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Improving diet quality and micronutrient nutrition: homestead food production in Bangladesh
International Food Policy Research Institute, 2009A critical yet often overlooked component of food security is diet quality. Even households who have access to sufficient amounts of food and calories may still lack essential micronutrients, increasing their risk for both short- and long-term health and development consequences.DocumentPreliminary study of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee on discrimination in the context of the right to food
UN Human Rights Council, 2010This study on discrimination in the context of the right to food was produced for the fourth session of the Advisory Committee of the UN Human Rights Council held in February 2010.DocumentEffectiveness of agricultural interventions that aim to improve nutritional status of children: systematic review
British Medical Journal, 2012This systematic review's main objective was to assess the effectiveness of agricultural interventions in improving the nutritional status of children indeveloping countries.The review included 23 studies,mostly evaluating home garden interventions. Key findings include:DocumentInnovative approaches to gender and food security: insights, issue 82
Knowledge Services, IDS, 2012This issue of insights shows how development policy and practice can potentially improve food security while supporting women’s empowerment. They can focus on women’s critical role as food producers, consumers and family carers, while transforming gender norms and inequalities within households and communities.DocumentA systematic review of agricultural interventions that aim to improve nutritional status of children
Evidence for Policy and Practice Information and Co-ordinating Centre, 2011This report is a systematic review of the impact of potential „win-win‟ agricultural interventions that aim to improve children‟s nutritional status by improving the incomes and the diet of the rural poor.DocumentZero child hunger: breaking the cycle of malnutrition
International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, 2011Six million children die of hunger every year. Over 40 per cent of children under five in countries such as Bangladesh, Ethiopia, India, Nepal and Niger are stunted. Children that do survive are more likely to have heart disease, diabetes and renal damage.DocumentZero hunger:transforming evidence-based success into effective change
Action Against Hunger, 2011This briefing paper, published by Action Against Hunger, seeks to understand why and how countries like Brazil, Peru, Mozambique, Malawi, and Bangladesh have managed to reduce undernutrition, while others have not.DocumentCost-minimizing food budgets in Ghana
AgEcon Search, 2010Attaining the daily required nutritional recommendations is a major challenge in Ghana. This paper is tries to determine the cheapest basket of food items that satisfy the recommended daily nutritional requirements of the average Ghanaian.DocumentImpact of climate change and bioenergy on nutrition
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2008This paper examines the consequences of climate change and rising bioenergy demand for sustainable development, food security and nutrition throughout the lifecycle.DocumentRising food prices intensify food insecurity in developing countries
Economic Research Service, USDA, 2008Recent increases in oil prices have raised serious concerns in low-income countries, both because of the financial burden of the higher energy import bill and potential constraints on imports of necessities like food and raw materials.Pages