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Understanding the context for agriculture for nutrition research: Identifying country typologies of child-stunting determinants:

Maruyama, Eduardo; Unnevehr, Laurian J.; Wang, Jiarui - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014

We use data from 52 countries on child stunting, poverty, determinants of food security, environmental health, and quality of maternal and child care to carry out a cluster analysis of country typologies. The purpose is to identify where agriculture-led interventions might address binding...

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Understanding the linkage between agricultural productivity and nutrient consumption: Evidence from Uganda

Ulimwengu, John; Liverpool-Tasie, Saweda; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2011

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Patterns and trends of child and maternal nutrition inequalities in Nigeria

Omilola, Babatunde - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010

malnutrition in Nigeria. The paper finds that within-group inequalities are the sources of most inequalities in the nutritional … and maternal malnutrition are concentrated among the least educated households, the rural population, the north (in … particular its Hausa ethnic group), and those who drink water from public wells. Malnutrition in Nigeria is a vicious cycle in …

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The human right to food as a U.S. nutrition concern, 1976-2006:

Messer, Ellen; Cohen, Marc J. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007

lives and preventing malnutrition in developing countries. The U.S. government has continually expanded food and nutrition …

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The global landscape of poverty, food insecurity, and malnutrition, and its implications for agricultural development strategies:

Headey, Derek D. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013

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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Can smallholder fruit and vegetable production systems improve household food security and nutritional status of women? Evidence from rural Uganda:

Kabunga, Nassul Ssentamu; Ghosh, Shibani; Griffiths, … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014

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.

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Costly posturing: relative status, ceremonies and early child development in China:

Chen, Xi; Zhang, Xiaobo - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012

Participating in and presenting gifts at funerals, weddings, and other ceremonies held by fellow villagers have been regarded as social norms in Chinese villages for thousands of years. However, it is more burdensome for the poor to take part in these social occasions than for the rich. Because...

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Toward an integrated approach for addressing malnutrition in Zambia: a literature review and institutional analysis:

Harris, Jody; Drimie, Scott - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012

security to the most vulnerable in the population. The complex and multisectoral nature of malnutrition may explain why it has …

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The Agriculture-Nutrition Disconnect in India: What Do We Know?:

Gillespie, Stuart; Harris, Jody; Kadiyala, Suneetha - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012

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The food security system: A new conceptual framework

Ecker, Olivier; Breisinger, Clemens - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012

Public agricultural extension systems often fail due to inadequate consultation of farmers about their information needs and poor understanding of their information search strategies. In discussing and implementing extension programs and advisory services, the following questions need to be...

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