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Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is critical for reducing smallholder farmers’ vulnerability and enhancing their capacity to cope with the adverse impacts of climate change.
Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is critical for reducing smallholder farmers’ vulnerability and enhancing their capacity to cope with the adverse impacts of climate change.
Qualitative fieldwork to identify CSA practices preferred by women farmers in India, Kenya, and Uganda
Promoting the adoption of climate-smart agricultural (CSA) practices is an important step toward enhancing farmer resilience to climate change.
Women farmers in Bangladesh face several challenges when it comes to accessing technology and information, and this limits their ability to improve their agricultural productivity and enhance their livelihoods.
India's rice export restrictions and BIMSTEC countries: Implications and recommendations
The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) brings together five South Asian countries (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka) and two Southeast Asian countries (Myanmar and Thailand).
Development of a methods repository for food choice behaviors and drivers at the household and individual levels
This brief identifies important constructs for assessing drivers of food choice behaviors and describes progress on the development of a repository of instruments and measures for assessing these constructs.
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Shrimp is Bangladesh’s main agricultural export and makes a substantial contribution to the economy of southern Bangladesh, but the sector has a checkered history.
Feeding India’s babies: Insights on trends and patterns from the National Family Health Surveys, 2015-16 to 2019-21
Early life nutrition sets the stage for the health, nutrition, and development of young children.
Adolescents’ health and wellbeing: Trends and insights from the National Family Health Surveys, 2006, 2016, and 2021
South Asia is home to more adolescents than any global region, and one in five adolescents globally live in India.
The 49th issue of Abstract Digest features a set of studies on child growth, including patterns of child stunting in low- and middle-income countries, various forms of inequities in child growth, and the role of milk in child growth.
- Bundling agricultural insurance with risk-reducing agricultural technologies can lower the cost of insurance for farmers, but before implementing bundled solutions, it is important to analyze how these bundles would impact men and women diffe
The 48th issue of Abstract Digest features studies on anemia highlighting trends, inequities, and determinants of anemia among various population groups.
Data issues in analyzing agri-food trade in BIMSTEC
Unlocking agricultural trade potential in the BIMSTEC region: Policy challenges and implications
The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) is a regional organization that comprises seven nations, five of which are from South Asia (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka) and two from Sout
Take-home rations in the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS): Study of coverage and uptake in Tamil Nadu
Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS), a flagship program of the Government of India, offers nutrition services to support child development.
This study addresses the policy-relevant question of how, in the face of major economic shocks, social protection interventions can more effectively mitigate undernutrition.
The Ukraine War has had major implications for food security and food systems across the world given the important role both Russia and Ukraine play in global food, fertilizer, and energy markets.
Coverage of nutrition and health Interventions in INDIA: Insights from the National Family Health Surveys
Nutrition-specific interventions are aimed at improving the food, health, and care environment for women and children during the first 1000 days.