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A Landscape Analysis of Nutrition Initiatives in Madhya Pradesh: Policies, Actors, and Networks
International Food Policy Research Institute, 2014The silent scourge of undernutrition and major nutritional deficiencies of public health importance persists across India despite decades of planned programmes and interventions. The maternal and child undernutrition scenario in India represents a complex set of determinants, including poverty, lack of knowledge, and access.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.DocumentNutrition agenda setting, policy formulation and implementation: lessons from the Mainstreaming Nutrition Initiative
Health Policy and Planning, 2012Undernutrition is the single largest contributor to the global burden of disease and can be addressed through a number of highly efficacious interventions. Undernutrition generally has not received commensurate attention in policy agendas at global and national levels, however, and implementing these efficacious interventions at a national scale has proven difficult.DocumentMainstreaming Nutrition in National Policy Agendas: Successes, Challenges, and Emergent Opportunities.
2011This supplement of the Food & Nutrition Bulletin (Volume 32, supplement 2, June 2011) includes the following papers:OrganisationFood and Nutrition Bulletin (FNB) (FNB)
The Food and Nutrition Bulletin (FNB) is a peer-reviewed, academic journal published quarterly by the Nevin Scrimshaw International Nutrition Foundation.DocumentBuilding healthier supply chains: the business case
Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition, 2014It is increasingly clear that the economic health of countries, and of individuals, is directly tied to good nutrition. It is not difficult to see that this impact on productivity, lost future workforce and increased absenteeism due to sickness also has a substantial impact on business.DocumentCommunity Engagement: the ‘C’ at the heart of CMAM
Community-based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) Forum, 2014The aim of this CMAM Forum Technical Brief is to summarise evidence, good practice and lessons learned on community engagement for CMAM and other relDocumentMaharashtra’s Child Stunting Declines: What is Driving Them? Findings of a Multidisciplinary Analysis
Institute of Development Studies UK, 2014Between 2006 and 2012, Maharashtra’s stunting rate among children under two years of age was reported to decline by 15 percentage points – one of the fastest declines in stunting seen anywhere at any time. This was seemingly more remarkable because it occurred within a context where Indian stunting levels nationally are regularly characterised as stuck or static.DocumentSeizing the Opportunity to Sustain Economic Growth by Investing in Nutrition in Zambia
Institute of Development Studies UK, 2014This IDS Policy Briefing is based on the IDS Special Collection 'Turning Rapid Growth into Meaningful Growth: Sustaining the Commitment to Nutrition in Zambia'.DocumentTurning Rapid Growth into Meaningful Growth: Sustaining the Commitment to Nutrition in Zambia
Institute of Development Studies UK, 2014The articles in this IDS Special Collection describe the nutrition trends in Zambia, highlight some of the factors shaping those trends, and identify and analyse some of the efforts to improve nutrition status.Pages