Background

Optimal nutrition is crucial during the critical period of the first 1,000 days from conception to 2 years after birth.

Considerable literature from low- and lower-middle-income countries (LLMICs) links maternal employment to child nutritional status.

Background: Providing balanced energy–protein (BEP) supplements is a promising intervention to improve birth outcomes in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs); however, evidence is limited.

One of the most pressing challenges facing food systems in Africa is ensuring availability of a healthy and sustainable diet to 2.4 billion people by 2050.

The formation of agricultural cooperatives has been widely promoted as an agricultural development policy initiative to help smallholder farmers cope with multiple production and marketing challenges.

Community-based management of acute malnutrition (CMAM) has been widely adopted to treat childhood acute malnutrition (AM), but its effectiveness in program settings is often limited by implementation constraints, low screening coverage, and poor

Community management of acute malnutrition (CMAM) is a highly efficacious approach for treating acute malnutrition (AM) in children who would otherwise be at significantly increased risk of mortality.

Nutrition outcomes among young children in Nigeria are among the worse globally.

Gari, a fermented and dried semolina made from cassava, is one of the most common foods in West Africa.

Analysis of market segments within a population remains critical to agricultural systems and policy processes for targeting new innovations.

The period from conception to 24 months of age is a crucial window for nutrition interventions. Personalized maternal counseling may improve childbirth outcomes, growth, and health.