Hector E. Maletta

Universidad del Pacífico

Associate Research Scholar

Av Salaverry 2020

Lima, 11

Peru

  • Universidad del Pacífico

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

34

DOWNLOADS
Rank 10,379

SSRN RANKINGS

Top 10,379

in Total Papers Downloads

8,028

SSRN CITATIONS
Rank 45,699

SSRN RANKINGS

Top 45,699

in Total Papers Citations

3

CROSSREF CITATIONS

14

Scholarly Papers (34)

Actions:
Email selected abstracts
1.

From Hunger to Food Security: A Conceptual History

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 22 Aug 2014 Last Revised: 27 Oct 2016
Hector E. Maletta
Universidad del Pacífico
Downloads 740 (60,163)
Citation 3

Abstract:

Loading...

food security, food insecurity, hunger, food, poverty, vulnerability, agriculture

2.

La Evolución del Homo Economicus: Problemas del Marco de Decisión Racional en Economía (The Evolution of Homo Economicus: Problems of the Rational Decision Framework in Economics)

Economia, Vol. 33, No. 65, pp. 9-68
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 19 Jul 2011 Last Revised: 29 Jul 2011
Hector E. Maletta
Universidad del Pacífico
Downloads 554 (86,548)

Abstract:

Loading...

economic rationality, Homo economicus, utility, Neoclassical Economics, Evolutionary Economics, Behavioural Economics, Institutional Economics

3.

Bread of the Future: Climate Change, Agriculture and Food in Latin America (El Pan Del Futuro: Cambio Climático, Agricultura Y Alimentación En América Latina)

Debates en Sociología (Lima, Peru), No. 34, pp. 117-176, 2011
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 27 Apr 2011 Last Revised: 15 Apr 2014
Hector E. Maletta
Universidad del Pacífico
Downloads 469 (106,333)

Abstract:

Loading...

climate change, environment, agriculture, food, food security, Latin America, Latin America and Caribbean

4.

Food and Agriculture in Afghanistan: A Long Term Outlook

AFGHANISTAN - HOW MUCH OF THE PAST IN THE NEW FUTURE, A. Palmisano and G. Ricco, eds., Gorizia, Italy: ISIG, 2007
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 08 Jan 2005
Hector E. Maletta
Universidad del Pacífico
Downloads 466 (106,905)

Abstract:

Loading...

Afghanistan, agriculture, food production, food security

5.

Land and Farm Production: Availability, Use, and Productivity of Agricultural Land in the World

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 22 Aug 2014 Last Revised: 05 Oct 2020
Hector E. Maletta
Universidad del Pacífico
Downloads 398 (128,532)
Citation 4

Abstract:

Loading...

land, land productivity, agriculture, agricultural productivity, agricultural frontier, arable land, crop land suitability, land use

6.

Sources of Household Income in Rural Afghanistan

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 13 Nov 2006
Hector E. Maletta
Universidad del Pacífico
Downloads 397 (129,266)

Abstract:

Loading...

Afghanistan, income, monetization, household, rural

7.

A Catastrophe Foretold: Economic Reform, Crisis, Recovery and Employment in Argentina

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 19 May 2006
Hector E. Maletta
Universidad del Pacífico
Downloads 380 (135,779)
Citation 1

Abstract:

Loading...

Argentina, employment, labor, workfare, economic reform, crisis

8.

Facts and Debates on the Future of the Amazon Forest

Parcerias Estrategicas, (Brasilia, Brazil), No. 30, pp. 77-128 July 2010
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 20 Nov 2009 Last Revised: 30 Jan 2012
Hector E. Maletta
Universidad del Pacífico
Downloads 372 (139,450)

Abstract:

Loading...

Amazon, rainforest, forest, climate change, deforestation, environment, ENSO, El Niño, Brazil, South America, dieback, tipping point

9.

Trends in World Food Security (Tendencias Mundiales En La Seguridad Alimentaria)

Debate Agrario, Vol. 37, pp. 109-160, 2004
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 15 Oct 2004 Last Revised: 23 Jul 2009
Hector E. Maletta
Universidad del Pacífico
Downloads 332 (156,757)

Abstract:

Loading...

food security, food supply, food consumption, nutrition, poverty, undernutrition, undernourishment, malnutrition

10.

Women at Work: Gender, Wealth, Wages and Employment in Rural Afghanistan, 2002-2003

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 12 Aug 2004
Hector E. Maletta
Universidad del Pacífico
Downloads 331 (157,274)

Abstract:

Loading...

Gender, women, labour participation, rural economy, Afghanistan

11.

Arable Land Tenure in Afghanistan in the Post-Taliban Era

African and Asian Studies, Vol. 6, 2007
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 04 Aug 2006
Hector E. Maletta
Universidad del Pacífico
Downloads 324 (161,522)

Abstract:

Loading...

Afghanistan, Agriculture, Land tenure, Agrarian structure

12.

La Pequeña Agricultura Familiar en el Perú: Una Tipología Microrregionalizada (Small Family Farming in Peru: A Micro-Regionalized Farm Typology)

La Pequeña Agricultura Familiar en el Perú: Una Tipología Microrregionalizada, 2017. Published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Number of pages: 220 Posted: 02 Mar 2018 Last Revised: 19 Jun 2023
Hector E. Maletta
Universidad del Pacífico
Downloads 308 (169,846)

Abstract:

Loading...

smallholders, family farming, farm typology, agroecological micro-regions, Peru

13.

What We Eat: Changing Patterns of Food Consumption Around the World

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 02 Oct 2014 Last Revised: 05 Oct 2020
Hector E. Maletta
Universidad del Pacífico
Downloads 298 (175,756)
Citation 1

Abstract:

Loading...

food, food consumption, diet, dietary energy, food security, agriculture, food supply

14.

The Economic Importance of Crop Residues in Afghanistan Wheat-Based Farming Systems

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 20 Apr 2006
Hector E. Maletta
Universidad del Pacífico
Downloads 207 (252,291)

Abstract:

Loading...

Afghanistan, Agriculture, Wheat, Farming systems, Crop residues, Cost of production

15.

Whither the Amazon Forest? A Cold Look at the Impacts of Deforestation and Climate Change

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 02 Feb 2012 Last Revised: 15 Apr 2017
Hector E. Maletta
Universidad del Pacífico
Downloads 201 (258,094)

Abstract:

Loading...

environment, forest, Amazon, deforestation, tipping point, Brazil, climate change

16.

Condiciones De Vida En La Pequeña Agricultura Familiar Del Perú (Living Conditions in Peru's Smallholder Family Farming)

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 04 Jul 2015 Last Revised: 06 Aug 2015
Hector E. Maletta
Universidad del Pacífico
Downloads 189 (272,813)

Abstract:

Loading...

family farming, Peru, living conditions, agriculture, rural poverty, José María Caballero, LASA

17.

Rural Poverty and Rural Development in Bolivia (in Spanish)

Number of pages: 84 Posted: 24 Jan 2003
Hector E. Maletta
Universidad del Pacífico
Downloads 182 (281,978)

Abstract:

Loading...

Latin America, rural poverty, rural development, Bolivia

18.

The Grain and the Chaff: Crop Residues and the Cost of Production of Wheat in Afghanistan in a Farming-System Perspective

Number of pages: 86 Posted: 09 Aug 2004
Hector E. Maletta
Universidad del Pacífico
Downloads 178 (287,485)

Abstract:

Loading...

Wheat, Afghanistan, farming system, cost of production, agriculture

19.

Tendencias y Perspectivas de la Agricultura Familiar en América Latina (Trends and Prospects of Family Farming in Latin America)

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 21 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 17 Aug 2012
Hector E. Maletta
Universidad del Pacífico
Downloads 168 (303,750)
Citation 2

Abstract:

Loading...

agriculture, Latin America, family farming, peasant, smallholder

20.

Sitting Height Ratio, Metabolic Rates, Energy Needs and Undernourishment: A Modelling Approach

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 20 Nov 2007 Last Revised: 07 Nov 2014
Hector E. Maletta
Universidad del Pacífico
Downloads 157 (321,806)

Abstract:

Loading...

BMI; body mass index; BMR; basal metabolic rate; undernourishment; Sitting Height Ratio; Cormic index; sitting height; nutritional status; dietary energy; Schofield equations

21.

Wages of War, Wages of Peace: Food Prices and Unskilled Labour Pay in Afghanistan, 1996-2002

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 21 Apr 2003
Hector E. Maletta
Universidad del Pacífico
Downloads 157 (320,079)
Citation 2

Abstract:

Loading...

Afghanistan, food aid, labor market, wages, food prices

Abstract:

Loading...

true cost of living index, consumer substitution, superlative index, consumer price index, substitution bias, Argentina, PPP, exchange rate

23.

Hunger Amidst Plenty: World Trends in Undernourishment and Malnutrition

University of the Pacific Discussion Paper
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 01 Nov 2014 Last Revised: 13 May 2021
Hector E. Maletta
Universidad del Pacífico
Downloads 148 (336,073)
Citation 1

Abstract:

Loading...

hunger, food security, food, poverty, agriculture, food production, distribution, undernourishment, malnutrition, nutrition

24.

A Measure of Household Infrastructure Based on Factor Analysis of Census Data with an Application to Bolivia - I: Development

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 18 Apr 2006
Hector E. Maletta
Universidad del Pacífico
Downloads 145 (343,519)
Citation 1

Abstract:

Loading...

household, standard of living, measurement, poverty, household assets, livelihood

25.

Trends in World Agricultural and Food Trade

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 22 Aug 2014 Last Revised: 02 Oct 2020
Hector E. Maletta
Universidad del Pacífico
Downloads 142 (347,391)
Citation 1

Abstract:

Loading...

agriculture, trade, food, food commodities, agricultural trade, food security

26.

A Measure of Household Infrastructure Based on Factor Analysis of Census Data with an Application to Bolivia - Ii: Validation

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 18 Apr 2006
Hector E. Maletta
Universidad del Pacífico
Downloads 134 (365,374)
Citation 2

Abstract:

Loading...

household, standard of living, measurement, poverty, household assets, livelihood

27.

Cereal Self-Sufficiency in Afghanistan Farms

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 08 May 2006
Hector E. Maletta
Universidad del Pacífico
Downloads 114 (412,441)
Citation 3

Abstract:

Loading...

Afghanistan, agriculture, cereal, cereal production, self-sufficiency, food, staple food

28.

International Food Price Volatility: Transmission to Domestic Prices and Policy Response in Bolivia and Peru

Number of pages: 63 Posted: 16 Nov 2013
Hector E. Maletta
Universidad del Pacífico
Downloads 109 (423,336)

Abstract:

Loading...

food, food security, food price, food commodities, food price volatility

29.

A Measure of Household Infrastructure Based on Factor Analysis of Census Data with an Application to Bolivia - Iii: Change Over Time

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 18 Apr 2006
Hector E. Maletta
Universidad del Pacífico
Downloads 106 (434,773)
Citation 2

Abstract:

Loading...

household, standard of living, measurement, poverty, household assets, livelihood

30.

Recent Latin American Developments in Irrigation

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 10 Nov 2003 Last Revised: 02 Jun 2010
Hector E. Maletta
Universidad del Pacífico
Downloads 94 (468,593)

Abstract:

Loading...

Latin America, agriculture, irrigation, natural resources, privatisation

31.

Consumer Substitution, Cost of Living Indices and Exchange Rate in Argentina - First Part: 1960-1995

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 28 Jul 2009 Last Revised: 13 May 2021
Hector E. Maletta
Universidad del Pacífico
Downloads 59 (608,898)

Abstract:

Loading...

CPI, true cost of living index, consumer substitution, Argentina, purchasing power parity exchange rate, superlative index, Tornqvist index, Vartia index

32.

La Ciencia Entre Dos Pandemias (1918-2020: Cambios En La Organización De La Actividad Científica Y Su Integración En La Enseñanza (Science Between Two Pandemics (1918–2020): Changes in the Organization of Scientific Activity and Its Integration Into Teaching)

Book published by: Fondo Editorial de la Universidad del Pacifico (University of the Pacific Press], Lima, Peru) and Consejo Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Tecnológica (CONCYTEC), [National Council for Science, Technology and Technological Innovation], Lima, Peru, 2023
Number of pages: 429 Posted: 17 Jun 2023 Last Revised: 19 Jun 2023
Hector E. Maletta
Universidad del Pacífico
Downloads 15 (929,312)

Abstract:

Loading...

science, history of science, science education, 20th century, 21st century, pandemic, institutional organization of research, peer review

33.

Towards the End of Hunger

"Towards the End of Hunger", by Hector E. Maletta (2016), first ebook edition. Universidad del Pacifico Press. Available through Amazon.
Posted: 10 Dec 2016 Last Revised: 07 Jan 2021
Hector E. Maletta
Universidad del Pacífico

Abstract:

Loading...

hunger, food security, agriculture, climate change, poverty

34.

Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security in Latin America

CLIMATE CHANGE, AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY IN LATIN AMERICA , Multi-Science Publishing, Brentwood, Essex, UK, 2011
Posted: 02 Jun 2010 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2014
Hector E. Maletta and Emiliano Maletta
Universidad del Pacífico and Center for Energy, Environment and Technology Research, Madrid, Spain

Abstract:

Loading...

climate change, food security, hunger, agriculture, Latin America, Caribbean, impact, adaptation, IPCC, Ricardian models, Integrated Assessment Models