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With research staff from more than 60 countries, and offices across the globe, IFPRI provides research-based policy solutions to sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition in developing countries.

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Ruth Meinzen-Dick

Ruth Meinzen-Dick is a Senior Research Fellow in the Natural Resources and Resilience Unit. She has extensive transdisciplinary research experience in using qualitative and quantitative research methods. Her work focuses on two broad (and sometimes interrelated) areas: how institutions affect how people manage natural resources, and the role of gender in development processes. 

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Effect of balanced energy-protein supplementation during pregnancy and lactation on birth outcomes and infant growth in rural Burkina Faso: Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

2021Vanslambrouck, Katrien; de Kok, Brenda; Toe, Laeticia Celine; De Cock, Nathalie; Ouédraogo, Moctar; Huybregts, Lieven
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Effect of balanced energy-protein supplementation during pregnancy and lactation on birth outcomes and infant growth in rural Burkina Faso: Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Adequate nutrition during pregnancy is crucial to both mother and child. Maternal malnutrition can be the cause of stillbirth or lead to poor birth outcomes such as preterm delivery and small-for-gestational-age newborns. There is a probable positive effect of providing pregnant women a balanced energy-protein (BEP) food supplement, but more evidence is needed. The MIcronutriments pour la SAnté de la Mère et de l’Enfant (MISAME) III project aims to improve birth outcomes and infant growth by testing a BEP supplement during pregnancy and lactation in rural Burkina Faso. This paper describes the study protocol.

Year published

2021

Authors

Vanslambrouck, Katrien; de Kok, Brenda; Toe, Laeticia Celine; De Cock, Nathalie; Ouédraogo, Moctar; Huybregts, Lieven

Citation

Vanslambrouck, Katrien; de Kok, Brenda; Toe, Laeticia Celine; De Cock, Nathalie; Ouedraogo, Moctar; Huybregts, Lieven; et al. 2021. Effect of balanced energy-protein supplementation during pregnancy and lactation on birth outcomes and infant growth in rural Burkina Faso: Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open 11(3): e038393. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-038393

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Burkina Faso

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Western Africa; Sub-saharan Africa; Africa; Child Nutrition; Pregnancy; Healthy Diets; Malnutrition; Nutrition; Pregnant Women; Trace Elements; Supplementary Feeding; Breastfeeding; Rural Areas; Maternal Nutrition

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English

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Open AccessCC-BY-4.0

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https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-038393 Source record

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Agriculture for Nutrition and Health

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Multiplying the efficiency and impact of biofortification through metabolic engineering

2020van der Straeten, Dominique; Bhullar, Navreet K.; De Steur, Hans; Gruissem, Wilhelm; Bouis, Howarth E.
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Multiplying the efficiency and impact of biofortification through metabolic engineering

Ending all forms of hunger by 2030, as set forward in the UN-Sustainable Development Goal 2 (UN-SDG2), is a daunting but essential task, given the limited timeline ahead and the negative global health and socio-economic impact of hunger. Malnutrition or hidden hunger due to micronutrient deficiencies affects about one third of the world population and severely jeopardizes economic development. Staple crop biofortification through gene stacking, using a rational combination of conventional breeding and metabolic engineering strategies, should enable a leap forward within the coming decade. A number of specific actions and policy interventions are proposed to reach this goal.

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2020

Authors

van der Straeten, Dominique; Bhullar, Navreet K.; De Steur, Hans; Gruissem, Wilhelm; Bouis, Howarth E.

Citation

Van Der Straeten, Dominique; Bhullar, Navreet K.; De Steur, Hans; Gruissem, Wilhelm; Bouis, Howarth E.; et al. 2020. Multiplying the efficiency and impact of biofortification through metabolic engineering. Nature Communications 11: 5203. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19020-4

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Biofortification; Trace Element Deficiencies; Sustainable Development Goals; Plant Breeding; Hunger; Malnutrition; Trace Elements; Metabolism; Goal 2 Zero Hunger

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English

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Open AccessCC-BY-4.0

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19020-4 Source record

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Agriculture for Nutrition and Health

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Journal Article