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Global inequality in national food supplies and diet-related health outcomes, 1970–2010 (P04-094-19)
The global food system has changed rapidly over recent decades, with large shifts in agricultural supply conditions, international trade, food manufacturing and nutrient availability.
For more than two decades, IFPRI’s research and policy analysis have been a resource for Bangladesh in making impressive strides in ensuring food security and reducing poverty.
In recent times, results of various adoption studies have been mixed, raising questions regarding why some improved farm technologies are still not widely adopted several years after their first introduction.
Data on sorghum consumption, micronutrient intakes and deficiencies in women of reproductive age and their preschool children in Burkina Faso.
Biofortification is a strategy that seeks to reduce human micronutrient deficiencies—vitamin A, zinc, or iron— by developing and disseminating food crops that contain high levels of micronutrients.
In this paper we use sensory evaluation methods adopted from food science literature and the Becker-DeGroot-Marschak mechanism adopted from economic valuation literature to estimate consumer demand for biofortified high-iron pearl millet (HIPM) in Ma
This report investigates the under-explored role that local forms of social capital play in enhancing resilience.
In recent years, many people and parts of the world have been hit by major shocks ranging from conflicts, erratic weather patterns, earthquakes, droughts, and floods to food price spikes.
Reviews resilience processes, activities, and outcomes through case studies of NGO initiatives
Poor countries and vulnerable people are being hit by a barrage of economic, environmental, and political shocks, and these shocks are becoming more frequent and intense.
In the context of evaluating an intervention to introduce provitamin A-rich orange sweet potato in rural Ugandan communities, HarvestPlus and its collaborators conducted surveys of dietary intakes using an interactive, 24-hour recall method (Gibson a
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Conference on Leveraging Agriculture for Improving Nutrition and Health - New Delhi, February 2011
The manual has been written as a tool for program planners, experienced health professionals, and nutritionists wishing to measure intakes of iron and zinc and evaluate their adequacy in developing countries.
It is well known that plant breeding is a numbers game, and that screening genotypes requires a substantial effort in both the field and the laboratory.
"Biofortified staple crops – food crops bred for higher micronutrient content – are expected to reduce micronutrient deficiency and its accompanying adverse health outcomes.