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Transitioning to Nutrition-Sensitive Food Environments in Ghana : Triple Sector Strategies to Reduce the Triple Burden of Malnutrition

Mockshell, Jonathan; Asante-Addo, Collins; Andam, Kwaw; … - 2021

The triple burden of malnutrition is growing in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Increasing access to affordable ultra-processed foods in the food environment is contributing to this problem. While existing explanations for this triple burden of malnutrition have examined demand-side...

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Pathways from Agriculture to Nutrition in India : Implications for Sustainable Development Goals

Das, Mousumi - 2017

the importance of identifying different pathways from agriculture to nutrition for better nutritional outcomes. Using a … disaggregated dashboard approach with agriculture, food consumption, and demographic and health survey data, this study examines the … food security indicators along the agriculture-nutrition pathways. Through a broadened and comprehensive approach under one …

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The Global Landscape of Poverty, Food Insecurity, and Malnutrition and Implications for Agricultural Development Strategies

Headey, Derek D. - 2014

For many years poverty reduction was the overarching welfare objective of a wide range of development institutions and programs, particularly in the context of agricultural development. Yet in recent years the development community has increasingly set for itself more specific welfare objectives...

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Conceptualizing Drivers of Policy Change in Agriculture, Nutrition, and Food Security : The Kaleidoscope Model

Resnick, Danielle - 2015

, with a specific emphasis on agriculture and nutrition policies. Focusing on five key elements of the policy cycle — agenda … domains related to food security, including agriculture, education, healthcare, nutrition, and social protection …

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Improving the Measurement of Food Security

Headey, Derek D. - 2012

Although food security measurement has been substantially expanded in recent decades, there persists significant dissatisfaction with existing measurement systems, especially in the wake of the global food and financial crisis. In this paper we first set out a list of criteria that an ideal food...

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Gender Justice and Food Security in India : A Review

Rao, Nitya - 2017

There is ample evidence to suggest a strong correlation between gender inequality and food and nutrition insecurity, yet the policy discourse around food and nutrition security in India has largely been gender-blind. This paper, based on a review of existing literature and emerging research,...

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Food Inflation and Food Price Volatility in India : Trends and Determinants

Sekhar, C. S. C. - 2017

The study analyzes food inflation trends in India over the last decade. Annual trends show that different commodities have contributed to food inflation in different years and that no single commodity shows uniformly high inflation. A decomposition exercise shows that eggs, meat, fish, milk,...

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