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Micronutrient malnutrition affects more than half of the world population, particularly in developing countries. Concerted international and national fortification and supplementation efforts to curb the scourge of micronutrient malnutrition are showing a positive impact, alas without reaching th...


Mayer, Jorge EdgardPfeiffer, Wolfgang H.Beyer, Peter[Biofortified crops to alleviate micronutrient malnutrition]Biofortified crops to alleviate micronutrient malnutrition

Background. Optimal feeding of infants and young children in developing countries includes daily feeding of animal-source foods. Objective. To evaluate constraints on the availability of animal-source foods at the community level, access to animal-source foods at the household level, and intake ...


Pachón, HelenaSimondon, KBFall, STMenon, PRuel, MTHotz, CCreed-Kanashiro, Hilary M.Arce, B.Liria Dominguez, MRFrongillo, E.A.Brown, D.L.[Constraints on the delivery of animal-source foods to infants and young children : Case studies from five countries]Constraints on the delivery of animal-source foods to infants and young children : Case studies from five countries
O'Brien, R.A.[Spatial decision support for selecting tropical crops and forages in uncertain environments.Thesis (Ph.D.)]Spatial decision support for selecting tropical crops and forages in uncertain environments.Thesis (Ph.D.)

The upcoming global mechanism for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries should include and prioritize tropical peatlands. Forested tropical peatlands in Southeast Asia are rapidly being converted into production systems by introducing perennial crop...


Murdiyarso, DanielHergoualc’h, KristellVerchot, Louis V.[Opportunities for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in tropical peatlands]Opportunities for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in tropical peatlands
Vedeld, P.Angelsen, A.Bojo, J.Sjaastad, E.Berg, G.K.[Forest environmental incomes and the rural poor]Forest environmental incomes and the rural poor

How does an oil boom affect the forest cover of tropical oil exporting-countries? Are they more or less likely than non-oil countries to experience forest loss? What macro-economic linkages and policies are decisive? This article summarises research on land-use changes in eight tropical developin...


Wunder, SvenSunderlin, William D.[Oil, macroeconomics, and forests: assessing the linkages]Oil, macroeconomics, and forests: assessing the linkages
Salam, P.A.Shrestha, S.Pandey, Vishnu PrasadAnal, A.K.[Water-energy-food nexus: principles and practices]Water-energy-food nexus: principles and practices

The persistent challenge of insufficient food, unbalanced nutrition, and deteriorating natural resources in the most vulnerable nations, characterized by fast population growth, calls for utilization of innovative technologies to curb constraints of crop production. Enhancing genetic gain by usin...


Gedil, M.Ferguson, M.Girma Tessema, G.Gisel, A.Stavolone, L.Rabbi, Ismail Y.[perspectives on the application of next generation sequencing to the improvement of Africa's staple food crops]perspectives on the application of next generation sequencing to the improvement of Africa's staple food crops

Consecutive outbreaks of acute aflatoxicosis in Kenya in 2004 and 2005 caused > 150 deaths. In response, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization convened a workgroup of international experts and health officials in Geneva, Switzerland, in July 2005. After ...


Strosnider, H.Azziz-Baumgartner, E.Bänziger, MarianneBhat, R.V.Breiman, R.Brune, M.DeCock, K.Dilley, A.Groopman, J.Hell, K.[Public health strategies for reducing aflatoxin exposure in developing countries: workgroup report]Public health strategies for reducing aflatoxin exposure in developing countries: workgroup report

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