The significance of tuber crops as a source of food, nutrition and income for farmers is well known; but these are often overlooked in the debate about improving food security and tackling...
Journal Papers
Pradhan A, Panda A.K., Maske M. and Bhavani R.V
S. Choudhury, D. D. Headey
Research from richer countries finds that dairy consumption has strong positive associations with linear growth in children, but surprisingly little evidence exists for developing countries where...
A. Pradhan, S. Raju, A. Kumar Panda, R. Wagh
This paper describes the introduction of nutrition garden to address household diet diversity in Wardha, Maharashtra and Koraput, Odisha. The study started with a detailed baseline survey and its...
D. J. Nithya, S. Raju, A. Pradhan
Seasonality is recognised as a constraint to agricultural production and food and nutrition security of rural households. It alters the energy intake from different groups of foods based on the...
A. Thow , G. Verma, D. Soni, D. Soni, D. Beri, P. Kumar, K. R. Siegel, N. Shaikh, S. Khandelwal
The benefits of fruit and vegetables are well established, particularly their role in preventing general micronutrient-deficiencies and chronic diseases. However, global food systems are not...
M. Maestre, N. Poole
There is currently much talk of the private sector role in nutrition, and whether the state can better ‘shape’ the market to deliver nutritional outcomes. This article introduces an issue...
DJ Nithya,R. V. Bhavani
Dietary diversity plays a critical role in infants as they need energy and nutrient dense foods for both physical and mental development. This study examines whether three dietary diversity indices...
S. Gillespie, M. van den Bold
After a period of relative success in generating political momentum to address malnutrition, there is an increasing urgency to focus on implementation and impact on the ground. This requires better...
What will it take to accelerate improvements in nutrition outcomes in Odisha? Learning from the past
N. Kohlia, R. Avula, M. van den Bold, E. Becker, N. Nisbett, L. Haddad, P. Menon
The Indian state of Odisha has made significant strides to address health and nutrition in the last 25 years. We used public data, policy and program documents, published literature, and interviews (...
K. Cunningham, D. Headey, A. Singh, C. Karmacharya, P. Pandey Rana
This paper explores the drivers of Nepal's maternal and child nutrition success using document review, interviews with mothers, and quantitative analysis of DHS datasets. Our qualitative and...
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