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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

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

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
Johns, T.Powell, B.Maundu, P.Eyzaguirre, Pablo B.[Agricultural biodiversity as a link between traditional food systems and contemporary development, social integrity and ecological health]Agricultural biodiversity as a link between traditional food systems and contemporary development, social integrity and ecological health

Conventional disciplinary research approach is losing momentum in the face of dynamic health challenges of the 21st century. There is a need for a new, suitable approach, to tackle these emerging and re-emerging human and animal diseases through integrating livestock and human health research in ...


Tibbo, MarkosSchelling, E.Grace, DeliaBishop, Richard P.Taracha, E.A.Kemp, Stephen J.Ameni, G.Dawo, F.Randolph, Thomas F.[Cross-disciplinary and participatory livestock and human health research for successful control of zoonoses in the developing world]Cross-disciplinary and participatory livestock and human health research for successful control of zoonoses in the developing world

Livestock kept or produced in smallholder farming systems are an important component of the agricultural economy in the developing world. The role of livestock on smallholder farms varies widely, providing draught power for crop production or as a production activity for subsistence needs or mark...


McDermott, John J.Randolph, Thomas F.Staal, Steven J.[The economics of optimal health and productivity in smallholder livestock systems in developing countries]The economics of optimal health and productivity in smallholder livestock systems in developing countries

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