There is a growing focus on gender-sensitive approaches and women’s empowerment in the water, sanitation, and hygiene sectors. At the same time, there is a lack of metrics to measure women’s empowerment in the WASH sector.
COVID-19 has revived focus on improving equitable access to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and health services in developing countries. Most public programming tends to rely on economic indicators to identify and target vulnerable groups.
We study the effects of food safety awareness on consumers’ milk purchasing behavior in Nepal. We conducted consumer survey and employed an instrumental variable regression.
Aflatoxins affect the health of close to 70 percent of the population of the world through contaminated food.
Food quality and safety have been the central issues of food economics and are considered among the most important food attributes. However, evidence of the impact of food safety consciousness on consumers' food purchasing behavior is limited.
Empowered women show better WASH practices than nonempowered women in Nepal, which translates into better child nutrition outcomes.
The data are collected through a primary field survey of around 600 ginger-cultivating farm households in Nepal, using a structured questionnaire.
Food safety is the most vital component of food security. One option to ensure food safety is through enhancing compliance at the farm level.
In its fourth year, the CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH) has many accomplishments to be proud of and much to look forward to.
DESPITE SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC growth, South Asia remains notorious for its alarmingly high rates of undernutrition. This “Asian enigma” has long puzzled both researchers and policymakers.
Growing inequality has become an important concern in many countries. One of the ways that inequality is perpetuated is through differential market access across regions.
<p>Given recent interest in reducing undernutrition–particularly the role of nutrition-sensitive policies–this paper aims to quantitatively understand this surprising success story by analyzing the 2001, 2006, and 2011 ro