Anaemia is a global public health problem affecting 800 million women and children globally.
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Micronutrient deficiencies such as iron (Fe), zinc (Zn), and vitamin A, constitute a severe global public health phenomenon.
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Women’s empowerment and gender equality in agricultural value chains: Evidence from four countries in Asia and Africa
Women play important roles at different nodes of both agricultural and off-farm value chains, but in many countries their contributions are either underestimated or limited by prevailing societal norms or gender-specific barriers.
Many development agencies are designing and implementing value chain interventions that aim to reach, benefit, and empower rural women.
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Empowerment in agricultural value chains: Mixed methods evidence from the Philippines
Women's participation and empowerment in value chains are goals of many development organizations, but there has been limited systematic, rigorous research to track these goals between and within value chains (VCs).
discussion paper
Empowerment in agricultural value chains: Mixed methods evidence from the Philippines
Women’s participation and empowerment in value chains are goals that concern many development organizations, but there has been limited systematic, rigorous research to track these goals between and within value chains (VCs).
The 193 individual country profiles capture the status and progress of all UN Member States, and the 80+ indicators include a wealth of information on child, adolescent and adult anthropometry and nutritional status, in addition to intervention co
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Inconsistent diagnosis of acute malnutrition by weight-for-height and mid-upper arm circumference
"The two anthropometric indicators of acute malnutrition in children under 5 years, i.e. a Mid-Upper Arm Circumference < 125 mm (MUAC 125 ) or a Weight-for-Height Z-score<−2 (WHZ −2 ), correlate poorly.
This report investigates the under-explored role that local forms of social capital play in enhancing resilience.
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Social capital and resilience
conference paper
Resilience and social capital
Increasingly, resilience is being incorporated into planning and social protection policy.
People have always faced shocks and have devised a variety of institutional responses to cope with, recover from, and prevent future impacts. Central to these shocks and this coping capacity, but often underexplored, is the role of social capital.
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Bi-modal preferences for Bt maize in the Philippines
Iron deficiency is the most prevalent nutritional deficiency in the world affecting an estimated 3.5 billion people. Among the most at risk in developing countries, are women of reproductive age.