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    The Flynn effect in rural Kenya

    Global Livestock CRSP, 2002
    Multiple studies have documented significant IQ gains over time, labelled the “Flynn Effect”. This study documents the Flynn Effect in a rural area of a developing country. Data for this project were collected as part of two large studies in Embu, Kenya in 1984 and 1998.Results strongly support a Flynn Effect over this 14-year period. Previously hypothesised explanations (e.g.
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    Changes in dietary quality for school children in Kenyan villages

    Global Livestock CRSP, 2002
    This paper compares the results of two nutrition studies carried out during the 1980s amongst children in Kenya. The aim is to compare the nutrient intakes and energy levels. Nutrient intakes of school children in the Embu District were measured cross-sectionally in 1984-85 as part of the Nutrition CRSP, and again in 1998 as part of the Child Nutrition Project.
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    Reaching sustainable food security for all by 2020: Getting the priorities and responsibilities right

    International Food Policy Research Institute, 2003
    As part of its 2020 Vision for Food, Agriculture, and the Environment Initiative, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) has articulated a vision of what the world should look like in 2020: It describes a world free from poverty, hunger, malnutrition, and unsustainable natural resource management.This document presents the outcomes of a conference which considered the driving
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    Young Lives preliminary country report: Vietnam

    Young Lives, 2003
    Young Lives: An International Study of Childhood Poverty aims at improving our understanding of the causes and consequences of childhood poverty in the developing world, and at informing policy to reduce it.
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    Engineering nutrition: GM crops for global justice?

    Food Ethics Council, 2003
    This report challenges the dominant view of the scientific establishment that the future of agriculture lies with genetic modification technologies.
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    Statistical methods for the Kenya feeding intervention trial

    Global Livestock CRSP, 2002
    The purpose of this brief is to outline the statistical methods used to analyse and interpret the Kenya Feeding Intervention Trial (KenFIT); a randomised controlled feeding intervention study to test if there was a causal relationship between the intake of animal source foods, both of meat and of milk and micronutrient status, cognitive function, behaviour and physical activity, physical growth, a
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    Food-based safety nets and related programs

    World Bank, 2002
    This paper discusses the range of food-based transfers that are typically used in social safety net programs.
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    Food and nutrition implications of antiretroviral therapy in resource limited settings

    Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project, 2004
    This technical note from the Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance (FANTA) Project provides information and guidance about the food and nutrition implications of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in resource limited settings.
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    Community therapeutic care – a new strategy for treating malnourished children in Ethiopia

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003
    Food insecurity and famine spread across Ethiopia in 2000. In Bedawacho Woreda district, 350 km south of Addis Ababa, 17 per cent of children under five were malnourished and five per cent were severely malnourished. Researchers from Valid International, Concern Worldwide and UK’s Institute of Child Health report on a new outpatient strategy for therapeutic feeding in emergencies.
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    Who can farmers turn to for sound advice?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003
    Governments that have privatised their extension and advisory services still try to influence decisions that farmers take relating to agriculture, environmental issues, food safety and rural development.

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