In "Medical Anthropology: Improving Nutrition in Malawi," Patten Notes That

question 9

Multiple Choice

In "Medical Anthropology: Improving Nutrition in Malawi," Patten notes that by 2004,

• A) one third of the women still had their original project animal.
• B) half of the women had lost their original animals to theft.
• C) only one woman had sold her animal before it had produced a viable kid.
• D) village elders had taken control of all of the buck stations and had begun charging for its services.

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