This blog is cross posted from the IFPRI website and was originally written by Vivian Hoffmann, Jef Leroy, and Kelly Jones. The post is based on their recent article: “The impact of reducing dietary aflatoxin exposure on child linear growth: a cluster randomized control trial in eastern Kenya,” which appeared in BMJ Global Health. Aflatoxins >> Read more Source: Malawi Strategy Support Program
First Things First: Focus on Girls
India observed National Girl Child Day on 24 January, under the theme 'Empowering Girls for a Better Tomorrow'. Initiated by the Ministry of Women and Child Development, various events are being organized from January 21 to 26, to highlight the inequalities faced by girls, and promote awareness on a range of topics including rights of >> Read more Source: POSHAN: Partnerships and Opportunities to Strengthen and Harmonize Actions for Nutrition in India
Publication: Can unconditional cash transfers mitigate the impact of civil conflict on acute child malnutrition in Yemen?: Evidence from the national social protection monitoring survey
Olivier Ecker, Jean-François Maystadt, Zhe Guo
Hunger and acute child malnutrition are increasingly concentrated in fragile countries and civil conflict zones. According to the United Nations, Yemen’s civil war has caused the world’s worst humanitarian crisis in recent history. We use high-frequency panel data and district fixed-effects and household fixed-effects models to estimate the impact of civil conflict on child nutrition. Source: IFPRI Egypt Country Office
Women’s and girls’ wellbeing are critical for India’s nutritional challenge
At an event “What Lies Beneath: Women’s and Girls’ Wellbeing as a Critical Underpinning of India’s Nutritional Challenge”, organized by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), in collaboration with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, EPoD India at IFMR, Naandi Foundation and UNICEF India, on December 10th in New Delhi, researchers, development partners, and >> Read more Source: POSHAN: Partnerships and Opportunities to Strengthen and Harmonize Actions for Nutrition in India
Can WFP’s Food Assistance for Assets contribute to women’s empowerment and nutrition?
In 2017, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) published a report on a five-country study on how WFP’s Food Assistance for Assets (FFA) work can contribute to empowering women and improving their nutrition. In this blog, a Senior Consultant for WFP, Zalynn Peishi, highlights some of the study’s findings. Findings from this study will […]
