Background: The practice of giving water before 6 mo of age is the biggest barrier to exclusive breastfeeding in West and Central Africa.
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Despite the increasing availability of precision agriculture technology, most farmers in developing countries are still practicing farming with limited reliable information on soil characteristics.
The Nexus Project is a collaboration between IFPRI and its partners, including national statistical agencies and research institutions.
2018 Social Accounting Matrix for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): A Nexus Project SAM
The 2018 Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) follows IFPRI's Standard Nexus SAM approach, by focusing on consistency, comparability, and transparency of data.
Constructing a nutrition deficiency index: Applications for the Democratic Republic of the Congo under a decade of humanitarian crises
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is perennially plagued by prolonged phases of poverty, conflict, and increased internal migration, as well as pandemic outbreaks such as Ebola and COVID-19, and limited livelihood opportunities.
Iron biofortified beans and carotenoid enriched cassava are proposed as a solution to combat iron and vitamin A deficiencies, respectively, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
In this paper we develop a policy-relevant typology using different intervention types and nutrition constraints.