Market incentives could bring U.S. agriculture and nutrition policies into accord

Market incentives could bring U.S. agriculture and nutrition policies into accord

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) could help improve public health by creating a retail-based mechanism to provide participants in its Food Stamp Program (FSP) with significant monetary incentives to purchase health-promoting foods, such as minimally processed frui...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Josh Miner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources 2006-01-01
Series:California Agriculture
Subjects:
commodity programs
food policy
Food Stamp Program
human nutrition
United States
USDA
Online Access:http://calag.ucanr.edu/archive/?article=ca.v060n01p8

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http://calag.ucanr.edu/archive/?article=ca.v060n01p8

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