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agricultural intervention with nutrition objectives, intrahousehold gender dynamics regarding decisions about crop choice and child …
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agriculture-led interventions might address binding constraints to progress in improving nutrition outcomes and to identify how … existing research on the links between agriculture and nutrition in particular country contexts may or may not be …
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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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It is widely recognized that there is a continuum of physical growth and social-emotional and cognitive development across the life course, from the preconception health status of the mother through adulthood. This paper lays out a core economic model that illustrates the interrelationship of...
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. After ten years of breeding, economic, and nutrition research to develop and assess varieties and their potential impact on … likelihood of achieving expected outcomes as well as improve the ability of HarvestPlus and other nutrition …
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nutrition security in Africa. CAADP seeks to promote policies and partnerships and raise investments in Africa's agricultural …
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potential, and agricultural growth has not translated to significant improvements in nutrition outcomes at large. In this study …, we explore the links between agriculture and nutrition in Tanzania and review the evidence on how these links can be … strengthened for improved nutrition. We further quantitatively evaluate the potential nutrition outcome of agricultural growth …
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, nutrition, and gender outcomes in the region. The focus of this paper is on the health, nutrition, and gender linkage. …
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Despite the fact that nonincome dimensions of well-being such as nutrition and health are now placed on the global … development agenda, substantial gaps remain in our knowledge about patterns and trends in nutrition inequalities in many …
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Determining the causality between health measures and both income and labor productivity remains an ongoing challenge for economists. This review paper aims to answer the question: Does improved population health lead to higher rates of agricultural growth? In attempting to answer this question,...
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