Market Foods, Own Production, and the Social Economy: How Food Acquisition Sources Influence Nutrient Intake among Ecuadorian Farmers and the Role of Agroecology in Supporting Healthy Diets
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agriculture-nutrition pathways; biodiversity; agroecology; social economy; food intake; dietary diversity; diet quality; cross-sectional survey; Ecuador; Indigenous people;All these keywords.
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