The Hindu published an article on new IFPRI research that found that the mid-day meal scheme was associated with 13-32% of India’s improvement in height-for...the scheme in 1999. By 2011, with an expansion in budget, and state implementation following a Supreme Court order, coverage had grown to 46%.
News Click published an article on findings of the IFPRI study, Intergenerational nutrition benefits of India’s national school feeding program.
The Telegraph (United Kingdom) published an article on the findings from the IFPRI study, Intergenerational nutrition benefits of India’s national school feeding program. Indian women who eat a daily school meal are le
The Logical Indian published an article on findings of the IFPRI study, Intergenerational nutrition benefits of India’s national school feeding program.
MSN India published an article stating that an IFPRI study shows that women who received free meals in primary school have chi
MSN India published an article stating that providing free foodgrain to India’s poor has been the mainstay of the Narendra Modi government’s Covid-19 relief package for the vulnerable sections of Indian society and has seen multiple extensions as the pandemic continued its devastating spread across India.
Inclusive Media for Change republished an updated article from January 2005. The article writes that an IFPRI report states that the countrywide lockdown imposed on March 25, 2020, which was extended for nearly two months in phases, affected the food and nutritional status of vulnerable sections of the Indian population.
Business News This Week covered a virtual conference that included Senior research fellow Anjani Kumar. The meeting stated that the agriculture and food sector are facing multiple challenges.
India Spend published an article asking the question, where are nutrition programs failing and why? To accurately understand this and for ideas on how to efficiently target the crisis of malnutrition among Indian children, it is necessary to collect and use data from villages.
Christian Science Monitor published an article on how a rise in hunger from the pandemic has forced a need to rethink the global food system. India offers one example for reform. While the world rushes to help India deal with the pandemic, it also has something to learn from India’s ability to find new ways to combat hunger.