The achievement of several sustainable development goals and the Paris Climate Agreement depends on rapid progress towards sustainable food and land systems in all countries.
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COVID-19 and the economic recovery in South Asia: Economywide modeling scenarios for Bangladesh and Nepal
Quarterly bulletin on food price dynamics, inflation, and the food security situation in Sudan: 2021Q1- 2022Q4
- Average international prices of wheat, sorghum, rice, and sugar slightly increased in Q4 of 2022 compared to Q3. Import parity prices decreased during the same period because of the reduction in the freight cost to Port Sudan.
Take-home rations in the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS): Study of coverage and uptake in Tamil Nadu
Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS), a flagship program of the Government of India, offers nutrition services to support child development.
The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in severe income losses, but little is known about its impacts on diets and nutritional adequacy, or the effectiveness of social protection interventions in mitigating dietary and nutritional impacts.
The impact of price insulation on world wheat markets during Covid-19 and the Ukraine crisis
This paper begins with a survey of recent commodity price developments that highlights the magnitude of this price surge and identifies the rapid rise in wheat prices as a key element.
The world is not on track to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. The prevalence of hunger and poverty—the two core goals which are the litmus test for everything else—are on the rise.
Introduction: Alive and Thrive (A&T) implemented infant and young child feeding (IYCF) interventions in Bangladesh.
Food prices and the wages of the poor: A low-cost, high-value approach to high-frequency food security monitoring
International food prices have become increasingly volatile in recent decades, with “global food crises” in 2008, 2011 and most recently in 2022.
Background: One-third of preschool children in Myanmar were stunted in 2015–2016, and three-quarters of children 6–23 mo had inadequate diet diversity.
Long term association between of maternal preconception hemoglobin and anemia and child health and development in Vietnam
Background: The long-term association between preconception maternal hemoglobin (Hb) concentrations and child health and development is unclear.
The global burden of high fasting plasma glucose associated with zinc deficiency: Results of a systematic review and meta-analysis
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) account for the largest share of the global disease burden, and increasing evidence shows that zinc deficiency (ZD) contributes to NCDs by inducing oxidative stress, insulin resistance, and impaired lipid metabolis
One of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is reducing food loss and waste (FLW) across all stages of food value chains, including the on-farm production, the off-farm postharvest, processing, and distribution, and the household consumption s
Dietary inadequacy in Tanzania is linked to the rising cost of nutritious foods and consumption of food-away-from-home
This study contributes to the growing literature on dietary quality and accessibility in the Global South.
Breastfeeding: Crucially important, but increasingly challenged in a market-driven world
In this Series paper, we examine how mother and baby attributes at the individual level interact with breastfeeding determinants at other levels, how these interactions drive breastfeeding outcomes, and what policies and interventions are necessar
This study addresses the policy-relevant question of how, in the face of major economic shocks, social protection interventions can more effectively mitigate undernutrition.
Home environment and nutritional status mitigate the wealth gap in child development: A longitudinal study in Vietnam
Background: Inequity in child development is found at early age, but limited evidence exists on whether these gaps change over time and what are the mediators.
In this interactive we develop a typology to help design and improve spatial targeting of food and nutrition security (FNS) interventions.