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Home gardens and fishponds for nourishment and empowerment
MS Swaminathan Research Foundation, 2014This story of change is about the impact of the Alleviation of Poverty and Malnutrition project led by the Swaminathan Research Foundation. The project aims to enhance food and nutrition security, and the income of marginal, small and landless tribal communities in agro-biodiversity hotspots in India. Key messages from this brief include:DocumentMaternity and paternity at work – Law and practice across the world
International Labour Organization, 2014This report provides a picture of where we stand and what we have learned so far about maternity and paternity rights across the world.DocumentThe Little Green Data Book 2014
World Bank, 2014The Little Green Data Book is a reference for key environmental data for over 200 economies. Key indicators are organized under the headings of agriculture, forestry, biodiversity, energy, emission and pollution, and water and sanitation. It provides country-relevant ‘green’ metrics with the aim of giving a picture of environmental sustainability challenges.DocumentStrengthening public health nutrition education in India
Transform Nutrition, 2014Malnutrition remains a major challenge for public health and for human and economic development in India. A lack of adequately trained public health professionals and nutritionists means that this challenge is not being met. Due to resource constraints, the most realistic way of improving this situation is to optimise the use of existingDocumentConvergence on Nutrition in Agricultural Systems of Innovation: Concepts and Methods, with Examples from Pakistan
Leveraging Agriculture for Nutrition in South Asia, 2014The paper first briefly sketches the origins of the system of innovation (SoI) concept and the need it was seen to fulfil in agriculture. It then illustrates the different ways it has been employed as a framework to explain how change in agricultural practices and outcomes happens and is sustained.DocumentOperationalizing the concept of farming system for nutrition through the promotion of nutrition-sensitive agriculture
Current Science, 2014Despite impressive gains in agricultural production and greater availability of food many people in India suffer from undernutrition. Improvements in agricultural production that lead to greater access to nutritious food could help combat undernutrition.DocumentCan Market-Based Approaches to Technology Development and Dissemination Benefit Women Smallholder Farmers? A Qualitative Assessment of Gender Dynamics in the Ownership, Purchase, and use of Irrigation Pumps in Kenya and Tanzania
International Food Policy Research Institute, 2014Rural household economies dependent on rainfed agriculture are increasingly turning to irrigation technology solutions to reduce the effects of weather variability and guard against inconsistent and low crop output.DocumentStrategies for building resilience to hazards in water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) systems: The role of public private partnerships
Elsevier, 2014Paper examining strategies to improve water, sanitation and hygiene provision and resilience, in developing urban contexts.DocumentGender inequality and maternal and child nutrition in Northern Nigeria
Institute of Development Studies UK, 2014This summary provides an overview of how gender inequality impacts maternal and child nutrition in Northern Nigeria.DocumentORIE Nigeria Quantitative Impact Evaluation Baseline Report
Oxford Policy Management, 2014This report presents the findings from the baseline survey of the quantitative impact evaluation of the Working to Improve Nutrition in Northern Nigeria (WINNN) Programme interventions in Northern Nigeria. The household survey data collection was conducted in June 2013 and a final round of data collection is scheduled for June 2016.Pages
