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Diet quality is closely linked to child growth and development, especially among infants aged 6–23 months who need to complement breastmilk with the gradual introduction of nutrient-rich solid foods.
Promoting rapid and sustained adoption of biofortified crops: What we learned from iron-biofortified bean delivery approaches in Rwanda
Micronutrient deficiencies, also known as hidden hunger, affect two billion people worldwide, curtailing their ability to lead healthy, productive lives.
Malnutrition is a multicausal challenge that requires multisectoral responses to make comprehensive and sustainable progress, over the long term.
Leveraging agriculture for nutrition in South Asia: What do we know, and what have we learned?
Despite significant improvements over recent decades, rates of undernutrition remain high in South Asia, with adverse impacts on morbidity and mortality.
Coffee value chains on the move: Evidence in Ethiopia
Farmers’ choice of market channels and producer prices in India: Role of transportation and communication networks
This paper assesses the effect of transportation and communication networks on farmers’ choice of market channels for paddy and wheat, and subsequently on the prices they receive from these channels.
Women’s empowerment in agriculture and dietary quality across the life course: Evidence from Bangladesh
Using nationally-representative survey data from rural Bangladesh, we examine the relationship between women’s empowerment in agriculture and indicators of individual dietary quality.
Africa south of the Sahara experienced an acceleration of economic growth in recent years that was accompanied by structural changes in national economies.
There are concerns that increasing women’s engagement in agriculture could negatively affect nutrition by limiting the time available for nutrition-improving reproductive work.
Review: Time use as an explanation for the agri-nutrition disconnect? Evidence from rural areas in low and middle-income countries
Time is a vital input into nutritional outcomes, as it is necessary for the production, procurement and preparation of food, child feeding and childcare.
Does cooperative membership improve household welfare? Evidence from a panel data analysis of smallholder dairy farmers in Bihar, India
This paper examines the factors that influence dairy farmers’ decisions to become members of milk cooperative societies, and the impact of cooperative membership on milk yield, net returns per liter, and adoption of FSM.