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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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. Nonetheless, under-nutrition remains a problem, and fruit and vegetable consumption are inadequate for most people relative to …
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effectiveness of social protection interventions on child nutrition, and the absence of knowledge on the intra-household impacts of … cash transfer, as well as treatments where cash and nutrition behavior change communication (BCC) or where food and … nutrition BCC were provided. Only cash plus nutrition BCC had a significant impact on nutritional status, but its effect on …
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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 … south of the Sahara are identified: (1) food security and nutrition gains should be stated goals of irrigation programs; (2 …
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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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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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achieving the food and nutrition security targets of the Sustainable Development Goals, Ghana started a process of reviewing its … food security and nutrition strategies and policies, including the overarching Zero Hunger Strategy. This discussion paper … aims to contribute to this process by providing an update on the state of Ghana's food and nutrition security. In addition …
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Food security and nutrition policy interventions generally rely on selective measures. Yet recent literature emphasizes … the importance of identifying different pathways from agriculture to nutrition for better nutritional outcomes. Using a … food security indicators along the agriculture-nutrition pathways. Through a broadened and comprehensive approach under one …
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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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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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