This brief releases data on the gender impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on rural households/livelihoods and the agricultural sector in Kenya.
Source: Gender, Climate Change, and Nutrition Integration Initiative (GCAN)
Assessing the impact of COVID-19 on rural women and men in Dang District, Nepal
To understand the impact of COVID-19 on rural women, we designed a longitudinal panel study with five rounds of phone survey data collection in Dang district in the mid-western region of Nepal. This note summarizes results from all rounds.
Source: Gender, Climate Change, and Nutrition Integration Initiative (GCAN)
Assessing the risk of COVID-19 in Feed the Future countries
By Jawoo Koo, Carlo Azzarri, Aniruddha Ghosh, Wahid Quabili In anticipation of the development of a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine—the distribution of which will be a complex and sensitive issue—governments will need to assess the number and location of the most vulnerable people within their populations. Problematically, however, tracking data for most low- and […] Source: Gender, Climate Change, and Nutrition Integration Initiative (GCAN)
Tracking India’s progress on addressing malnutrition: What will it take?
India has a robust nutrition policy framework that includes several evidence-based interventions. These are delivered through large-scale national program platforms Source: POSHAN: Partnerships and Opportunities to Strengthen and Harmonize Actions for Nutrition in India
Evaluating the risk of climate change-induced aflatoxin contamination in groundnuts and maize: Result of modeling analyses in six countries
This policy note summarizes research that assessed the likely impact of climate change on aflatoxin contamination in groundnuts (in Burkina Faso, Niger, and Nigeria) and in maize (in Burkina Faso, Honduras, Guatemala, Nepal, Niger, and Nigeria), and the impact of temperature, precipitation, and soil types on aflatoxin contamination. A future goal is to improve the […] Source: Gender, Climate Change, and Nutrition Integration Initiative (GCAN)
