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could improve child nutrition. In this paper, we examine the impact of the PSNP on children's nutritional status over the …
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This paper assesses the Subramanian and Deaton (S–D) approach for imputing the caloric intake of households from food prepared away from home (FAFH) and composite foods (CF) by juxtaposing it with the imputations of alternative approaches, and extends these approaches to four additional...
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countries in the 2015 Global Hunger Index remain “serious” or “alarming.” Since achieving and maintaining food and nutrition …
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Many poverty alleviation programs aiming to enhance nutrition include behavior change communication (BCC). This study … uses a field experiment in Bangladesh to assess the impacts of BCC, focusing on nutrition training (providing information …) and cooking contests (providing experience). First, in 900 households, we tested the nutrition knowledge of two household …
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play an important role in influencing diets and nutrition outcomes, especially for poorer households. In this study, we use …
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polygyny and children's nutrition, and how it may be mediated through women's bargaining power. Using the age of each co …-wife as a proxy for rank, I also study how the senior-wife status of a mother may influence her children's nutrition outcomes …
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can raise public awareness of the problem, highlight policymakers' duty to ensure the nutrition of their citizens, and … link proper nutrition to general national development. This report should serve as a resource for advocates, researchers …
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nutrition along the entire food value chain. It then identifies adaptation and mitigation interventions for each step of the … food value chain to move toward a more climate-smart, nutrition-sensitive food system. The study focuses on poor rural … farmers, a population especially vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change on nutrition, although we recognize that …
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) policy synergies between different sectors (agriculture, nutrition, health, water supply and sanitation, education) should be … security, improved nutrition, and health. We conclude that the evidence remains insufficient to draw broad conclusions due to … that should be taken into account in irrigation development to address nutrition and gender gaps with a focus on Africa …
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This paper aims to empirically infer potential causal linkages between fruit and vegetable (F&V) production, individual F&V intake, household food security, and anemia levels for individual women caregivers of childbearing age. Using a unique and rich dataset recently collected from rural...
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