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Abstract Digest on Maternal and Child Nutrition Research – Issue 40

In this 40th issue of the POSHAN Abstract Digest, we bring to you a collection of articles on the burden Source: POSHAN: Partnerships and Opportunities to Strengthen and Harmonize Actions for Nutrition in India

A case for decentralising agriculture

Given how rural India is hit by Covid’s second wave, ‘grow local, sell local, consume local’ has assumed significance.
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Lending her name, but not having a say? Gender norms and credit for agriculture in Odisha

In the agricultural state of Odisha, we are studying a new credit model by Dvara E-Registry that issues loans based on georeferenced crop pictures and associated satellite imagery for a farmer’s plots.
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Covid-19: How India fared during lockdown

Possibly even more than a public health crisis, Covid-19 is an economic crisis manifested most severely in the labour market.
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An IFPRI Interactive: Self-Employed Women’s Livelihoods During COVID-19

"Determination and Resilience amid COVID-19 Uncertainty," provides a close look at how the pandemic impacted the livelihoods of five members of (SEWA) in India
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