 1000 people were visited in summer and winter. A fixed effects regression model has shown high incomeincome elasticity of demanddemand across all population groups. In adults, foodfood and nutritionnutritionknowledgeknowledge was positively associated with increased intakeintake. Prices were found to have an inverse impact on intake in infants and adult females. Nutrition education may be therefore just as important as lowering the price.

Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-0317-7_11

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