The burden of child malnutrition is still high in West African countries with 19.2 million stunted children and increases rapidly during the weaning period. This has been attributed to inappropriate complementary feeding practices. To our knowledge, few studies have tried to review the state of c...
Mitchodigni, I.M.
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Amoussa Hounkpatin, W.
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Ntandou-Bouzitou, G.D.
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Termote, C.
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Bodjrenou, F.S.U.
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Mutanen, M.
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Hounhouigan, D.J.
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[Complementary feeding practices among children under two years old in west Africa: a review]
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Complementary feeding practices among children under two years old in west Africa: a review
The aim of this paper is to analyze the effect of irrigation delivery services and agricultural extension services on crop choice in southern Tajikistan. This analysis is motivated by the government’s recent efforts to address the country’s severe malnutrition problem by supporting changes in irr...
Buisson, Marie-Charlotte
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Balasubramanya, Soumya
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[The effect of irrigation service delivery and training in agronomy on crop choice in Tajikistan]
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The effect of irrigation service delivery and training in agronomy on crop choice in Tajikistan
Day 1: November 28th, 2018. Inaugural Session. Accelerating the End of Hunger and Malnutrition: Facing Challenges, Defining Needs. Ending hunger requires smart policies translated into on-the-ground impact. Experts from policy, research, and civil society will discuss the global and local barrier...
Wright, Iain A.
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[Accelerating the end of hunger and malnutrition: Facing challenges, defining needs—Inaugural session]
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Accelerating the end of hunger and malnutrition: Facing challenges, defining needs—Inaugural session
Base of the Pyramid (BoP) consumers living in the urban informal settlements of developing countries spend over 60% of their income on food, yet malnutrition and micronutrient deficiency remain widespread among these populations, pointing to the inadequacy of the foods they consume in terms of qu...
Chege, Christine G.K.
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Sibiko, Kenneth W.
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Wanyama, Rosina
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Jager, Matthias
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Birachi, Eliud Abucheli
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[Are consumers at the base of the pyramid willing to pay for nutritious foods?]
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Are consumers at the base of the pyramid willing to pay for nutritious foods?
Highlights the health problems among indigenous livestock raised by traditional farmers in the Ada District of the Ethiopian highlands, indicates the incidence of internal parasitism among cattle, ganges the relationship between faecal egg counts and liver damage in bovine fascioliasis, and state...
Mukasa-Mugerwa, E.
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Bekele, E.
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Tessema, T.
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Gorfe, M.
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[Indigenous livestock disease problems and slaughter cattle infections in the Ada district of the Ethiopian highlands]
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Indigenous livestock disease problems and slaughter cattle infections in the Ada district of the Ethiopian highlands
Food shortage in sub-Saharan Africa is generally considered a function of limited access to food, with little thought to nutritional quality. Analyzing household production of nutrients across farming systems could be valuable in guiding the improvement of those systems. An optimization model was...
Amede, Tilahun
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Stroud, Ann
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Aune, JB
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[Advancing human nutrition without degrading land resources through modeling cropping systems in the Ethiopian highlands]
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Advancing human nutrition without degrading land resources through modeling cropping systems in the Ethiopian highlands
Naschold, F.
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Barrett, Christopher B.
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Johnson, Nancy L.
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[Impacts of ALRMPII on Child Nutritional Status]
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Impacts of ALRMPII on Child Nutritional Status
Kulkami, Shibani
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Ramakrishnan, Usha
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Dearden, Kirk A.
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Marsh, David R.
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Thu Ha, Tran
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Pachón, Helena
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[Greater length-for-age increases the odds of attaining motor milestones in Vietnamese children aged 5-18 months]
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Greater length-for-age increases the odds of attaining motor milestones in Vietnamese children aged 5-18 months
La desnutrición es un problema que afecta el crecimiento, desarrollo y salud en general, especialmente de los niños menores de cinco años y mujeres embarazadas.
En México, los indicadores de bajo peso y talla señalan una reducción de 8 y 13.3 %, respectivamente, entre 1988 y 2012. A pesar de las...
Ramírez Jaspeado, Rocío
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Palacios-Rojas, Natalia
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Funes, José
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Pérez, Salomón
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Donnet, M. Laura
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[Identificación de áreas potenciales en México para la intervención con maíz biofortificado con zinc = Identification of potential areas in México for intervention with biofortified high-zinc maize]
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Identificación de áreas potenciales en México para la intervención con maíz biofortificado con zinc = Identification of potential areas in México for intervention with biofortified high-zinc maize