In the Indian family setting, women play a crucial role in the overall development of the households. Hence, development agencies and government programs mainly target women, assuming that empowering women would improve families.

Micronutrient deficiencies (MND) remain an important challenge in the 21st century, complicated by climate, economic, and demographic change.

Zinc deficiency is a severe public health issue in Bangladesh.

A growing interest is emerging in the literature to explore how child nutrition is affected by sociocultural practices, such as polygyny.

In many developing countries, agricultural policies and programs are often designed in a way to promote productivity growth with modern inputs and technologies, and with limited reference to the nutrition gains that gain be made through production

Food insecurity and malnutrition are being worsened in countries that are exposed to armed conflict. Nigeria has witnessed a decade of protracted armed conflict and civil unrest.

Robust income growth combined with the highest urban population growth in the world is driving very rapid changes in the food system of Sub-Saharan Africa.

Malnutrition is one of the biggest public health challenges of the century with about 2 billion people affected by it globally.

In this paper, we present four globally-consistent regional scenarios on Western Africa’s development that have been used to test and develop a range of national and regional policies.

This paper provides a structured overview of the concept of resilience for use in discussions surrounding food security and nutrition.