The institution of contract farming has gained prominence in most developing countries owing to its numerous benefits. While several studies have already highlighted the welfare...
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Nutrition-sensitive agriculture Knowledge service
Global Food and Nutrition Security
Key findings: The Food, Agriculture, Biodiversity, Land-use, and Energy (FABLE) Consortium, an international network of researchers, has released a position paper that highlights the need for a sustainable food...
Highlights: India continues to contribute greatly to the global prevalence of undernutrition. Women’s self-help groups (SHGs)- an important platform for reaching women in India. Evidence on effectiveness of SHG-based...
Objectives: R5N was an agriculture-based resilience program to strengthen rural farming communities against shocks and to improve livelihoods. It was conducted by the World Food Programme...
Micronutrient deficiency, or hidden hunger, remains a significant problem affecting more than 2 billion people globally. Consuming a diet that is diverse in agricultural products is a primary way...
As part of efforts to promote common beans in Malawi, CIAT/PABRA and partners has been implementing research-based nutrition-sensitive agriculture interventions, conducting nutrition studies to design, implement...
Introduction While a number of studies have examined the nutritional impacts of agroecological interventions, few have examined impacts on child development, maternal and child anemia, and men’s...
Highlights: Identifying factors influencing NSA and their interplay requires a system approach. Failure frequently arose from not having/using context knowledge, could be avoidable...
The World Wide Fund for Nature defines a food system as “the complete set of people, institutions, activities, processes, and infrastructure involved in producing and consuming food for a given...
Highlights: Biofortification is a global approach to reducing hunger and malnutrition. It entails funding agricultural types that have been biofortified. Optimizing the impact of current nutrition programs...