Maternal and Child Survival in Haor Region in Bangladesh. An Analysis of Fathers’ Capabilities to Save the Future
Maternal and child survival is a major public health problem in haor areas in Bangladesh. Fathers feel responsible as expressed by their capability “to save the future”. Using the Capability Framework for Child Growth, we aimed to identify what contextual factors underlie a father’s real opportunities to secure a safe delivery, including social norms and beliefs. Parents from households having children less than two years old were asked to participate in two rounds of qualitative research. In total, 25 focus group discussions and eight in-depth interviews were conducted.
Nutritional and livelihood security through backyard poultry model in tribal regions of Maharashtra, India
Backyard poultry production system is mostly found in rural, resource-poor areas that often suffer either from food/nutritional insecurity. Family or rural poultry farming provides households with income and access to nutritionally-rich food sources. In the present study, improved poultry birds of Giriraja, Vanaraja, Swarnadhara and Rhode Island Red (RIR) varieties, that are phenotypically similar to existing poultry population in the area, were distributed amongst 25 tribal households across five villages in Arvi and Karanja blocks of Wardha district, Maharashtra.
Drudgery reduction among farm women through innovative cotton harvesting bag: a study in Maharashtra, India
Cotton harvesting is a laborious task performed mostly by women farm workers. Farm Science Centre, Central Institute for Cotton Research, Nagpur, Maharashtra has designed cotton harvesting bags as per standard anthropometric measurements. The ergonomically designed bag is ready to use and promotes ease in tying, picking, load carrying and emptying in comparison to traditional back and front loading cotton harvesting bags. A study to assess efficiency and comfort in use of the bag was carried out in Wardha district of Maharashtra, a predominantly cotton growing area in 2015-16.