Beyond “Women's Traits”: Exploring How Gender, Social Difference, and Household Characteristics Influence Trait Preferences

Demand-led breeding strategies are gaining importance in public sector breeding globally. While borrowing approaches from the private sector, public sector programs remain mainly focused on food security and social impact related outcomes. This necessitates information on specific user groups and their preferences to build targeted customer and product profiles for informed breeding decisions. A variety of studies have identified gendered trait preferences, but do not systematically analyze differences related to or interactions of gender with other social dimensions, household characteristics, and geographic factors. This study integrates 1000minds survey trait trade-off analysis with the Rural Household Multi-Indicator Survey to study cassava trait preferences in Nigeria related to a major food product, gari. Results build on earlier research demonstrating that women prioritize food product quality traits while men prioritize agronomic traits. We show that food product quality traits are more important for members from food insecure households and gender differences between men and women increase among the food insecure. Furthermore, respondents from poorer households prioritize traits similar to respondents in non-poor households but there are notable trait differences between men and women in poor households. Women in female headed household prioritized quality traits more than women living with a spouse. Important regional differences in trait preferences were also observed. In the South East region, where household use of cassava is important, and connection to larger markets is less developed, quality traits and in ground storability were prioritized more than in other states. These results reinforce the importance of recognizing social difference and the heterogeneity among men and women, and how individual and household characteristics interact to reveal trait preference variability. This information can inform trait prioritization and guide development of breeding products that have higher social impact, which may ultimately serve the more vulnerable and align with development goals.

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Encouraging Social Impact Through Private and Public Sector Leadership

SSRN Electronic Journal ◽

10.2139/ssrn.2645843 ◽

2015 ◽

Author(s):

Shalyn Kettering

Keyword(s):

Public Sector ◽

Social Impact ◽

Private And Public ◽

Public Sector Leadership

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Measuring cost and affordability of current vs. healthy diets in Argentina: an application of linear programming and the INFORMAS protocol

BMC Public Health ◽

10.1186/s12889-021-10914-6 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 21 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Gabriel Giacobone ◽

Maria Victoria Tiscornia ◽

Leila Guarnieri ◽

Luciana Castronuovo ◽

Sally Mackay ◽

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Keyword(s):

Linear Programming ◽

Energy Intake ◽

Current Model ◽

Food Product ◽

Poor Households ◽

Average Household Income ◽

Healthy Diets ◽

Diet Cost ◽

The Difference ◽

Optimal Approach

Abstract Background Food cost and affordability is one of the main barriers to improve the nutritional quality of diets of the population. However, in Argentina, where over 60% of adults and 40% of children and adolescents are overweight or obese, little is known about the difference in cost and affordability of healthier diets compared to ordinary, less healthy ones. Methods We implemented the “optimal approach” proposed by the International Network for Food and Obesity/non-communicable diseases Research, Monitoring and Action Support (INFORMAS). We modelled the current diet and two types of healthy diets, one equal in energy with the current diet and one 6.3% lower in energy by linear programming. Cost estimations were performed by collecting food product prices and running a Monte Carlo simulation (10,000 iterations) to obtain a range of costs for each model diet. Affordability was measured as the percentage contribution of diet cost vs. average household income in average, poor and extremely poor households and by income deciles. Results On average, households must spend 32% more money on food to ensure equal energy intake from a healthy diet than from a current model diet. When the energy intake target was reduced by 6.3%, the difference in cost was 22%. There are no reasonably likely situations in which any of these healthy diets could cost less or the same than the current unhealthier one. Over 50% of households would be unable to afford the modelled healthy diets, while 40% could not afford the current diet. Conclusions Differential cost and affordability of healthy vs. unhealthy diets are germane to the design of effective public policies to reduce obesity and NCDs in Argentina. It is necessary to implement urgent measures to transform the obesogenic environment, making healthier products more affordable, available and desirable, and discouraging consumption of nutrient-poor, energy-rich foods.

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Consumers' Perception of Food Product Quality in Tunisia

Journal of International Food & Agribusiness Marketing ◽

10.1300/j047v16n02_10 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 16 (2) ◽

pp. 165-178 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Lokman Zaibet ◽

Mohamed Salah Bachta ◽

Abderraouf Lajimi ◽

Marouan Abbassi

Keyword(s):

Product Quality ◽

Food Product

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Hyperspectral Imaging Applications in Agriculture and Agro-Food Product Quality and Safety Control: A Review

Applied Spectroscopy Reviews ◽

10.1080/05704928.2012.705800 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 48 (2) ◽

pp. 142-159 ◽

Cited By ~ 123

Author(s):

Laura M. Dale ◽

André Thewis ◽

Christelle Boudry ◽

Ioan Rotar ◽

Pierre Dardenne ◽

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Keyword(s):

Product Quality ◽

Hyperspectral Imaging ◽

Food Product ◽

Quality And Safety ◽

Safety Control ◽

Product Quality And Safety

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RESEARCH OF FOOD PRODUCT QUALITY USING A NONQUALITY DETERMINATION METHOD

Bulletin of University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca Agriculture ◽

10.15835/buasvmcn-agr:1692 ◽

1970 ◽

Vol 62 ◽

Author(s):

Luminita Pîrvulescu ◽

Claudia Sirbulescu ◽

Carmen Dumitrescu ◽

Despina Bordean ◽

Elena Volloncs

Keyword(s):

Product Quality ◽

Food Product ◽

Determination Method

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Titus Flavius Clemens’ Stance on Wine as Expressed in Paedagogus

Studia Ceranea ◽

10.18778/2084-140x.09.11 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 9 ◽

pp. 187-205

Author(s):

Jolanta Dybała ◽

Krzysztof Jagusiak ◽

Michał Pawlak

Keyword(s):

Pure Water ◽

Family Members ◽

Food Product ◽

The Other ◽

Men And Women ◽

Golden Mean ◽

Wine Consumption ◽

Christian Theologian ◽

The Subject ◽

Medicinal Properties

Titus Flavius Clemens was a philosopher and Christian theologian from the period of the 2nd–3th century. The aim of this paper is to present his view on the subject of wine and his recommendations on wine consumption as described in his work entitled Paedagogus. In this work Titus Flavius Clemens focuses primarily on the moral side of drinking wine. He is a great supporter of the ancient principle of moderation, or the golden mean (μεσότης). We also find its traces in his recommendations regarding the drinking of wine. First of all, he does not require Christians to be abstinent. Although he considers water as the best natural beverage to satisfy thirst, he does not make them reject God’s wine. The only condition he sets, however, is to maintain moderation in drinking it. He recommends diluting wine with water, as the peaceful Greeks always did, unlike the war-loving barbarians who were more prone to drunkenness. On the other hand, Titus Flavius Clemens warns the reader against excessive dilution of wine, so that it does not turn out to be pure water. He severely criticizes drunkenness, picturesquely presenting the behavior of drunks, both men and women. Wine in moderation has, in his opinion, its advantages – social, familial and individual. It makes a person better disposed to himself or herself, kinder to friends and more gentle to family members. Wine, when consumed in moderation, may also have medicinal properties. Clemens is well aware of this fact and in his work he cites several medical opinions on the subject. Unfortunately, in Paedagogus we find little information about wine as a food product / as an everyday bevarage. The input on the subject is limited to the list of exclusive, imported wines. What is worth noting, Titus Flavius Clemens appears to be a sommelier in this way.

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Illiberal Liberalism: The New Property as Strategy

The Review of Politics ◽

10.1017/s003467050004554x ◽

1983 ◽

Vol 45 (4) ◽

pp. 576-594 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Michael B. Levy

Keyword(s):

Public Sector ◽

Social Security ◽

Legal Status ◽

Due Process ◽

Men And Women ◽

Unemployment Compensation ◽

Inclusive Language ◽

The Supreme Court ◽

Property Owners ◽

Political Vocabulary

In the decade spanning 1968 to 1978, the Supreme Court cited the concept of the “new property” in over forty cases concerning the rights of clients in public sector relationships. The term new property first appeared in two law review articles written by Charles Reich in 1964 and 1965, and its primary points have since found favor with a number of political theorists. At the heart of the “new property” idea was the belief that a great many public sector benefits performed traditional functions of property and, therefore, ought to have been redefined as property in the law. Accordingly, Reich argued that public sector grants, including public assistance as well as unemployment compensation and Social Security, should lose their legal status as gratuities or charitable gifts and become instead “property” with all of the constitutional guarantees of due process that adhere to property in our system. This was a most egalitarian project indeed, with implications that went far beyond extending rights of due process. By transforming all men and women into property owners regardless of their private assets, the “new property” paved the way for a political vocabulary which wedded the particular and exclusive language of property with the universal, all-inclusive language of egalitarianism. In most respects this redefinition simply would have expanded the egalitarian direction implicit in past liberal functionalist theories of property, developments which many had already approved.

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Health Functionality and Quality Control of Laver (Porphyra, Pyropia): Current Issues and Future Perspectives as an Edible Seaweed

Marine Drugs ◽

10.3390/md18010014 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 18 (1) ◽

pp. 14 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Tae Jin Cho ◽

Min Suk Rhee

Keyword(s):

Product Quality ◽

Health Benefits ◽

Food Product ◽

Limited Area ◽

Future Perspectives ◽

Edible Seaweed ◽

Novel Technologies ◽

Nutritional Analysis ◽

High Concentrations ◽

Quality Variation

The growing interest in laver as a food product and as a source of substances beneficial to health has led to global consumer demand for laver produced in a limited area of northeastern Asia. Here we review research into the benefits of laver consumption and discuss future perspectives on the improvement of laver product quality. Variation in nutritional/functional values among product types (raw and processed (dried, roasted, or seasoned) laver) makes product-specific nutritional analysis a prerequisite for accurate prediction of health benefits. The effects of drying, roasting, and seasoning on the contents of both beneficial and harmful substances highlight the importance of managing laver processing conditions. Most research into health benefits has focused on substances present at high concentrations in laver (porphyran, Vitamin B12, taurine), with assessment of the expected effects of laver consumption. Mitigation of chemical/microbiological risks and the adoption of novel technologies to exploit under-reported biochemical characteristics of lavers are suggested as key strategies for the further improvement of laver product quality. Comprehensive analysis of the literature regarding laver as a food product and as a source of biomedical compounds highlights the possibilities and challenges for application of laver products.

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