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    Links between Tenure Security and Food Security: Evidence from Ethiopia

    Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2012
    The study uses five rounds of household panel data from Tigray, Ethiopia, collected 1998–2010 to assess the impacts of a land registration and certification program that aimed to strengthen tenure security and how it has contributed to increased food availability and thus food security in this food-deficit region.
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    Nutrition interventions for older people in emergencies

    HelpAge International, 2013
    In emergency situations, older people may find it hard to access food. For example, when they are displaced, older people may face difficulties in registering for the general food rations, meet challenges in accessing food distributions and difficulties transporting the food.
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    Programming for nutrition outcomes

    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 2013
    Chronic undernutrition affects nearly 200 million children in low and middle income countries, with vitamin and mineral deficiencies affecting many more, and there is strong evidence that undernutrition is associated with up to 35% of all child deaths globally.
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    The Hunger And Nutrition Commitment Index (HANCI 2012)

    Hunger and Nutrition Commitment Index, 2013
    The 2012 HANCI report finds that low income countries like Malawi and Madagascar and lower middle income Guatemala, are leading the charge against hunger and undernutrition, whilst economic powerhouses such as India and Nigeria are failing some of their most vulnerable citizens. Key findings include:
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    African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development (AJFAND)

    The African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development (AJFAND) is a quarterly peer reviewed journal with a global reputation, published in Kenya by the Rural Outreach Programme (ROP) in
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    Hunger and Nutrition Commitment Index (HANCI)

    The Hunger and Nutrition Commitment Index (HANCI) ranks governments on their political commitment to tackling hunger and undernutrition.
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    South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition (SAJCN)

    The South African Journal Clinical Nutrition is published by the South African Medical Association and publishes papers related to clinical nutrition.
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    Prioritising nutrition in order to achieve the MDGs in India

    Young Lives, 2012
    Malnutrition causes long-term damage to children’s development, with huge social and economic costs. It affects not only children’s physical development but also their cognitive development, so reducing future productivity and leading ultimately to economic loss for the nation as a whole.
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    Summary Findings of Cross-sectional Nutrition Surveys in Northern Nigeria, December 2010

    2010
    This study present the summary of a cross-section anthropometric and mortality survey undertaken 8 different states in Northern Nigeria. The main objective was to determine nutritional status of children under five years of age and women of reproductive age group. The prevalence of GAM was found to be highest in Sokoto and Borno states at 12.6% and 5.1% respectively.
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    Rapid Socio Cultural Assessment Report Damaturu and Fune LGAs, Yobe State, Nigeria, March-May 2011

    2011
    This paper presents a report on some socio-cultural assessment carried out in Damaturu and Fune Local Government Areas of Yobe State, northern Nigeria. The general objective was to collect and compile information about communities covered by the Community Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) programme for the development of a comprehensive community mobilization strategy.

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