Marrit Van Den Berg
Biographic Data
| ID | 3705637 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marrit Van Den Berg |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marrit Van Den |
| FAMILY NAME | Berg |
| SIGNATURE | VAN DEN BERG M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Wageningen University & Research |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5369-8850 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 26 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 63 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 26 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Empowerment unveiled
Gender equality and women's empowerment are key global agendas, yet women often face marginalization compared to men. Nutrition-sensitive agriculture interventions (NSAs) often aim to benefit women but their impacts on women's empowerment remain unclear. This study focuses on: 1) assessing the empowerment levels of women and men from three ethnic minorities in rural northern Vietnam (Thai, H'Mong and Dao) with the Project-level women's empowermen…
Relaxed minds for healthier food choice at school
Food waste in primary schools
Schools are a major source of food waste and an important setting for achieving dietary improvements. Few studies explore the links between food waste and nutrition. This study measured individual plate waste of about 1700 primary school children in peri-urban Viet Nam, adding to evidence on school food waste in low- and middle-income countries. We used survey data to explore whether food waste is associated with personal characteristics such as …
The Unintended Side-Effects of a Major Development Strategy
As many African countries promote commercial agricultural production, it is important to understand how this strategy influences the intra-household balance of power. Commercial crops are traditionally considered the domain of men, and women empowerment may suffer. We use a quasi-experimental design to address the relation between commercial production and women’s voice within the household in rural Uganda. We compare empowerment in households in…
Influence of poverty concerns on demand for healthier processed foods
Living in poverty can present cognitive biases that exacerbate constraints to achieving healthier diets. Better diets could imply food choice upgrades within certain food categories, such as electing processed foods with an improved nutritional profile. This study evaluated the influence of monetary and health concerns on the willingness to pay (WTP) for healthier processed foods in a low-income section of Mexico City. We employed priming techniq…
Sweet or not
In the interest of public health, it is important to nudge children toward healthier food choices (e.g., beverages with less added sugar). We conducted a field experiment in a peri-urban region in Vietnam to evaluate the effects of information and cognitive dissonance on the food choices of children. Our sample consisted of more than 1200 primary school children, randomly assigned into three groups: control, health information, and health informa…
Identifying effective message-framing techniques in behaviour change communication for healthy diets
There is an increasing interest in using insights from behavioural economics and psychology to influence people's decisions. However, little is known as to how to leverage these insights to inform educational campaigns in the context of nutrition-sensitive agriculture. We help to fill this void by investigating the effect of framed messages (gain vs loss) in stimulating demand for nutritionally enhanced crops. We conducted a field experiment with…
Consumer Nutrition Knowledge and Dietary Behavior in Urban Ethiopia
This paper studies the association between nutrition knowledge and consumer dietary behavior using large survey data from 996 respondents in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. We find that health was the most important factor in individuals' food choice. However, most consumers were found to have imperfect understanding of the link between food and health. Especially, the causes and consequences of obesity were poorly understood. A considerable proportion of…
Testing methods to increase consumption of healthy foods evidence from a school-based field experiment in Viet Nam
Schools are an attractive entry point to improve children’s diets, as their eating habits can be shaped during childhood and the information disseminated from school can reach adults through children. We implemented a cluster-randomized trial in 12 schools in peri-urban Viet Nam to assess if two school-based interventions increased knowledge of healthy diets among children and their parents, as well as children’s consumption of healthy foods. Fir…
A qualitative exploration of the experiences of community health animation on malaria control in rural Malawi
BACKGROUND: While great strides have been achieved in fighting malaria through the Roll Back Malaria (RBM) strategy, the recent world malaria report shows an increase in malaria-related deaths compared to previous years. Malaria control tools are efficacious and effective in preventing the disease; however, the human behaviour aspect of the intervention strategies is weak due to heavy reliance on positive human health behaviour. The challenge lie…
Loan Officers’ Gender and Microfinance Repayment Rates
This study examines the impact of loan officer characteristics on repayment rates of microfinance borrowers in Mexico applying multilevel analyses, with special attention to the impact of the gender of the loan officer on default rates. The results strongly suggest that loan officers play a crucial role in improving repayment rates in microfinance and that male loan officers are better able to induce borrowers to repay than female loan officers. …
Water for forests to restore environmental services and alleviate poverty in Vietnam
Smallholder Livelihood Adaptation in the Context of Neoliberal Policy Reforms
n Governments around the world have embraced trade liberalisation as a means of enhancing efficiency to realise economic growth and alleviate poverty. Likewise, the Mexican government implemented neoliberal policy reforms, the NAFTA in particular, to stimulate sustainable development. Using the Mexican maize sector as illustration, this paper describes the adaptation process of smallholders to market changes shaped by these reforms. Going beyond …
Rural Nonfarm Activities in Central Asia
This article provides an in-depth regional analysis of the rural nonfarm economy in Kyrgyzstan based on three household budget surveys for 2003, 2005 and 2006. Regression analysis reveals that the share of time spent in the commercial rural nonfarm economy was larger in districts with low agricultural potential, indicating that the rural poor are pushed into accessible but not necessarily very profitable nonfarm activities. This ‘push’ scenario i…
Rural Poverty Dynamics in Kenya
International labour migration and local rural activities in the Kyrgyz Republic
This paper uses a representative household-budget survey from the Asian Development Bank to analyse the determinants of international labour migration, distinguishing between seasonal and permanent (long-term) moves and comparing them with determinants of rural local income-generating activities in the Kyrgyz Republic. It has been found that both permanent migration and local nonfarm-wages employment substitute agricultural activities and attract…
Born along the Color Line
Journal Article Born along the Color Line: The 1933 Amenia Conference and the Rise of a National Civil Rights Movement Get access Born along the Color Line: The 1933 Amenia Conference and the Rise of a National Civil Rights Movement. By Eben Miller. (New York: Oxford University Press, 2012. xii, 355 pp. $29.95.) Manfred Berg Manfred Berg University of HeidelbergHeidelberg, Germany [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: O…
Heterogeneous Effects of International Migration and Remittances on Crop Income
Heterogeneous migration flows from the Central Plateau of Burkina Faso
This paper uses a system of labour supply equations and data from Burkina Faso collected in 2003 to test the conditions underlying two different migratory movements: continental and intercontinental migration. We provide theoretical reasoning and empirical evidence that heterogeneity in migration is related to heterogeneity in rural households. We find that comparatively asset-poor households embark on continental migration, whereas intercontinen…
Household income strategies and natural disasters
Demand and distributional effects of water pricing policies
Black Civil Rights and Liberal Anticommunism
Journal Article Black Civil Rights and Liberal Anticommunism: The naacp in the Early Cold War Get access Manfred Berg Manfred Berg Curt Engelhorn Professor of American History at the University of Heidelberg Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 94, Issue 1, June 2007, Pages 75–96, https://doi.org/10.2307/25094777 Published: 01 June 2007
From Globalization to Global History
The globalized labour markets of the twenty-first century have important foundations in the making of Britain’s industrialization in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Eley seeks to ‘historicize’ globalization by making slaves and servants key players in capitalist accumulation. His case, not as new as he claims, would be greatly enriched by turning to recent research in global history. Slaves, servants and labourers produced commodities, …
Small-Scale irrigation and income distribution in Ethiopia
Irrigation stimulates agricultural productivity and economic growth, but this may come at the cost of growing inequality. Using data at community and household level, this paper analyzes the distributional impacts of irrigation in Ethiopia. Regression analyses reveal the direct effects of irrigation on expenditures and labour demand, and the indirect effects of irrigation on food prices and expenditures of non-irrigation households. The results i…
Energy consumption in rural China
Nonfarm Employment and Poverty Alleviation of Rural Farm Households in Honduras
Heterogeneous Effects of International Migration and Remittances on Crop Income
Rural Poverty Dynamics in Kenya
Black Civil Rights and Liberal Anticommunism
Journal Article Black Civil Rights and Liberal Anticommunism: The naacp in the Early Cold War Get access Manfred Berg Manfred Berg Curt Engelhorn Professor of American History at the University of Heidelberg Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 94, Issue 1, June 2007, Pages 75–96, https://doi.org/10.2307/25094777 Published: 01 June 2007
Heterogeneous migration flows from the Central Plateau of Burkina Faso
This paper uses a system of labour supply equations and data from Burkina Faso collected in 2003 to test the conditions underlying two different migratory movements: continental and intercontinental migration. We provide theoretical reasoning and empirical evidence that heterogeneity in migration is related to heterogeneity in rural households. We find that comparatively asset-poor households embark on continental migration, whereas intercontinen…
Testing methods to increase consumption of healthy foods evidence from a school-based field experiment in Viet Nam
Schools are an attractive entry point to improve children’s diets, as their eating habits can be shaped during childhood and the information disseminated from school can reach adults through children. We implemented a cluster-randomized trial in 12 schools in peri-urban Viet Nam to assess if two school-based interventions increased knowledge of healthy diets among children and their parents, as well as children’s consumption of healthy foods. Fir…
From Globalization to Global History
The globalized labour markets of the twenty-first century have important foundations in the making of Britain’s industrialization in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Eley seeks to ‘historicize’ globalization by making slaves and servants key players in capitalist accumulation. His case, not as new as he claims, would be greatly enriched by turning to recent research in global history. Slaves, servants and labourers produced commodities, …
Nonfarm Employment and Poverty Alleviation of Rural Farm Households in Honduras
Small-Scale irrigation and income distribution in Ethiopia
Irrigation stimulates agricultural productivity and economic growth, but this may come at the cost of growing inequality. Using data at community and household level, this paper analyzes the distributional impacts of irrigation in Ethiopia. Regression analyses reveal the direct effects of irrigation on expenditures and labour demand, and the indirect effects of irrigation on food prices and expenditures of non-irrigation households. The results i…
Energy consumption in rural China
Black Civil Rights and Liberal Anticommunism
Journal Article Black Civil Rights and Liberal Anticommunism: The naacp in the Early Cold War Get access Manfred Berg Manfred Berg Curt Engelhorn Professor of American History at the University of Heidelberg Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 94, Issue 1, June 2007, Pages 75–96, https://doi.org/10.2307/25094777 Published: 01 June 2007
From Globalization to Global History
The globalized labour markets of the twenty-first century have important foundations in the making of Britain’s industrialization in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Eley seeks to ‘historicize’ globalization by making slaves and servants key players in capitalist accumulation. His case, not as new as he claims, would be greatly enriched by turning to recent research in global history. Slaves, servants and labourers produced commodities, …
Demand and distributional effects of water pricing policies
Household income strategies and natural disasters
Heterogeneous Effects of International Migration and Remittances on Crop Income
Heterogeneous migration flows from the Central Plateau of Burkina Faso
This paper uses a system of labour supply equations and data from Burkina Faso collected in 2003 to test the conditions underlying two different migratory movements: continental and intercontinental migration. We provide theoretical reasoning and empirical evidence that heterogeneity in migration is related to heterogeneity in rural households. We find that comparatively asset-poor households embark on continental migration, whereas intercontinen…
Smallholder Livelihood Adaptation in the Context of Neoliberal Policy Reforms
n Governments around the world have embraced trade liberalisation as a means of enhancing efficiency to realise economic growth and alleviate poverty. Likewise, the Mexican government implemented neoliberal policy reforms, the NAFTA in particular, to stimulate sustainable development. Using the Mexican maize sector as illustration, this paper describes the adaptation process of smallholders to market changes shaped by these reforms. Going beyond …
Rural Nonfarm Activities in Central Asia
This article provides an in-depth regional analysis of the rural nonfarm economy in Kyrgyzstan based on three household budget surveys for 2003, 2005 and 2006. Regression analysis reveals that the share of time spent in the commercial rural nonfarm economy was larger in districts with low agricultural potential, indicating that the rural poor are pushed into accessible but not necessarily very profitable nonfarm activities. This ‘push’ scenario i…
Rural Poverty Dynamics in Kenya
International labour migration and local rural activities in the Kyrgyz Republic
This paper uses a representative household-budget survey from the Asian Development Bank to analyse the determinants of international labour migration, distinguishing between seasonal and permanent (long-term) moves and comparing them with determinants of rural local income-generating activities in the Kyrgyz Republic. It has been found that both permanent migration and local nonfarm-wages employment substitute agricultural activities and attract…
Born along the Color Line
Journal Article Born along the Color Line: The 1933 Amenia Conference and the Rise of a National Civil Rights Movement Get access Born along the Color Line: The 1933 Amenia Conference and the Rise of a National Civil Rights Movement. By Eben Miller. (New York: Oxford University Press, 2012. xii, 355 pp. $29.95.) Manfred Berg Manfred Berg University of HeidelbergHeidelberg, Germany [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: O…
Water for forests to restore environmental services and alleviate poverty in Vietnam
Loan Officers’ Gender and Microfinance Repayment Rates
This study examines the impact of loan officer characteristics on repayment rates of microfinance borrowers in Mexico applying multilevel analyses, with special attention to the impact of the gender of the loan officer on default rates. The results strongly suggest that loan officers play a crucial role in improving repayment rates in microfinance and that male loan officers are better able to induce borrowers to repay than female loan officers. …
A qualitative exploration of the experiences of community health animation on malaria control in rural Malawi
BACKGROUND: While great strides have been achieved in fighting malaria through the Roll Back Malaria (RBM) strategy, the recent world malaria report shows an increase in malaria-related deaths compared to previous years. Malaria control tools are efficacious and effective in preventing the disease; however, the human behaviour aspect of the intervention strategies is weak due to heavy reliance on positive human health behaviour. The challenge lie…
Consumer Nutrition Knowledge and Dietary Behavior in Urban Ethiopia
This paper studies the association between nutrition knowledge and consumer dietary behavior using large survey data from 996 respondents in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. We find that health was the most important factor in individuals' food choice. However, most consumers were found to have imperfect understanding of the link between food and health. Especially, the causes and consequences of obesity were poorly understood. A considerable proportion of…
Testing methods to increase consumption of healthy foods evidence from a school-based field experiment in Viet Nam
Schools are an attractive entry point to improve children’s diets, as their eating habits can be shaped during childhood and the information disseminated from school can reach adults through children. We implemented a cluster-randomized trial in 12 schools in peri-urban Viet Nam to assess if two school-based interventions increased knowledge of healthy diets among children and their parents, as well as children’s consumption of healthy foods. Fir…
The Unintended Side-Effects of a Major Development Strategy
As many African countries promote commercial agricultural production, it is important to understand how this strategy influences the intra-household balance of power. Commercial crops are traditionally considered the domain of men, and women empowerment may suffer. We use a quasi-experimental design to address the relation between commercial production and women’s voice within the household in rural Uganda. We compare empowerment in households in…
Influence of poverty concerns on demand for healthier processed foods
Living in poverty can present cognitive biases that exacerbate constraints to achieving healthier diets. Better diets could imply food choice upgrades within certain food categories, such as electing processed foods with an improved nutritional profile. This study evaluated the influence of monetary and health concerns on the willingness to pay (WTP) for healthier processed foods in a low-income section of Mexico City. We employed priming techniq…
Sweet or not
In the interest of public health, it is important to nudge children toward healthier food choices (e.g., beverages with less added sugar). We conducted a field experiment in a peri-urban region in Vietnam to evaluate the effects of information and cognitive dissonance on the food choices of children. Our sample consisted of more than 1200 primary school children, randomly assigned into three groups: control, health information, and health informa…
Identifying effective message-framing techniques in behaviour change communication for healthy diets
There is an increasing interest in using insights from behavioural economics and psychology to influence people's decisions. However, little is known as to how to leverage these insights to inform educational campaigns in the context of nutrition-sensitive agriculture. We help to fill this void by investigating the effect of framed messages (gain vs loss) in stimulating demand for nutritionally enhanced crops. We conducted a field experiment with…
Food waste in primary schools
Schools are a major source of food waste and an important setting for achieving dietary improvements. Few studies explore the links between food waste and nutrition. This study measured individual plate waste of about 1700 primary school children in peri-urban Viet Nam, adding to evidence on school food waste in low- and middle-income countries. We used survey data to explore whether food waste is associated with personal characteristics such as …
Relaxed minds for healthier food choice at school
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