Faced with incomplete and imperfect information, economic actors rely predominantly on perceptions and often base decisions on heuristics prone to bias. Gender bias in perceptions favoring men...
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Adolescents’ consumption of healthy foods is suboptimal in low- and middle-income countries. Adolescents’ fondness for games and social media and the increasing access to smartphones make apps suitable for collecting...
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This study provides a systematic review of literature on women's status and their role in improving food security.
Previously a number of review studies were published...
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We document trends in food security during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.
We see a sharp increase in food insecurity during the...
Background India’s 1.4 million community health and nutrition workers (CHNWs) serve 158 million beneficiaries under the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) programme. We assessed...
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Gender shapes household decision-making and access for nutritious diets, including animal source foods (ASFs) that impact on child health and nutrition status. However, research...
This book co-authored by SOL and Navdanya Navdanya summarizes the results and analyses 10 years of joint actions carried out with Indian women farmers to increase their autonomy...
Aflatoxins are toxic metabolites of Aspergillus moulds and are widespread in the food supply, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. Both in utero and infant exposure to aflatoxin B1...
This action is marked as a ‘G1’ using the OECD’s Gender Marker for good reason and in line with the our criteria. The action seeks to consolidate the transition to socially and environmentally inclusive agri-food...
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Investments in social assistance programmes (SAPs) have accelerated alongside interest in using SAPs to improve health and nutrition outcomes. However, evidence of how...