The 21st Century has been marked by increased volatility in food prices, with global price spikes in 2007-08, 2010-11, and again in 2021-22. The impact of food inflation on the risk of child undernutrition is not well understood, however.
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From food price crisis to an equitable food system
Food is the most important basic need for sustenance and survival, and the right to food is among the fundamental human rights.
Securing Food for All in Bangladesh presents an array of research that collectively addresses four broad issues: (1) agricultural technology adoption; (2) input use and agricultural productivity; (3) food security and output markets; and (4) pover
Despite declining arable agricultural land, Bangladesh has made substantial progress in boosting domestic food production, improving access to food by increasing household income, and enhancing nutritional outcomes
Onion is a key ingredient in most Bangladeshi meals, so its sudden price spurt in the domestic market in early-July 2013 raised deep concerns among the people and the government.
Understanding the demand for “protective foods” in East Africa: An economic analysis with policy recommendations
Suboptimal diets are a major risk factor for avoidable death and disease in low- and middle-income countries.
A notable approach to addressing maternal undernutrition during pregnancy in India in recent years has been the integration of hot-cooked meals (HCM) for pregnant and lactating women together with the provision of other health/nutrition services.
Cost and affordability of nutritious diets at retail prices: Evidence from 177 countries
Many policies and programs aim to bring nutritious diets within reach of the poor.
Agriculture and undernutrition
First, we typically use the term agriculture to mean the farm production of crop and livestock commodities; agribusiness to mean commercial suppliers of farm inputs and wholesale purchasers of farm commodities; food markets to mean storage, shipme
Affordability of nutritious diets in rural India
In 2015–16 some 38% of preschool children in India were stunted, 21% wasted, and more than half of Indian mothers and young children were anemic.
This dataset is the result of the community survey that was conducted to gather data at endline as a part of the impact evaluation of the Alive & Thrive (A&T) interventions in Ethiopia.
This dataset is the result of the community survey that was conducted to gather data at endline as part of the study assessing the impact of the A&T social and behavior change communication (SBCC) interventions in the Amhara region of Ethiopia
This dataset is the result of the community survey that was conducted to gather data at baseline as part of the study assessing the impact of the A&T social and behavior change communication (SBCC) interventions in the Amhara region of Ethiopi
Monitoring the impacts of COVID-19 in Myanmar: Food vendors - November 2020 survey round
This policy note presents results from five rounds of a telephone survey with food vendors conducted in different rural and urban zones of the country, focusing on results from the last round completed.
Second rapid assessment of food and nutrition security in the context of COVID-19 in Bangladesh
FAO Bangladesh coordinated this Second rapid assessment of food and nutrition security in the context of COVID-19 in Bangladesh to understand the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the responses to it, on food and nutrition security in Banglades
Value chains for nutritious food: Analysis of the egg value chain in the Tigray region of Ethiopia
Eggs have high potential for improving nutrition outcomes in low-income countries, yet very few children in such settings consume eggs on a regular basis despite widespread poultry ownership.
Monitoring the impacts of COVID-19 in Myanmar: Food vendors - June and July 2020 survey round
It is feared that the COVID-19 pandemic will lead to widespread increases in global poverty and food insecurity and that these negative impacts will concentrate on the most vulnerable segments of the population (Swinnen and McDermott 2020).
Nutrition transition in Vietnam: Changing food supply, food prices, household expenditure, diet and nutrition outcomes
While literature has noted the presence of a nutrition transition in terms of changing nutrition outcomes in Vietnam, very limited evidence linking changes in upstream food system factors to downstream diet and nutrition changes exists.
“Boro” is the dry season irrigated rice crop planted from December to early February and harvested between April and June.