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Transforming Nigeria’s agrifood system for healthier diets and higher farm incomes (The Nation)
The Nation (Nigeria) published an op-ed by Kwaw Andam, Olivier Ecker
The Nation (Nigeria) published an op-ed by Kwaw Andam, Olivier Ecker
Sikandra Kurdi, associate research fellow and Olivier Ecker, senior research fellow published an op-ed with the Thomson Reuters Foundation providing evidence that cash transfers can reduce conflict-driven malnutrition in
African News Agency published a report on a recent IFPRI research by Senior Research Fellow, Olivier Ecker, that found shopping in supermarkets significantly increases Body Mass Index (BMI) in Kenya.
Manama, Bahrain, May 5, 2015—Child stunting, a result of malnutrition, is a larger problem than gross domestic product would suggest in nine Arab countries, while the Arab region as a whole imports more than 50 percent of its population’s daily caloric intake.